Manuscript on parchment (goatskin) of 1) Landulphus senior (Landulphus Mediolanensis, 12th century), Historia Mediolanensis. 2) Catalogue of the Archbishops of Milan up to Galdinus (1166-1176). 3) Arnulf of Milan (Arnulphus Mediolanensis, d. ca. 1077), Liber gestorum recentium
Description:
In Latin., Script: Copied by one hand in Southern Gothica Semitextualis Libraria. Marginal notes in Gothico-Humanistica Cursiva Libraria., Annotations in the hand of Francesco della Croce., Plain red 1-line initials in the verses at the end of art. 1, Book I (f. 10v) and in art. 2; alternately red and blue 2- or 3-lines initials in the other parts; 5-line littera duplex in the same colours at the beginning of art. 3; 6-line littera duplex with penwork and marginal extensions at the beginning of art. 1, Book I (f. 1v); 9-line foliate initial on square background in yellow, mauve, red, green, blue and with left-margin Gothic illuminated acanthus border on f. 1r., and Binding: Twentieth century. Plain white parchment over pasteboard. Remnants of title-label at the top of the spine.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut, New Haven., Italy, and Milan (Italy)
Subject (Name):
Della Croce, Francesco, 1391-1479.
Subject (Topic):
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Manuscripts, Medieval, and History
Manuscript on paper of Francesco Filelfo, Oratio parentalis de divi Francisci Sphortiae Mediolanensium ducis felicitate
Description:
In Latin., Watermarks, much worn, buried in gutter: similar in general design to Piccard, Ochsenkopf VII.955., Script: Written by a single scribe in a neat sloping humanistic bookhand, above top line., Space left for initial on f. 1r is unfilled; heading in majuscules, colophon, and marginalia, in pale red., and Binding: Between 1800 and 1810, Italy. Quarter bound in brown mottled calf; mottled yellow and green paper sides; pale brown edges. Gold-tooled spine including title, which is mostly wanting. Spine worm-eaten.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut, New Haven., and Milan (Italy)
Subject (Name):
Filelfo, Francesco, 1398-1481.
Subject (Topic):
Manuscripts, Medieval and Speeches, addresses, etc., Latin (Medieval and modern)
