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145. Vita Caroli Zeni
- Creator:
- Zeno, Jacopo, 1417-1481
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1458]
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 2
- Image Count:
- 398
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on parchment of Jacopo Zeno, Vita Caroli Zeni. With a dedicatory preface to Pope Pius II. This manuscript is of special importance because it contains the complete work
- Description:
- In Latin., Script: Written in humanistic script by Franciscus de Tianis of Pistoia., On f. 1r, a foliage border which includes hares, stork, vase, and arms of the Piccolomini family (argent, a cross azur with 5 crescents or; surmounted by keys in saltire argent and a papal tiara; supported by a pair of angels). Eleven elaborate initials, 11- to 7-line, in gold, red, blue, and green entwined with foliage. The style of decoration is decidedly Roman., and Binding: Eighteenth century. Brownish-red goatskin, gold-tooled; pale green and gold, Dutch gilt paper boards.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Zeno, Carlo, 1334-1418. and Zeno, Jacopo, 1417-1481.
- Subject (Topic):
- Biography, Crusades, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, and Manuscripts, Medieval
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Vita Caroli Zeni
146. Vita Nicolai Albergati
- Creator:
- Zeno, Jacopo, 1417-1481
- Published / Created:
- [between 1500 and 1550]
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 684
- Image Count:
- 20
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on paper of Iacobus Zeno (d. 1481), De vita et moribus Nicolai Albergati
- Description:
- Niccolo Albergati (1375-1443) became bishop of Bologna in 1417 and cardinal in 1426. See about him Dizionario biografico degli Italiani, v. 1 (Rome, 1960), pp. 619-621., In Latin., Script: Copied by one hand in late Humanistica Cursiva Libraria., Undecorated., Several margins and folds strengthened by means of strips of paper pasted on them., and Binding: Half blue marbled paper, the covers of white cardboard. On the front cover a large paper label with engraved flowery cartouche and 18th-century handwritten title: "Vita B. Nicolai Albergati a Iacobo Zeno descripta. Ms.". At the top an oval label with the number "33" (19th century).
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Albergati, Nicolò, 1375-1443. and Zeno, Jacopo, 1417-1481.
- Subject (Topic):
- Biography, Latin literature, Medieval and modern, and Manuscripts, Medieval
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Vita Nicolai Albergati
147. Vita S. Gregorii Magni (fragment).
- Creator:
- Paul, the Deacon, approximately 720-799?.
- Published / Created:
- [between 1100 and 1110].
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 481.15
- Image Count:
- 2
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript fragment on parchment of Paul the Deacon, Vita S. Gregorii Magni (BHL 3640; PL 75.45-49).
- Description:
- In Latin., Script: written in Caroline minuscule., and Decoration: 1-line initials in brown uncials; punctuation consisting of the punctus.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Paul, the Deacon, approximately 720-799?.
- Subject (Topic):
- Manuscripts, Medieval
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Vita S. Gregorii Magni (fragment).
148. Vita di San Petronio, etc
- Published / Created:
- [between 1400 and 1500, 1600 and 1700]
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 37
- Image Count:
- 347
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on paper (with various watermarks), composed of five separate manuscripts bound together. Parts I and II were written in the 15th century and III-V in the 17th century. Part I: Vita di San Petronio. Part II: Tommaso Nacci Caffarini, Tractatus de stigmatibus extractus, the second part of the book De supplemento legende beate Katerine de senis. Part III: Federico Borromeo, Vita S. Caroli Borromei. Part IV: Pope Pius II, De morte eugenij Quarti creationeque et coronatione Niccolai V oratio. Part V: Thomas Obicinus, Motiuo Celeste diretto in questo segnato tempo
- Description:
- In Latin and Italian., Script: Part I: Round humanistic by a single scribe. Part II: Small neat round textura in a single hand. Part III: Written by one scribe in a calligraphic italic hand. Part IV: Written in italic hand by a single scribe. Part V: Written in a small italic hand by one scribe., Part I: Simple penwork initials in red or blue, some with penwork designs of the other color. Part II: Uninspired and badly rubbed historiated initial (Christ [?] displaying stigmata) on gold background with three gold dots, f. 19r; small decorative initials in red with black penwork designs, or blue with red. Paragraph marks in red or blue., The manuscript has been damaged and repaired extensively. Parts I and III: Waterstained and mended throughout. Part II: Folios have been trimmed with some loss of marginalia., and Binding: 18th-19th centuries. Vellum and paste paper case.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Petronius, Saint, Bishop of Bologna, d. ca. 445.
