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10. Liber Taxarum of Tomasso Spinelli
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1440-1450].
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 850
- Container / Volume:
- Box
- Image Count:
- 220
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- 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
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Liber Taxarum of Tomasso Spinelli
11. Mercantile statutes of Florence
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1575]
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 693
- Image Count:
- 390
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- 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
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Mercantile statutes of Florence
12. Ponte alle Grazie, Florence [art original]
- Creator:
- Fairholt, F. W. (Frederick William), 1814-1866, artist
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1856?]
- Call Number:
- Drawings F171 no. 1 Box D120
- Image Count:
- 1
- Abstract:
- Ink drawing of the 14th century bridge in Florence -- Ponte alle Grazie -- with a view of the hills in the distance and the buildings of Florence on either side of the bridge
- Description:
- Frederick William Fairholt (1814-1866), English artist and antiquary, signed his prints "F.W.F"., Title from item., Signed by the artist in lower right corner: "F.W.F"., and Date of drawing based on artist's visit to Italy with Lord Londesborough in 1856.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Italy, Florence., and Florence (Italy)
- Subject (Topic):
- Bridges
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Ponte alle Grazie, Florence [art original]
13. [Journal], 1838 Oct 4-24.
- Creator:
- Tebbs, H. V. (Henry Virtue)
- Call Number:
- Osborn d428
- Image Count:
- 86
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Holograph diary, apparently incomplete, of part of a tour through Italy. The diary opens with a description of a tour of Herculaneum and of antiquities and sight-seeing in Naples, followed by a journey to Rome. Tebbs describes a visit to the Vatican Library and the manuscripts and incunabula shown to him by the librarians, including fragments of early Greek Gospel texts and a large "Hebrew Bible presented by the Duke of Urbino." Tebbs and his unnamed companions then journey to Florence, where they see the major sites by engaging a guide to "drive about the whole day," and then proceed to Bologna for two days, visiting the University and its library. The diary ends with their arrival in Piacenza
- Description:
- Annotation on front pastedown: "H. V. Tebbs. Glebe House, Chelsea. Vol. 2." and Binding: quarter roan with blue boards.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Italy., Italy, Florence (Italy), Naples (Italy), and Rome (Italy)
- Subject (Name):
- Tebbs, H. V. (Henry Virtue) and Biblioteca apostolica vaticana.
- Subject (Topic):
- Tourism, Travelers' writings, English, Description and travel, and Antiquities
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [Journal], 1838 Oct 4-24.
14. [Letterhead for Blundell's School, Tiverton] [graphic]
- Creator:
- Ireland, Anna Maria, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1794]
- Call Number:
- Hogarth 794.00.00.161.1 Box 125
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Copy of a design for the letterhead use for 1726 an invitation to a dinner for former pupils of William Rayner at Blundell's School, Tiverton. The vignette shows, on the left, small boys reading and, on the right, in front of a bookcase, Minerva pointing a boy towards the school while another boy assists Mercury as he waters a tree growing a pot. The frame around the vignette is topped by a fountain referring to the motto: In patriam populumque fluxit. In a ribbon below the image is another motto: Utrique unus et ex uno stemmate surgis honos. Without the text of the invitation engraved below
- Description:
- Title devised by cataloger. and A copy of: Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 105.
- Publisher:
- Samuel Ireland
- Subject (Geographic):
- Florence (Italy)
- Subject (Name):
- Mercury (Roman deity),
- Subject (Topic):
- Commerce
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Letterhead for Blundell's School, Tiverton] [graphic]
15. [View of Piazza della Signoria in Florence with the Grand Duke's military guard] [art original].
- Creator:
- Patch, Thomas, 1725-1782, artist
- Published / Created:
- [not after 1782]
- Call Number:
- Drawings P294 no. 1 Box D205
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A small audience sitting on benches on a tribune next to the equestrian statue of Cosimo I de' Medici in Piazza della Signoria, watching a military parade of the guards of the Grand Duke Pietro Leopoldo of Lorena (1765-1790), son of the Empress Maria Theresa of Habsburg and brother of Joseph II. The soldiers, forming an L-shaped cordon and led by four battalion officers, are recognizable by their tricorns and the bayonets. At the center of the square, under the grand building of Palazzo Vecchio, stands a troop of drummers. Figures in the the foreground include a group of cavalrymen bearing a banner and followed by a cart on the right; a lady and gentleman waiting for a landau carriage at center; and a figure, maybe a soldier on look-out, watching the scene in Palazzo Uguccioni's shadow on the left
- Description:
- Title and artist attribution from dealer's description. and Date based on artist's death date.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Florence (Italy)
- Subject (Name):
- Piazza della Signoria (Florence, Italy), and Palazzo vecchio (Florence, Italy),
- Subject (Topic):
- Plazas, Equestrian statues, Military parades & ceremonies, Spectators, and Carriages & coaches
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [View of Piazza della Signoria in Florence with the Grand Duke's military guard] [art original].
