Manuscript on paper (lightly burnished) of Poggio Bracciolini, Historia Florentina, translated into Italian by his son Jacopo. With Prefatory letter of Jacopo di Poggio to Federico da Montefeltro
Description:
In Italian., Watermarks: similar to Briquet Chapeau 3387., Script: Written in sloping humanistic bookhand with cursive elements., Illuminated initial in gold, f. 1r, 10-line, infilled and surrounded by flowers in rose and blue (yellow centers), rayed gold discs, winding green stems and leaves, and hair-line decoration. Gold initial, f. 3r, 6-line, on ground composed of blue, green, and rose panels, all decorated with gold scroll designs. Headings in red rustic capitals., and Binding: Nineteenth century. Diced brown calf spine, blind- and gold-tooled, with Strozzi arms and "Poggio istoria tradotta da Iacopo suo figlio" and "M. S. Cartaceo del S. XV". Blue and white decorated paper sides.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut, New Haven., and Florence (Italy)
Subject (Name):
Bracciolini, Poggio, 1380-1459.
Subject (Topic):
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Italian literature, Manuscripts, Medieval, and History
Manuscript fragments on paper of humanistic miscellany
Description:
In Latin., Script: copied by two hands, both writing a similar Humanistica Cursiva under Gothic influence, Currens in artt. 1-2, Libraria in art. 3., Space and guide letters for 2-line initials on ff. 1v and 2r, respectively at the beginning of the prologue and of the text proper of art. 2., and The manuscript contains: 1) Final page of a violent invective against a pope (Paul II, 1464-1471, or more probably Alexander VI, 1492-1503) by a woman (repeatedly referring to herself as "ipsa") who had been badly treated by him; it is addressed to another woman. Here attributed to the humanist Filippo Buonaccorsi ("Callimachus"), born 1437 in San Gemignano, d. 1496, a member of the Accademia Romana, who was among the accused of a conjuration against the life of Pope Paul II and had to flee Italy. 2) Francesco Pietrasanta from Milan, De opibus Christianae religionis, a treatise against the wealth of the clergy, addressed to the theologian Filippo Maineri. 3) Two fragments of a history of Florence.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut, New Haven., and Florence (Italy)
Subject (Name):
Alexander VI, Pope, 1431-1503. and Paul II, Pope, 1417-1471.
Produced as part of the festivities surrounding the wedding of Ferdinando de Medici (prince of Tuscany, son of Cosimo III) and Violante Beatrice of Bavaria.
Alternative Title:
Greco in Troia
Description:
Bookplate: Ex libris Brvno Brvnelli Bonetti., Dedication signed: Matteo Noris., Half-title on leaf A2r: Il Greco in Troia., Illustrated with 16 folded plates, two of which are signed: Arnoldo V. Westerhout fec., In verse., Produced as part of the festivities surrounding the wedding of Ferdinando de' Medici (prince of Tuscany, son of Cosimo III) and Violante Beatrice of Bavaria., and Signatures: [sec.]⁸ A-F⁸ (A1 blank).
Publisher:
Nella stamperia di S.A.S.,
Subject (Geographic):
Florence (Italy)
Subject (Name):
Brunelli, Bruno,--1887---Bookplate., Medici, Ferdinando de',--1663-1713--Marriage., Stamperia di S.A.S., printer., Violante Beatrice,--1673-1730--Marriage., and Westerhout, Arnold van, 1651-1725.
Subject (Topic):
Festivals--Italy--Florence--Early works to 1800. and Trojan War--Drama.
Poem about a race featuring asses instead of horses, traditionally held August 1 in Florence.
Description:
Author's name from dedication., Illustration: engraved frontispiece, colored by hand; by G. Vascellini after G. Piattoli., Poem about a race featuring asses instead of horses, traditionally held August 1 in Florence., and Signatures: 1-11⁴12⁶ (12₆v blank).
Publisher:
Presso Grazioli,
Subject (Geographic):
Florence (Italy)
Subject (Name):
Grazioli, Jacopo, printer., Piattoli, Giuseppe., and Vascellini, Gaetano, 1745-1805.
