Decameron (fragment).

Description

Title: Decameron (fragment).
Creator: Boccaccio, Giovanni, 1313-1375
Published / Created: approximately 1400.
Publication Place: Italy
Abstract: Manuscript fragment, on parchment, containing parts of the text of Novella 8 and Novella 9 of the Second Day of Boccaccio's Decameron
Description: In Italian.
Layout: double columns of 43 lines.
Script: early Italian humanist script.
Leaves were originally a conjoint bifolium, but were separated for later use in a binding, with some resultant staining and damage.
Provenance: Purchased from Bernard Quaritch, Ltd. on the Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund, 2002.
Extent: 1 bifolium (2 leaves) : 230 x 151 mm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: Italian

Genre: Manuscripts, Medieval Italy 14th century
Manuscripts, Medieval Italy 15th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscript Fragments in Beinecke Library
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Material: parchment;
Resource Type: text
Subject (Geographic): Connecticut
New Haven.
Subject (Name): Boccaccio, Giovanni, 1313-1375.
Subject (Topic): Manuscripts, Medieval
Subjects: Boccaccio, Giovanni, 1313-1375
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
Italy > 14th century
Italy > 15th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscript Fragments in Beinecke Library
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library

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: Giovanni Boccaccio, Decameron (Fragment). General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.