Manuscript on paper of the writings of Christopher of Paris (pseudonym for a Venetian exile), including his major work, Lucidario, with its supplementary alphabet, plus three letters
Description:
In Italian and Latin.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Christopher, of Paris.
Subject (Topic):
Alchemy, Alphabet books, Italian letters, and Manuscripts, Medieval
Manuscript on paper of a number of ascetical treatises and prayers, including: 1) Pseudo-Bernard of Clairvaux, Octo versus. 2) Andrea da Pistoia, Epistola a un amico. 3) Aegidius O.S.B. (frate Gillio), Liber virtutum
Description:
In Italian.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Andrea da Pistoia.
Subject (Topic):
Italian letters, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Virtue
Manuscript on paper of part of a collection of letters by Antonius Panormitanus (Antonio Beccadelli, 1394-1471), written during his teaching at the Studio of Pavia, 1429-1434
Description:
In Italian.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Beccadelli, Antonio, 1394-1471.
Subject (Topic):
Epigrams, Italian, Italian letters, and Manuscripts, Medieval
Manuscript on paper containing letters by or related to Lapo da Castiglionchio (d. 1381), and his family
Description:
On the author, a Florentine poet, friend of Petrarch, professor of Canon Law, lawyer, diplomat, politician, see Dizionario biografico degli Italiani, v. 22 (1979), pp. 40-44.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut, New Haven., Italy., and Florence (Italy)
Subject (Name):
Castiglionchio, Lapo da, d. 1381.
Subject (Topic):
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Italian letters, Manuscripts, Medieval, Nobility, and History
Manuscript on paper of Bartolommeo Fonzio (1445-1513), 1) Italian translation of Leonard Bruni's Latin translation of the "Oratio ad Alexandrum," attributed to Demosthenes. 2) Italian translation of Marsilio Ficino's "De Magnificentia." 3) Letter to G...
Description:
In Italian.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Fonte, Bartolommeo, 1445-1513.
Subject (Topic):
Italian letters, Literature, Medieval, and Manuscripts, Medieval
