Manuscript on paper (thick) of methods and examples of addition, subtraction, multiplication, division and the rule of three
Description:
In Italian., Watermark: shield with kneeling man holding cross?. Similar to Briquet 7629?., Script: Copied by one hand in Humanistica Cursiva Libraria/Formata., A few geometrical figures., Pages slightly damaged by the acidity of the ink., and Binding: Original limp parchment, a large circle traced with a sharp pencil on the front cover, a group of small circles in the form of a cross on the rear cover. At the top left corner of the front cover a paper label with the 16th-17th century inscription in Humanistica Cursiva: "Mathematicorum. Anonymi arithmetica manu scripta linguae Italicae". On the spine is written in the same type of script "Aritmetica" and, at the top, the letter "A".
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Topic):
Arithmetic, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Mathematics, Medieval
Manuscript on paper of coats of arms of the Doges of Venice, on the verso pages, with biographical notes on the facing recto, two items per page; introduced by a short history of the founding of Venice, the beginning of which is missing
Description:
In Italian and Latin., Script: The main scribe writes a careful Humanistica Cursiva. The additions on ff. 46r and 47r are written in a rapid Humanistica Cursiva., Decoration: The biographical notes open with a large black initial in Capitalis. The coats of arms are largely drawn in brown ink and have red or yellow borders with colouring mainly in red, blue, and yellow., and Binding: 19th century parchment over cardboard, with a flat spine, and a gold-tooled title in Capitalis on the front cover.
Manuscript on parchment of astrological texts drawn largely from Arab astrology of the early Middle Ages, and transmitted in medieval Latin translations; in addition Ptolemy's Centiloquium is present, transmitted not in Greek but through the Arabic, along with a single contemporary component, the Astrolabium planum of Johann Engel
Description:
In Latin., Script: Written by a single scribe in a large and clear hand in Gothica textualis formata and Bastarda., Rubrics, and occasional headlines in red, diagrams in the text in brown and red inks. Full illuminated border, outlined in red, on f. 1r of leafy sprays in colors and gold, the white spaces filled up with black dots and small burnished gold circles each with three or four small tendrils; a large initial in burnished gold and colors at the beginning of the text in the first column, with gold band extending downward and then around three sides of the page forming an inner border, completed by a red line at top; a lozenge at the center of the lower band of the border containing a pattern of platelike discs, quatrefoils, and a leafy spray on a dull gold ground, this segment almost certainly a later replacement of an original coat of arms which has been erased. Elsewhere in the manuscript smaller illuminated initials in the style of the first frequently occur, and larger ones with descenders to partial borders at the foot of the page occur. Each of the ninety-six pages from f. 191r through 238v has four drawings in colors (six on those pages which open each of the signs of the Zodiac), placed within diagrams accompanied by slight text., and Binding: Nineteenth century, English. Marbled paper boards, green calf back with six heavy (false?) bands, the compartments with patterns of small tools impressed in gold and with gold-stamped titles, a small rectangular label with the printed number 1037 and a small round label with the inked number 894 glued to the bottommost compartment. All edges gilt. Preserved in a modern green cloth folding box, probably French, with leather label.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Ptolemy, active 2nd century.
Subject (Topic):
Astrology, Astrology, Arab, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, and Manuscripts, Medieval
Manuscript on paper of Astrological tables for solar and lunar locations, probably for use in compiling calendars; tables of latitudes of cities; chronological tables for 1508-18. Most tables are accompanied by prose descriptions
Description:
In Italian., Watermarks: trimmed, in upper margins; unidentified eagle enclosed by a circle similar in design to Briquet Aigle 204., Script: Written in Italian notarial script by a single scribe., Yellow added to initials and to astrological signs, and some numbers., Stained throughout; final folio repaired., and Binding: Eighteenth century. Blind-tooled brown sheepskin.