Subject (Topic):
Asses--Poetry., Festivals--Italy--Florence--Early works to 1800., Italian wit and humor., and Racing--Italy--Florence--Poetry.
Holograph diary tracing 6 months of Cornwall's extended foreign tour in the company of Henry Venn Elliott, his tutor at Trinity College, Cambridge. This volume covers his journey from Pisa through various Italian cities and his subsequent travels to Bari, Corfu and Albania. Cornwall's entries for Pisa, Florence, Rome and Naples are largely detailed description of the artworks, buildings, antiquities and museums he visited daily. He devotes over 30 pages to the Pitti Palace, for example, and lists the books and manuscripts he was able to view at the Riccardi Palace. In Rome, Cornwall also toured the Vatican Library, taking particular note of Henry VIII's letters to Anne Boleyn; attended Roman Catholic services, the profession of a nun, and Carnival; and took a series of guided walks through the city. His visit to Naples included extended tours of Pompei and Herculaneum and of the Naples museum of antiquities, where he observed archaeologists' efforts to unroll and preserve scrolls found at Herculaneum and In Corfu, Cornwall and Elliott met with Sir Thomas Maitland, British governor of the Ionian Islands, and obtained letters of introduction to Ali Pasha and advice on travel in Albania. Cornwall describes the great palace of Ali Pasha at Janina; records two lengthy interviews with Ali Pasha and details his dress and manner; comments on introductions to young men "who belonged to Ali's harem of boys;" and notes his disappointment at failing to see the seraglio. The volume ends as Cornwall's party sets out from Arta
Description:
Alphabetical index of placenames at back of volume., Volumes 1 and 3 not present., Inscribed on verso of front flyleaf: "Alan Cornwall. From his aff. friend H. V. Elliott. Pisa, Nov 15th, 1817.", and Binding: contemporary leather.
Ali Pașa, Tepedelenli, 1744?-1822., Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron, 1788-1824, Cornwall, Alan Gardner, 1797-1874., Elliott, Henry Venn, 1792-1865., Maitland, Thomas, Sir, 1759?-1824., Biblioteca apostolica vaticana., Catholic Church, Palazzo Medici Riccardi., and Palazzo Pitti.
Subject (Topic):
Influence, Customs and practices, Grand tours (Education), Travelers' writings, English, Description and travel, Social life and customs, Antiquities, and Festivals, etc
Manuscript on paper containing letters by or related to Lapo da Castiglionchio (d. 1381), and his family
Description:
On the author, a Florentine poet, friend of Petrarch, professor of Canon Law, lawyer, diplomat, politician, see Dizionario biografico degli Italiani, v. 22 (1979), pp. 40-44., In Italian., Script: copied by one hand in careful Humanistica Semitextualis Libraria. The first line of each text and some headings are in Capitalis., Headings and explicit formulas in pale red ink; marginal captions and notes in the same colour or in black; paragraph marks in pale red ink. 4-line initials (Capitalis) in blue (missing f. 2v), at the opening of each art. and of the subdivisions of art. 1. On f. 1r 7-line white vinestem initial integrated into left margin border of the same style. In the lower margin, in a wreath, the Volognano-Castiglionchio coat of arms: silver, with four chains azure in saltire and castle azure. Running headlines in pale red Capitalis in art. 1 only., The manuscript contains: 1) Lapo da Castiglionchio, Letter, written in 1377, to his son Bernardo, canon of the cathedral of Florence, then 14 years old, containing an elaborate treatise in three parts dealing with political and historical questions. 2) Bernardo da Castiglionchio (1363-1383), Letter to his father Lapo. 3) Bernardo da Castiglionchio, Second letter to his father Lapo. 4) Francesco da Castiglionchio (second half of the fourteenth century), Letter to his father Alberto, brother of Lapo, written 8 June 1381 or slightly later. Describes the coronation of Charles III, King of Naples and Sicily (1381-1386) by Pope Urban VI in the church of St. Peter in Rome on 2 June 1381. 5) Francesco da Castiglionchio, Second letter to his father Alberto staying at Verona, dated 17 July 1381 and relating the death of Alberto's brother Lapo, which happened in Rome on 27 June of the same year after a short illness. 6) Niccolò Acciaiuoli (1310-1365), Extracts from a letter, dated 26 Dec. 1364, to the Florentine merchant Angelo Soderini (d. 1377) established in Avignon., and Binding: 17th century (?). Brown leather with artificial cross grain over cardboard. Blind-tooled spine with four raised bands and gold-tooled inscription in the second compartment: “CASTIGLIONCHIO / EPISTOLE”. Below a small oval paper label with the number “7” in red ink. Yellow spine.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut, New Haven., Italy., and Florence (Italy)
Subject (Name):
Castiglionchio, Lapo da, d. 1381.
