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1. De dictis et factis Alphonsi V, etc
- Creator:
- Beccadelli, Antonio, 1394-1471
- Published / Created:
- 1493.
- Call Number:
- Marston MS 171
- Image Count:
- 232
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on paper of 1) Antonio Beccadelli (Panormita), De dictis et factis Alphonsi V, with a letter of Pope Pius II and his commentary on the text. The text of Panormita alternates with the commentary of Pius II throughout. 2) Pope Pius II, In orationem pro suscipiendo in Turcos bello. 3) Antonio Beccadelli, Triumphus Alphonsi regis. 4) Pope Pius II, Oratio in triumphum Alphonsi. 5) Pope Pius II, Oratio ad Alphonsum Aragoniae
- Description:
- In Latin., Watermarks: unidentified Tete de boeuf, plainly visible but not located in Briquet or Piccard., Script: Written in small gothic bookhand by a single scribe; first word(s) of each major section of text written in majuscules., Red initial outlined in black ink, 3-line, on f. 1r. Plain red initials, with either decorative dots or knobs, 2- to 1-line, throughout. Headings in red., and Binding: Date? A pieced-together binding with a brown sheepskin spine and early wooden boards covered with suede-like skin. Traces of one fastening, the catch on the upper board. Worm holes in text block repaired. Residue of rectangular label on upper board.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Alfonso V, King of Aragon, 1396-1458. and Beccadelli, Antonio, 1394-1471.
- Subject (Topic):
- Manuscripts, Medieval and Speeches, addresses, etc., Latin (Medieval and modern)
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > De dictis et factis Alphonsi V, etc
2. Epitoma Donati in Terentium, etc
- Creator:
- Curlo, Giacomo
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1450]
- Call Number:
- Marston MS 51
- Image Count:
- 538
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on paper (slightly polished) of 1) Giacomo Curlo, Preface addressed to Ferdinand I of Naples. 2) Giacomo Curlo, Epitoma Donati in Terentium. 3) Antonio Cassarino, Preface addressed to Giacomo Curlo. 4) Plutarch, Apophthegmata, Latin translation by Antonio Cassarino. 5) Phalaris, Epistolae, translated by Francesco Griffolini of Arezzo and dedicated to Malatesta Novella of Cesena. 6) Phalaris, four additional Epistolae, translated into Latin by Francesco Griffolini of Arezzo and dedicated to King Alfonso I of Naples. 7) Pliny, Epistolae I.1-III.15.
- Description:
- In Latin., Watermarks: ff. 1-112, similar to Briquet Lettre R 8941; ff. 113-160 and 209-256, similar to Briquet Echelle 5904, 5908; ff. 161-208, 257-265, similar to Piccard Kreuz II.616, 619, 622., Script: Written in an unusual style of loose and sloping humanistic script with cursive features; angular, little shading of letters, well spaced., Plain lumpy initials, 3- to 2-line, alternate blue and red. Headings and paragraph marks in red., and Binding: Fifteenth century, Spain (?). Original wound sewing on four tawed skin, slit straps laced through tunnels in the edges of wooden boards to channels on the outside and pegged. Yellow edges. The beaded chevron endbands are sewn with red and yellow thread on tawed skin cores laid in grooves in the boards. Covered in brown sheepskin with the surface mostly worn off; decorated with concentric frames, the central panel and one frame filled in with square goat (?) and flower tools standing on a point. Title in ink on a paper label, now mostly wanting. Four truncated diamond-shaped catches on the lower board have a raised design of the Virgin and child and a flower.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Donatus, Aelius., Alfonso V, King of Aragon, 1396-1458., Curlo, Giacomo., Ferdinand I, King of Naples, 1423-1494., and Terence.
- Subject (Topic):
- Latin letters, Literature, Medieval, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Scholia
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Epitoma Donati in Terentium, etc