- Subject (Topic):
- Christian hagiography, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Manuscripts, Medieval, Papal documents, and Stigmatization
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Vita di San Petronio, etc
149. Vita et fabulae
- Creator:
- Aesop
- Published / Created:
- [between 1450 and 1500]
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 611
- Image Count:
- 107
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on paper of Artt. 1-6: Aesop (Aesopus, 6th cent. before C.), Vita et fabulae, Latin translation by Rinuccio da Castiglione (Rinucius Aretinus, ca. 1395-after 1456). Artt. 7-8: Aesop, Fabulae, Latin translation by Ognibene Leoniceno (Omnibonus Leonicenus, 1412-1481).
- Description:
- In Latin., Watermarks: Briquet 2472 (?); var. Briquet 7918 (?); other (scissors and scale)., Script: Copied by two hands: Section I in unusual Humanistica Cursiva Libraria with the features of Humanistica Semitextualis; Section II in Humanistica Cursiva Libraria., Pale red headings in Section II only (the headings in Section I are in black ink). Pale red paragraph marks. 2- or 3-line pale red plain or slightly decorated initials, with guide-letters in the left margin., and Binding: Eighteenth century. Half leather over cardboard, the paper covers decorated with a lozenged pattern of black and red dots. Gold-tooled spine with brown leather title-label with gold-tooled inscription "ESOPI FABBUL. ***7".
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Aesop.
- Subject (Topic):
- Didactic literature, Latin (Medieval and modern), Fables, Literature, Medieval, and Manuscripts, Medieval
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Vita et fabulae
150. Vitae
- Creator:
- Plutarch
- Published / Created:
- [between 1450 and 1475]
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 133
- Image Count:
- 194
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on parchment of Plutarch, Vitae, translated into Latin by Leonardo Bruni
- Description:
- In Latin., Script: Written in an upright italic by a single scribe., Small, 4-line, white vine initials, one to commence each work, gold, infilled with pink and green with white dots, all on a blue ground; gold dots and hairsprays., and Binding: Eighteenth century. Green goatskin with red labels on spine. Delicately gold-tooled.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut, New Haven., and Rome
- Subject (Name):
- Plutarch.
- Subject (Topic):
- Biography, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Manuscripts, Medieval, and History
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Vitae
151. Vitae sancti Severini (fragment).
- Creator:
- Eugippius
- Published / Created:
- [between 1050 and 1100]
- Call Number:
- Takamiya MS 131
- Container / Volume:
- File (Oversize)
- Image Count:
- 2
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript leaf, on parchment, mostly complete, containing text from this life of Saint Severinus in eleventh-century script on one side. The verso is a palimpsest, containing an index of canon law in a fifteenth-century humanistic cursive script
- Description:
- In Latin., Leaf was used in a binding., Layout: double columns of 32 lines., and Script: Carolingian script.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Eugippius.
- Subject (Topic):
- Manuscripts, Medieval and Palimpsests
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Vitae sancti Severini (fragment).
152. Vitae sanctorum (fragment).
- Published / Created:
- [between 1150 and 1250?]
- Call Number:
- Takamiya MS 130
- Container / Volume:
- (File) (Oversize)
- Image Count:
- 4
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript leaf, on parchment, containing a portion of the life of Saint Adrian of Nicomedia
- Description:
- In Latin., Layout: double columns of 40 lines., and Script: early gothic minuscule.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Topic):
- Manuscripts, Medieval and Saints
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Vitae sanctorum (fragment).