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46. Renaissance miscellany
- Published / Created:
- [between 1450 and 1500]
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 329
- Image Count:
- 293
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on paper of a miscellany including texts by Leonardo Bruni, Petrarch, Stefano Porcari, Matteo Palmieri, and Giovanni Boccaccio
- Description:
- In Italian., Watermarks: similar to Briquet Fleur 6651, Briquet Echelle 5910, Briquet Etoile 6070 and one unidentified., Script: Written in a mercantile script (mercantesca) by one hand., Calligraphic initials, 4- to 2-line, in red with purple or blue with red. Rubrics in brownish-red., and Binding: Nineteenth century. Paper binding "alla rustica". On spine, "Miscella di belle lettere".
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Topic):
- Italian literature, Italian poetry, and Manuscripts, Medieval
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Renaissance miscellany
47. Saints' lives
- Published / Created:
- 1465.
- Call Number:
- Marston MS 56
- Image Count:
- 390
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on paper (thick, coarse) of Lives of the Saints, preceded by accounts of events in the Bible from both the Old and New Testaments. Folios 51 and 61 interchanged in rebinding
- Description:
- In Italian., Watermarks: similar in design to Briquet Ciseaux 3708 dated Genoa, 1465., Script: Written by several scribes in unruly mercantesca script, above top line. Script becomes smaller and tighter toward end of codex., Crudely executed title page, f. 1r, consisting of floral and foliage motifs in upper margin, scroll around column in inner margin, and, in outer margin, scroll around column terminating in elongated arm with text on the scroll (much rubbed and stained). In lower margin a coat of arms (damaged; probably: or, two columns gules); the letters B and C on either side in the bases of columns in inner and outer margins. The decoration of title page in bright red and green. Plain initials (some with simple foliage designs), headings, paragraph marks, pointing hands, and hands holding crosses or symbols of passions of martyrs (e. g., gridiron for Laurence), all in bright red, green, and/or black., Folio 1 damaged; no loss of text., and Binding: Nineteenth century, Italy. Rigid vellum case with two red labels on spine: "Trattati di storia sacra" and "Manuscritto 1360".
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Topic):
- Christian hagiography, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Italian literature, and Manuscripts, Medieval
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Saints' lives
48. Trattati di archittetura ingegneria e arte militare
- Creator:
- Martini, Francesco di Giorgio, 1439-1502
- Published / Created:
- [between 1500 and 1515]
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 491
- Image Count:
- 129
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on paper (sturdy) of what is probably the first version of the treatise, finished ca. 1476-77. The order of contents is as follows: fortresses; temples, churches and theaters; columns and other architectural details; plans for palaces; aqueducts; measuring and surveying; instruments of war
- Description:
- In Italian., Watermarks: anchor and star similar to Briquet Ancre 478, Bergamo 1502., Script: Written in italic script by a single scribe who left blank spaces for illuminated initials., Outer and lower margins of almost every page filled with architectural or mechanical sketches drawn either directly on the leaves (ff. 1r-5v) or on small strips of paper pasted onto the margins of the leaves (ff. 6r-57v), in brown ink, sometimes with green or pink washes. The drawings illustrate every section of the text; many have explanatory inscriptions., and Binding: Eighteenth century. Red edges. Mottled, brown calf, streaked on the turn-ins. Blind-tooled, with a gold-tooled spine.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Italy., Connecticut, and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Martini, Francesco di Giorgio, 1439-1502.
- Subject (Topic):
- Architecture, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Italian literature, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Military art and science
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Trattati di archittetura ingegneria e arte militare
49. Treatise on falconry
- Creator:
- Balzani, Guglielmo
- Published / Created:
- 1616.
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 477
- Image Count:
- 450
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on paper of Guglielmo Balzani, of Casale Monferrato, Treatise on Falconry
- Description:
- The 8th Marchese of Monferrato mentioned in the prologue is presumably Guglielmo (1550-1587)., In Italian., Watermarks: unidentified crossbow in circle, with countermark "B A B"., Script: Written by 2 hands in 17th-century cursive: Scribe 1) ff. 1r-177r; Scribe 2) ff. 177v-208r., and Binding: Eighteenth century. Spattered brown calf, blind-tooled. Edges spattered blue/green and red. Rebacked.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Balzani, Guglielmo.
- Subject (Topic):
- Falconry, Italian literature, and Manuscripts, Medieval
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Treatise on falconry
50. Viaggio de quatro chavalieri andarono cercando il mondo
- Creator:
- Salimbeni, Jacopo, d. ca. 1427
- Published / Created:
- [between 1425 and 1475]
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 928
- Image Count:
- 54
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on paper of Jacopo Salimbeni's Viaggio de quatro chavalieri andarono cercando il mondo, an account of travel to the East
- Description:
- In Italian., Script: copied by one hand in Gothica Semihybrida Currens (Mercantesca)., Manuscript on paper of Jacopo Salimbeni's Viaggio de quatro chavalieri andarono cercando il mondo, an account of travel to the East undertaken 1416 May 1, starting from Venice. The language of this manuscript is influenced by the Venetian dialect. The first sixty folios are missing., and Binding: 20th century quarter binding.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Salimbeni, Jacopo, d. ca. 1427.
- Subject (Topic):
- Italian literature, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Voyages around the world
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Viaggio de quatro chavalieri andarono cercando il mondo