Manuscript on paper made by an unknown Venetian mathematician, astronomer and cartographer. This manuscript is highly interesting for the excellent drawings of contemporary Mediterranean sailing-ships
Description:
In Italian., Script: Written by one hand in Gothico-Humanistic Cursive, which in the maps alternates with Capitalis. Headings in Capitalis inscribed on scrolls or tablets., Maps, borders and decorations in colours. Clumsily drawn human and animal figures., and Binding: Original limp vellum. On the spine is written "G***ctrica MSS". On the rear cover are a pen-drawing, upside-down, of the same decorative device as on f. 2r, and a sketch of city gates.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut, New Haven., and Islands of the Mediterranean.
Subject (Topic):
Atlases, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Manuscript maps, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Sailing ships
Manuscript on paper of Atto recitabile da fare avanti che nella compagnia si dieno panellini benedetti composto dal Cecchi
Description:
In Italian., Script: the original text copied by a single hand, writing Humanistica Cursiva. The changes and additions are written in Humanistica Cursiva Currens under Gothic influence., and Binding: early paper binding.
Manuscript on paper (sturdy, brown; watermarks: unidentified coat of arms in gutter) of Catalogus librorum (Aldine Press). The catalogue consists of four sections: Libri graeci, Alii libri graeci, Libri latini, Italici libri
Description:
In Latin., Script: Written in humanistic cursive by one scribe., All folios are stained, damaged, and/or repaired., and Binding: 1850. Bound by George Bretherton in quarter red-brown leather with blue-black cloth sides.
Manuscript on paper in three distinct parts. Part I (ff. 1-78): 1) Euclid, Catoptrica. 2) Euclid, Phaenomena. 3) Euclid, Opticarum recensio Theonis. 4) Euclid, Data. Part II (ff. 79-102): 5) Euclid, Data, incomplete at beginning and end. Part III (ff. 103-142): 6) Theodore Metochites, Introductio in Ptolemaei compositionem mathematicam
Description:
In Greek., Watermarks: Part I: Harlfinger Ancre 51 (1540, 1541 A. D.). Part II: similar to those in Part I. Part III: Harlfinger Lettres 66., Script: Each part written by a different scribe, all in Greek minuscule. Part I by Valeriano da Forli, who also wrote marginal notes in red and labelled the diagrams., Part I: Headpiece, 3- and 2-line initials with stylized floral motifs and headings in red. Diagrams in margins of geometrical figures drawn with compass. Part II: Headings in red. Diagrams drawn with compass and ruler, labelled in red, and fitted into written space. Part III: 2- to 1-line initials with stylized floral motifs and headings in pale red., Waterstains throughout. On f. 57r, spills, dirt and pen trials; several words effaced or obscured. Discoloration on ff. 1r and 78v suggests that this part was once separate., and Binding: Nineteenth century. Vellum case with a gold-tooled title.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Euclid.
Subject (Topic):
Charts, diagrams, etc, Manuscripts, Medieval, Mathematics, Medieval, and Scholia
Manuscript on parchment of a ceremonial for the San Lorenzo convent of the order of Poor Clares in Panisperna. Includes ceremonials for investiture, veiling, extreme unction, funerals, and other occasions
Description:
Script: The main text (artt. 1-9) is copied in black and red ink by a single hand in Humanistica Cursiva Formata. A later hand added art. 10 in an irregular Humanistica Cursiva., Decoration: Rubrics and alternative text parts in red. Majuscules highlighted in yellow. 1-line versals alternately in red and blue. 2-line (rarely 3-line) plain or flourished initials, in red or alternately in red and blue, with penwork in the contrasting color, coarsely executed. Art. 10 is undecorated., Binding: Original brown leather over wooden boards sewn on three split leather(?) thongs. Both covers blind-tooled with frames of multiple fillets and hand-tools. Remnants of two clasps attached to the front board and catches on the rear board. Gilt edges., and In Latin.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Poor Clares.
Subject (Topic):
Manuscripts, Medieval, Service books (Music), and Catholic Church
