In Greek., Same watermark as Harlfinger Croix 41, from a manuscript signed by Andreas Darmarius and dated 5 April 1582., Script: Written by the scribe Andreas Darmarius, who signed the completed manuscript., Headpiece in black ink, on f. 1r. Headings and chapter notations, in red. 3-line initial, with decoration above and below letter, in red on f. 4r; other small initials in red throughout codex at beginning of each section., and Binding: Nineteenth century (?). Limp green vellum case, blue-green edges.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Africanus, Sextus Julius.
Subject (Topic):
Geography, Ancient, Encyclopedias and dictionaries, and Manuscripts, Medieval
Polyhistor, De memorabilibus mundi, and Solinus De memorabilibus mundi
Description:
BEIN Beinecke MS 907: Imperfect: some leaves bled at head, with partial loss of running title and foliation. Contemporary manuscript annotations. Blind-stamped quarter pigskin binding over wooden boards; with two metal clasps. Manuscript note on rear pastedown: Anno 1561 22 Febr. 3. g. M. Pauli Bussini Magdeburg. Purchased on the Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund. Number 3 of 6 titles bound together., A variant exists with title page in a different setting of type and "diligenter" spelled out., Published by Conrad Hist; edited by Jodocus Badius., Much of the text from Pliny's Natural history., Imprint from colophon., Signatures: pi⁴ A⁴ a⁴ b-c⁸ d⁴ e-f⁸., and Final page blank.
Peutinger table and Tabvla itineraria ex illvstri Pevtingerorvm Bibliotheca
Description:
BEIN 2016 +333: Imperfect: title panel mutilated, with some loss of text. Sheets joined together to form a roll; backed in linen., Relief shown pictorially., "MD" in publication date in apostrophic forms., Appears in Ortelius' Theatri Orbis Terrarum Parergon. Antwerp, 1624., and "Peutinger Table: Road map of Western Roman Empire about 250 A.D. bought by Conrad Peutinger and published in Venice by Aldus in 1591 (2 sections only), in Antwerp 1598 (12 sections) ... The only record of Roman map making that has survived to the present day."--Tooley's Dictionary of Mapmakers. New York, 1979.
