Manuscript on paper (coarse, remains of deckle edges) of 1) Unidentified Italian epitome of the Ps.-Ciceronian Rhetorica ad Herennium. 2) Unidentified and anonymous treatise on memory
Description:
In Italian., Watermarks, along upper edge: unidentified mountain and hunting horn., Script: Written in gothic bookhand by a single scribe, above top line., Spaces left for initials remain unfilled, except on f. 25r where there are three poorly executed initials in red; guide letters for decorator. Paragraph marks and initial strokes, in red., and Binding: Nineteenth century, Italy (?). Half bound in vellum with a gold-tooled spine and Spanish marbled sides. Ribbon bookmark.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Pseudo-Cicero.
Subject (Topic):
Literature, Medieval, Manuscripts, Medieval, Memory, and Rhetoric