Subject (Topic):
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Italian letters, Manuscripts, Medieval, Nobility, and History
A comedy in three acts, written for the 1641 Carnival in Florence.
Alternative Title:
Bvffoni
Description:
"Con licenza de' Superiori.", A comedy in three acts, written for the 1641 Carnival in Florence., Illustration of the event by Stefano della Bella on p. 3., Leaf A2 (p. 3-4) replaced by blank leaf with engraved illustration mounted on recto. Wanting an added engr. t.p. reported in BL Italian 17th cent. I, 267. Bookplate of Baron Horace de Landau, with shelf-mark 9105. Faint ownership stamp on t.p.: "Bibl. Gust. C. Galletti Flor." From the library of Charles Fairfax Murray., and Signatures: A-K⁸L⁸(-L8) (L7v blank).
Publisher:
Nella stamp. nuoua d'Amador Massi, e Lor. Landi,
Subject (Geographic):
Florence (Italy)
Subject (Name):
Amadore Massi e Lorenzo Landi, printer., De Landau, Horace,--barone,--1824-1903--Bookplate., Della Bella, Stefano, 1610-1664., Galletti, Gustavo Camillo,--1805-1868--Stamp., and Murray, Charles Fairfax,--1849-1919--Ownership.
Subject (Topic):
Carnival--Italy--Florence--Early works to 1800. and Festivals--Italy--Florence--Early works to 1800.
Manuscript on parchment of a document containing information about ecclesiastical taxes, notes on Herod the Great and his successors, a letter from Pope Gregory VII (1073-1085), etc
Description:
In Latin., Script: copied by a single hand writing Humanistica Libraria/Formata. Marginal additions by the same hand., Illuminated frontispiece picturing the coats-of-arms of Spinelli, of the city of Florence, and of Pope Eugenius IV., and Binding: contemporary binding: brown leather over wooden boards, both covers blind-tooled with frames of fillets, a roll and rope tools.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut, New Haven., and Florence (Italy)
Subject (Name):
Eugene IV, Pope, 1383-1447. and Spinelli, Tommaso, 1397-1472.
Subject (Topic):
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval and Manuscripts, Medieval
Manuscript on paper of mercantile statutes of Florence in three Books, revised by a committee of experts and promulgated by Grand Duke Francesco I de' Medici of Tuscany (1574-1587); the basis for the revision were the statutes of 1393 ("statuto vecchio") and those of 1496 ("statuto nuovo").
Description:
In Italian., Script: Copied by one scribe in sloping calligraphic Humanistica Cursiva., On the frontispiece f. r, a woodcut title-page with spaces for text (a handwritten title) left blank. The full-page woodcut represents the ruins and symbols of Rome with the god of the Tibre under a portico with five allegorical female figures., The paper of most pages is damaged by the corrosive ink., and Binding (repaired): ca. 1700. White parchment over pasteboard. Spine with four raised bands and handwritten title in ink: "Statut. / Florent. / M.S.". Bordeaux edges.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut, New Haven., and Florence (Italy)
Subject (Topic):
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Manuscripts, Medieval, Statutes, and Politics and government
