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1. Epigrammata ex sententiis Sancti Augustini, etc
- Creator:
- Prosper, of Aquitaine, Saint, approximately 390-approximately 463
- Published / Created:
- [between 1400 and 1425]
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 15
- Image Count:
- 230
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on parchment of Prosper Aquitanus, Epigrammata ex sententiis Sancti Augustini. With Johannes Shepey, Sermones
- Description:
- In Latin., Script: Written in various styles of Anglicana, with some portions in gothic bookhand, by four scribes. Scribe 1) ff. 1r-10r; Scribe 2) ff. 10v-30r; Scribe 3) ff. 31r-107v; Scribe 4) f. 75r to the top of 76r (perhaps to supply text missing from the exemplar)., Blue initials with elaborate red, blue, and black penwork borders that almost totally encompass the written space on ff. 1r and 31r (trimmed along upper and outer edges); similar initials in blue with red penwork designs extending entire length of folio introduce each new section of text., and Binding: Nineteenth century. Brown sheepskin, blind- and gold-tooled. Rebacked.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Augustine, of Hippo, Saint, 354-430. and Prosper, of Aquitaine, Saint, approximately 390-approximately 463.
- Subject (Topic):
- Epigrams, Latin, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Manuscripts, Medieval, Scholia, Sermons, and Theology, Doctrinal
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Epigrammata ex sententiis Sancti Augustini, etc
2. Epigrams
- Creator:
- Martial
- Published / Created:
- [between 1450 and 1500]
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 65
- Image Count:
- 496
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on paper (sturdy) of Martial, Epigrams. Apparently written in some haste. Lines were frequently omitted (then added in the margins) and poor planning resulted in a big blank space on f. 186r-v; some rubrication bled from one folio to the next
- Description:
- In Latin., Watermarks: several unidentified in gutter, including the letter R., Script: Written in informal humanistic scripts by multiple scribes. Each made notes in the margins for the rubricator (at least two distinct hands that alternate through the manuscript; some rubrics are illegible)., Plain initials in red; rubrics stop on f. 220r., and Binding: Nineteenth century. Bound by Zaehnsdorf (established ca. 1842) in half green goatskin with green cloth sides.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Martial.
- Subject (Topic):
- Epigrams, Latin, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Verse satire, Latin
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Epigrams
3. Epigrams
- Creator:
- Martial
- Published / Created:
- [between 1450 and 1500]
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 64
- Image Count:
- 400
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on parchment of Martial, Epigrams. The codex was misbound; the epigrams are out of order. Excerpts from the critical commentary of Domizio Calderini (Professor of Rhetoric at Rome in 1470) surround the text on ff. 1r-24v and 165r-193r. With an unidentified prose text outlining the development of civilization
- Description:
- In Latin., Script: Written by one scribe in a neat italic for the text and a less formal hand for the commentary and for the unidentified text on ff. 193r-194v., Gold initials, 5-line, on blue, dark red and green grounds, with white and gold highlights, mark the beginning of each book. Small, plain initials, alternating red and blue, for each epigram. Commentary and titles, in various shades of red., Final folios creased and rubbed; some loss of marginal text due to trimming and wear., and Binding: 18th-19th centuries. Vellum case, blind-tooled.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Martial.
- Subject (Topic):
- Epigrams, Latin, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Manuscripts, Medieval, Scholia, and Verse satire, Latin
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Epigrams
