Manuscript on parchment of 1) Conditions agreed between Bianca Bentivoglio, Lady of Spilimbergo (d. 1519), and the Jew Daniel, son of Abraham of Modena, for the establishment of a bank by the latter in the castle of Spilimbergo, 15 July 1506. 2) Renew...
Description:
In Latin.
Subject (Geographic):
Italy., Connecticut, New Haven., and Pordenone (Italy : Province)
Subject (Topic):
Banks and banking, Charters, and Manuscripts, Medieval
Manuscript on paper of Renaissance poetry including: 1) Antonius Panormitanus (Antonio Beccadelli,1394-1471), Hermaphroditus. 2) Elegies on various subjects by the scarcely known Pompeius (Pazzalia) Bononiensis. 3) Basinius Parmensis (Basinio di Parma...
Description:
In Latin.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut, New Haven., and Italy.
Subject (Name):
Basinio, da Parma, 1425-1457. and Beccadelli, Antonio, 1394-1471.
Subject (Topic):
Latin poetry, Medieval and modern, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Renaissance
Manuscript fragment, on paper, of a commonplace book in a stingle hand, containing about 20 poems by named authors, including Bartolomeus Venetus and Martinus Philecticus
Description:
In Latin.
Subject (Geographic):
Italy., Connecticut, and New Haven.
Subject (Topic):
Humanism, Latin poetry, Medieval and modern, and Manuscripts, Medieval
Manuscript on goatskin parchment of Antonio Cornazzano, Della vera nobilità, a poem in terzine in honor of the condottiere Antonio Martinengo (d. 1473, Brescia). This is probably the presentation copy of the poem
Description:
Script: Copied by one hand in Humanistica Textualis; the first majuscule of each terzine placed between the double bounding-lines at left of the text.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut, New Haven., and Italy.
Subject (Name):
Cornazzano, Antonio, 1429-1484.
Subject (Topic):
Manuscripts, Medieval, Nobility, and Italian poetry
Manuscript on paper of 1) Note on the reign of the first Doge of Venice, Pauluccio Anafesto (697-717). 2) History of Venice from its legendary foundation to 695. 3) Alphabetical list of Venetian noble families, with their coats of arms and notes on th...
Description:
In Italian.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut, New Haven., Italy., and Venice (Italy)
Subject (Topic):
Heraldry, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Manuscripts, Medieval, Nobility, and History
Manuscript of a collection of humanist texts, including 1) Ghigo Brunelleschi (c. 1353-c. 1410) and Domenico da Prato (c. 1389-1432/1433), Geta e Birria. 2) Nicolaus Perottus (Niccolò Perotti, 1429-1480), Latin translation of the Oath of Hippocrates,...
Description:
In Latin and Italian.
Subject (Geographic):
Italy., Connecticut, and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Bracciolini, Poggio, 1380-1459., Bruni, Leonardo, 1369-1444., Ovid, 43 B.C.-17 A.D. or 18 A.D., Perotti, Niccolò, 1430-1480., Persius., and Petrarca, Francesco, 1304-1374.
Manuscript on paper of recipes for the preparation and application of gold, silver and colours, dyeing leather, and removal of stains. The manuscript also includes an Easter Table, a Lunar Table, and a number of prophecies on the pope and the emperor
Description:
In Latin and Italian.
Subject (Geographic):
Italy., Connecticut, and New Haven.
Subject (Topic):
Art, Medieval, Handbooks, vade-mecums, etc, and Manuscripts, Medieval
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.
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
