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1. Libro di abbaco
- Creator:
- Cortona, Giovanni Battista
- Published / Created:
- 1574.
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 655
- Image Count:
- 37
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on paper (thick) of Giovanni Battista Cortona, Libro di Abbaco, probably an autograph manuscript
- Description:
- In Italian., Watermark: anchor, var. Piccard, Ankerwasserzeichen?, V.102?., Script: Written by one hand in calligraphic Gothica Cursiva Libraria (Cancelleresca). The poem on f. A1r (art. 1) is in calligraphic Humanistica Cursiva Formata. A few titles in Capitalis., The decorative frames on ff. A1r and B1r are traced in brown ink. The upper half of the former contains a baroque cartouche in brown and red, containing a monogram apparently consisting of the letters A, K and M. Art. 2 opens with a flourished initial, art. 7 with a calligraphic initial, both in red., and No binding.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Cortona, Giovanni Battista.
- Subject (Topic):
- Abacus, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Italian literature, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Mathematics, Medieval
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Libro di abbaco
