Manuscript on paper of Anonymous epic in ottava rima dealing with San Giusto paladin of Charlemagne
Description:
In Italian., Script: Copied by one hand in bold Southern Gothica Textualis Formata (but f and straight s slightly descending below the base-line), with majuscules under strong Humanistic influence., The first letter of each verse heightened with yellow. Red plain initials (3-4 lines) at the head of each Book (no space had been provided for the last one)., and Binding: Eighteenth century. White parchment over cardboard. Spine with red leather title-label with gold-tooled inscription "LE BATTAGL. DI J. PALLAD. CON IL DEMONIO. MS. 1400". Marbled endpapers and red and blue sprinkled edges.
Holograph letters on paper, written and signed in a Humanist cursive. Addressed to Raffaelo de' Medici, nuncio to the Imperial court at Antwerp, Ghinucci's letters contain detailed descriptions of his arrival at the court of Henry VIII; the receptions of foreign ambassadors and the nature of their business; and Ghinucci's impressions of Henry VIII's own advisors and diplomats. He comments particularly on Cardinal Wolsey and Cuthbert Tunstall, who was being dispatched to Antwerp as ambassador, Other subjects include the illness of Giovanni Matteo; the business activities in London of Florentine merchants; and Ghinucci's strong dislike of the cold English weather during his first visit to the country, and All signed: "Hir. Audit[or]."
Description:
In Italian. and Binding: modern red quarter-morocco slipcase; gilt spine title and decorations.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain., England., Great Britain, Holy Roman Empire, and Holy Roman Empire.
Subject (Name):
Henry VIII, King of England, 1491-1547, Matteo, Giovanni., Medici, Raffaelo de'., Tunstall, Cuthbert, 1474-1559., Wolsey, Thomas, 1475?-1530., and Catholic Church
Subject (Topic):
Court and courtiers, Foreign relations, Italians in Great Britain, Papal courts, Papal nuncios, Ambassadors, Diplomats, and Catholic Church
Manusript on paper of 6 autograph letters of various sizes. The printer Paolo Manuzio (Paulus Manutius, 1512-1574), son of Aldus Manutius, wrote these letters to his benefactor Cardinal Rodolfo Pio di Savoia of Carpi (1500?-1564) in the hope of being appointed head of the Tridentine publishing house in Rome (which he indeed was 1561-1570).
Description:
In Italian., Script: Written in rapid Humanistica Cursiva., From several leaves triangular sections have been cut off, without loss of text., and Most letters show traces of the red wax seal.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Manuzio, Paolo, 1512-1574.
Subject (Topic):
Manuscripts, Medieval and Patronage, Ecclesiastical
A collection of 65 letters written during the last two of Sidney's three years on the Continent and the first year after his return to England (June 1573-June 1576), plus another dated 10 October 1581. Authors include Jean Lobbetius (19 letters), Wolfgang Zindilini (12 letters), Andreas Paulus, Jean Vulcob, Matthew Wacker, Francis Perrot, Theophile de Banos, Zacharius Ursinus, Otto Count Solms, Fabian, Burgrave, Dr. Purkircher, Baron Slavata, and others and Written on paper in various sixteenth-century Continental cursive and italic scripts
Description:
In Latin, French, and Italian. and Bound for Phillipps in 1848 by Bretherton in morocco.
Manuscript on parchment of an anonymous Italian translation of Giordano Ruffo, Liber marescalcia equorum, as well as recipes for various equine illnesses and schematic drawings of bits
Description:
In Italian., Script: main text copied by one hand in Southern Gothica Textualis Libraria., Capitals and headings in red in main text. Diagrams of various bits for horses on ff. 39v and 40r., and Binding: S. XX binding: plain parchment over cardboard.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Rufus, Jordanus, fl. ca. 1225-1250.
Subject (Topic):
Horses, Italian literature, Literature, Medieval, and Manuscripts, Medieval
Manuscript on parchment in a semi-gothic cursive bookhand of an Italian translation of the Heroides
Description:
In Italian., Large historiated initial "A" depicting Ovid writing at his desk, set within illuminated border on f. 1., Rubricated., With catchwords and contemporary foliation. Some catchwords embellished with line drawings in ink., List of contents in a contemporary hand on verso of front flyleaf., Scribal annotation on rear flyleaf: "Questo libro ascripto belloncio gherardi finito ogi questo di xx di maggio a ore xxi 1/2. 1393.", Partially effaced ownership inscription on rear flyleaf: "1487....[Nicholas de Bernardo?]", Phillipps MS 11865. (Number and ownership stamp on rear flyleaf.), and Binding: Middle Hill paper boards, grey.