Commedia

Description

Title: Commedia
Published / Created: [ca. 1600]
Publication Place: Italy
Abstract: Manuscript on paper of an anonymous Italian comedy in five acts in prose, based on various amorous plots, the scene being laid in Florence
Description: In Italian.
Script: One hand, writing Humanistica Cursiva. Corrections by a contemporary hand very close to the scribe's hand.
Due to a binder's error the final leaves are in disorder. One or more leaves are missing between ff. 76 and 77.
Horizontal catchwords at right on all pages.
No decoration.
Binding: Nineteenth century. Quarter binding, marbled paper over cardboard and parchment spine. On the spine red leather title label with gold-tooled inscription: “COMMEDI / MANOSCRITT / XVI SECOL”.
Provenance: Purchased on the Edwin J. Beinecke Fund.
Extent: ff. i + 77 + i : 215 x 145 mm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: Italian

Genre: Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Material: paper ;
Resource Type: unspecified
Subject (Geographic): Connecticut
New Haven.
Subject (Topic): Italian drama (Comedy)
Manuscripts, Medieval
Subjects: Italian drama (Comedy)
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library

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Citation: Commedia. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.