Trattati di archittetura ingegneria e arte militare

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Title: Trattati di archittetura ingegneria e arte militare
Creator: Martini, Francesco di Giorgio, 1439-1502
Published / Created: [between 1500 and 1515]
Publication Place: Italy
Abstract: Manuscript on paper (sturdy) of what is probably the first version of the treatise, finished ca. 1476-77. The order of contents is as follows: fortresses; temples, churches and theaters; columns and other architectural details; plans for palaces; aqueducts; measuring and surveying; instruments of war
Description: In Italian.
Watermarks: anchor and star similar to Briquet Ancre 478, Bergamo 1502.
Script: Written in italic script by a single scribe who left blank spaces for illuminated initials.
Outer and lower margins of almost every page filled with architectural or mechanical sketches drawn either directly on the leaves (ff. 1r-5v) or on small strips of paper pasted onto the margins of the leaves (ff. 6r-57v), in brown ink, sometimes with green or pink washes. The drawings illustrate every section of the text; many have explanatory inscriptions.
Binding: Eighteenth century. Red edges. Mottled, brown calf, streaked on the turn-ins. Blind-tooled, with a gold-tooled spine.
Extent: ff. ii + 57 + iii : 410 x 260 (260 x 165) mm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: Italian

Genre: Early works to 1800
Manuscripts, Renaissance Italy 16th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Material: paper ;
Resource Type: unspecified
Subject (Geographic): Italy.
Connecticut
New Haven.
Subject (Name): Martini, Francesco di Giorgio, 1439-1502.
Subject (Topic): Architecture
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval
Italian literature
Manuscripts, Medieval
Military art and science
Subjects: Martini, Francesco di Giorgio, 1439-1502
Architecture > Italy
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval
Italian literature > 16th century
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
Military art and science > Early works to 1800
Italy > 16th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library

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Citation: Francesco di Giorgio Martini, Trattati di Archittetura Ingegneria e Arte Militare. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.