Historia Alexandri Magni, etc

Description

Title: Historia Alexandri Magni, etc
Contributor: Bruni, Leonardo, 1369-1444.
Published / Created: [between 1400 and 1500]
Publication Place: Italy
Abstract: Manuscript on paper (sturdy), composed of two volumes formerly bound as one. Volume I (ff. 1-55): Historia Alexandri Magni compiled largely from the version of Archpresbyter Leo, translated into Italian. Volume 2 (ff. 56-115): Leonardo Bruni, De primo bello punico, translated into Italian
Description: In Italian.
Watermarks: similar in design to Briquet Chapeau 3369-70, unidentified mountain.
Script: Written by a single scribe in careless notarial script.
Blank spaces for headings that would have also included the first few words of text.
Binding: Twentieth century. Brown decorated paper cases with blank and inscribed labels.
Provenance: Purchased from Stonehill's and presented by Thomas E. Marston in 1951.
Extent: ff. 114 : 285 x 216 (ca. 225 x 160) mm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: Italian

Genre: Translations
Manuscripts, Medieval Italy 15th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Material: paper ;
Resource Type: unspecified
Subject (Geographic): Connecticut
New Haven.
Subject (Name): Alexander, the Great, 356-323 B.C.
Subject (Topic): Italian literature
Literature, Medieval
Manuscripts, Medieval
Punic wars
Subjects: Alexander, the Great, 356-323 B.C.
Italian literature > 15th century
Literature, Medieval > Translations
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
Punic wars
Italy > 15th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library

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Citation: Historia Alexandri Magni, etc. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.