Manuscript on paper of Commentary on the Epistles of St Paul. Includes a note attributing authorship to Gregorius Ariminensis O.E.S.A. (Gregory of Rimini, d. 1358).
Description:
Script: Copied by one hand in a script resembling Humanistica Cursiva. Running headlines in Capitalis., Decoration: The quotations from St Paul are underlined. The manuscript was originally undecorated, although space was provided for headings and initials with guide-letters. The uneven and fanciful decoration visible in the manuscript was added in the second half of the sixteenth century: painted intials, pictures of figures, including paintings of Christ and Paul, all completed in the same "byzantizing" style. Art. 1 contains a full-pace decoration showing a small triptych with three figures., Binding: 16th century dark brown leather over wooden boards. Four raised bands are on the spine. Both covers are blind-tooled with fillets and multiple rows or groups of stamps. Some brass bosses preserved on each cover. Two clasps attahced to the front cover., and In Italian.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Gregory, of Rimini, -1358.
Subject (Topic):
Christian literature, Italian and Manuscripts, Medieval
Manuscript on paper of the Epistles of St. Paul: Romans, 1-2 Corinthians, Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, 1-2 Thessalonians, 1-2 Timothy, Titus, Philemon, and Hebrews
Description:
In Latin., Script: copied by a single scribe writing Gothica Semihybrida Libraria with some Fractura features (final s e.g.). ., Decoration: Space was reserved for headings and abundant decoration in the form of initials, but both are almost entirely missing. Guide letters are also generally missing, and Binding: 19th century mottled paper over cardboard.