Life of Alexander the great : and the Romance of Troas.
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16156711
Description
- Title
- Life of Alexander the great : and the Romance of Troas.
- Contributor
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Alexander,--the Great,--356-323 B.C.--Early works to 1800.
Alexander,--the Great,--356-323 B.C.--Legends.
Phillipps, Thomas,--Sir,--1792-1872--Bookplate.
Pseudo-Callisthenes.--Historia Alexandri Magni.--Itailian & Latin - Published / Created
- [1400-1499]
- Publication Place
- Italy,
- Abstract
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Manuscript volume, on paper, containing two secular vernacular romances attributed in the dedication to a single unidentified author. The first, I Nobili Fatti di Alessandro Magno, is an Italian translation of the Latin version of the life of Alexander the Great by Pseudo-Callisthenes. The second text is The Romance of Troas. Troas, a descendant of Hector, is the king of Thessaly; his son Troiano journeys to Britain and joins the army of King Arthur's father, Uther Pendragon, who is leading an army of Britons, Trojans and Romans against the Greeks.
- Description
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Binding: nineteenth-century half-calf, rebacked.
Bookplate of Sir Thomas Phillipps on front pastedown; Phillipps MS number inscribed on recto of f1.
Decoration: Rubricated (ff. 1-91 only).
Formerly owned by Alessandro dale Carte; Sir Edward Dering. Phillipps MS 23252 On deposit from the collection of Toshiyuki Takamiya, 2013-.
Layout: single columns of variable length.
Modern binder's blanks at front [15] and back [15] not digitized.
Ownership inscription and drawing of arms of Alessandro dale Carte on rear flyleaf.
Script: Italian cursive bookhand. - Extent
- 148 + ix + i : paper ; 207 x 146 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
- Takamiya MS 50
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Format
- text
- Genre
- Manuscripts, Medieval--Italy--15th century.
- Resource Type
- Archives or Manuscripts
- Subject (Geographic)
- Troy (Extinct city)--Legends.
- Subject (Name)
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Alexander,--the Great,--356-323 B.C.--Early works to 1800.
Alexander,--the Great,--356-323 B.C.--Legends.
Phillipps, Thomas,--Sir,--1792-1872--Bookplate.
Pseudo-Callisthenes.--Historia Alexandri Magni.--Itailian & Latin - Subject (Topic)
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Arthurian romances--Early works to 1800.
Italian prose literature--To 1700.
Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven.
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library.
Uther Pendragon (Legendary
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- Citation
- A handlist of western Medieval manuscripts in the Takamiya collection / Toshiyuki Takamiya, in The Medieval book: glosses from friends & colleagues of Christopher de Hamel, ed. by Richard Linenthal, James Marrow and William Noel. 't Goy-Houten: Hes & De G
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 12275458
- Object ID (OID)
- 16156711
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