De prima guerra punica, etc.

Description

Title: De prima guerra punica, etc.
Creator: Bruni, Leonardo, 1369-1444
Contributor: Dante Alighieri,--1265-1321
Petrarca, Francesco,--1304-1374
Published / Created: [between 1425 and 1450]
Publication Place: Italy
Abstract: Manuscript on paper of 1) Leonardo Bruni, La prima guerra punica, in an anonymous Italian translation. 2) Leonardo Bruni, Vita di Dante. 3) Leonardo Bruni, Vita di Francesco Petrarca.
Description: Binding: Twentieth century, England (?). Hard-grained, brown leather case. Gold-tooled title and date on spine: "L. Bruni Guerra Punica/ Vite di Dante e Petrarca/ MS. Sec. XV". Bright blue marbled edges.
Decoration of poor quality: 12-line divided initial in red and blue, f. 1r; 5-line blue initial with red penwork decoration, f. 51v; 5-line divided initial red and blue, f. 51r. Plain red and blue initials, 4- to 3-line, alternate throughout. Headings in bright red.
Purchased from H. P. Kraus in 1957 by Thomas E. Marston.
Script: Written by two scribes: ff. 1r-51v in humanistic semi-cursive script, above top line; ff. 51v-59v in fere-humanistic script, above top line.
Watermarks: similar to Briquet Monts 11684.
Extent: ff. ii + 60 + ii : paper ; 288 x 213 (190 x 115) mm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: Italian

Format: mixed material
Genre: Manuscripts
Material: paper
Resource Type: Archives or Manuscripts
Subject (Name): Dante Alighieri,--1265-1321
Petrarca, Francesco,--1304-1374
Subject (Topic): Biography--Middle Ages, 500-1500
Literature, Medieval--Translations
Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Punic wars

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Citation: Leonardo Bruni, De Prima Guerra Punica, etc. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Shailor, B. Catalogue of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Marston MS 149.

Orbis Record: 9810965
Object ID (OID): 2005485
More Information: https://pre1600ms.beinecke.library.yale.edu/docs/pre1600.mars149.htm