La Sfera
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10269808
Description
- Title
- La Sfera
- Creator
- Dati, Gregorio, 1362-1436
- Published / Created
- [between 1450 and 1500]
- Publication Place
- Italy
- Abstract
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Manuscript on paper (watermarks buried in gutter) of Gregorio (or Leonardo?) Dati, La Sfera. This rhyming treatise (ottava rima) is divided into two parts: 1) a treatise on astronomy; 2) rules for navigation and the determination of the position of the sea
- Description
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In Italian.
Script: Written by one person in neat mercantile script.
One 4-line initial, f. lr., gold capital with white-vine foliage against a blue, pink and green ground, connected to a 3/4 white-vine border with brown penwork and gold dots; a coat of arms in wreath at center of lower margin. Two 3-line initials, ff. 7r and 14v, gold, against pink and green grounds with yellow and white filigree. Folios 1r-14v illustrated in margins with astronomical and geographical diagrams, all of them circular, tinted drawings in brown pen with red, yellow, blue and green washes. Folios 15r-24v decorated with unframed maps and illustrations drawn in brown pen, and tinted green, brown and red. Most illustrations unlabeled.
Some leaves repaired; the manuscript shows signs of heavy use.
Binding: 16th-17th centuries. Resewn on three vegetable fiber supports. Rounded spine. Covered in black/brown sheepskin over wooden boards with corner tongues. Blind-tooled with five line fillets forming diamonds. There are traces of four bosses on each board and two clasp-and-catch fastenings, the catches on the lower board. Fastenings and bosses are wanting. Concentric circles are scratched in the center of the lower board. Rebacked. - Provenance
- Purchased from the William Schab Gallery in 1948 by H.P. Kraus. Acquired from Kraus in 1955 by Thomas E. Marston, who presented it to the Beinecke Library in 1965.
- Extent
- ff. ii + 24 + vi : 274 x 198 (ca. 130 x 90) mm.
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been completely digitized.
- Language
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Italian
Collection Information
- Repository
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Call Number
- Beinecke MS 328
- Related Resource Online
- View a detailed description.
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Early works to 1800
Manuscripts, Medieval Italy 15th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library - Material
- paper ;
- Resource Type
- unspecified
- Subject (Geographic)
-
Connecticut
New Haven. - Subject (Name)
- Dati, Gregorio, 1362-1436.
- Subject (Topic)
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Astronomy, Medieval
Italian poetry
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval
Manuscripts, Medieval
Early maps
Navigation - Subjects
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Dati, Gregorio, 1362-1436
Astronomy, Medieval
Italian poetry > 15th century
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
Early maps
Navigation > Early works to 1800
Italy > 15th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
- Citation
- Dati, La Sfera. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 9786790
- Object ID (OID)
- 10269808
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