Manuscript on paper (unidentified watermarks, trimmed) and parchment (f. 1) of Sozomenus Pistoriensis, Commentary on Persius
Description:
In Latin., Script: Written in a neat humanistic script in 1461 by Bartholomaeus Baldinotti., Small initials, in red, mark the beginning of prologue and each satire., and Binding: Nineteenth century. Vellum case.
Manuscript on paper of Hesiod in Latin translation, with printed editions of Silius Italicus, Juvenal, and Persius
Description:
In Latin., Script: Throughout the book the gloss is written in extremely small Gothica Cursiva Libraria, but the lemmata or opening words of the marginal glosses are executed in a large calligraphic form of the same script. Art. 4 copied by one hand in bold Gothica Cursiva Libraria/Formata., Binding: original quarter leather binding: blind-tooled pigskin and wooden boards, spine with three raised bands. One brass clasp attached to the rear board. The binding is strengthened with strips of parchment cut from a manuscript containing Eberhardus Bethuniensis (Everard of Béthune, d. 1212), Graecismus., and Bound with 3 other titles.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Hesiod., Juvenal., Persius., and Silius Italicus, Tiberius Catius.
Manuscript of a collection of humanist texts, including 1) Ghigo Brunelleschi (c. 1353-c. 1410) and Domenico da Prato (c. 1389-1432/1433), Geta e Birria. 2) Nicolaus Perottus (Niccolò Perotti, 1429-1480), Latin translation of the Oath of Hippocrates, with his introductory letter to Bartolomeo Troiano of Verona. 3) Nicolaus Perottus, Letter to Iacobus Constantius (Jacopo Costanzi of Fano), written in his 25th year (1454), describing his life and how he has given himself entirely to the studia litterarum. 4) Three letters by Nicolaus Perottus to his brother Aelius (Elio Perotti). 5) Nicolaus Perottus, Letter to Iacobus Schioppus (Giacomo Schioppo), written from Bologna. 6) 8 verses recording historical examples of the power of Love. 7) Franciscus Petrarca (Petrarch, 1304-1374), Canzoniere, 136, 137 and 138. 8) Aulus Persius Flaccus (34-62), Satirae. 9) Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid, 43 B.C.-A.D. 17), Heroides, 15 (Sappho Paoni). 10) Ps.-Lucianus Samosatensis, De asino aureo, Latin translation by Poggio Bracciolini (1380-1459), with introductory letter of the latter to Cosimo de' Medici. 11) Franciscus Petrarca (Petrarch), Canzoniere, 105. 12) Aristoteles, Ethica Nicomachea, Book 8, in the Latin translation by Leonardus Aretinus (Leonardo Bruni, c. 1370-1444).
Description:
In Latin and Italian.
Subject (Geographic):
Italy., Connecticut, and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Bracciolini, Poggio, 1380-1459., Bruni, Leonardo, 1369-1444., Ovid, 43 B.C.-17 A.D. or 18 A.D., Perotti, Niccolò, 1430-1480., Persius., and Petrarca, Francesco, 1304-1374.
Manuscript on parchment of Persius, Satirae 1.22-6, with argumenta added in the 15th century
Description:
In Latin., Script: copied by one hand writing Italian Gothica Hybrida Libraria, with a preference for round r and d with relatively short shaft., Paragraph marks in red. All the majuscules, those at the opening of the verses and the others, are heightened with dark yellow. The Satires open with a 2-line flourished initial (a 3-line flourished initial for Satire 6) with marginal extensions, alternately in red with purple penwork and blue with red penwork., and Binding: 20th-21st century. Plain brown leather over cardboard. Yellowish paper endleaves.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Persius.
Subject (Topic):
Manuscripts, Medieval, Scholia, and Verse satire, Latin
In Latin., Beinecke MS 897 and MS 898 are parts of the same manuscript., Script: copied by one hand writing Gothico-Humanistica with single-compartment a. The majuscules, at the beginning of each verse, are Gothic., Watermark: a Circle surmounted by a Cross. Parchment stays at the outer and at the inner sides of the quires, made from scraps of various manuscripts., All headings are missing (one line is blank between the various satires). Red stroking of the majuscules on f. 1r only. 2-line red plain initials at the beginning of the satires, with guide letters. The Prologue opens with a 5-line plain initial with some decoration., and Binding: unbound.
