Manuscript on paper (sturdy) of Cicero, Epistolae ad familiares. Marginal and interlinear notes accompany the text of each letter (except for that to P. Vatinius appearing on ff. 26v-27v which was copied twice, apparently in error). Written probably for use as a school text (vocabulary lists on ff. 4 and 9).
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Binding: 19th-20th centuries. Vellum case; spine fragile and splitting., Script: Written by a single scribe in gothic cursive, with a smaller script for glosses., Simple initials in red at the beginning of each letter; titles preceded by paragraph marks, and underlined, in red., and Watermarks: unidentified letter P in gutter.
Subject (Topic):
Latin letters, Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven, Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library, and Scholia
Manuscript on paper of Jerome, Epistolae, etc., translated into Italian by Ser Nicolaus Berti Martini de Gentiluzis de Sanctogeminiano, a notary in Florence (ca. 1388-1468). With Ps.-Augustine, Epistula ad Cyrillum, concerning the death of St. Jerome.
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Binding: ca. 1500, Florence. Sewn on three tawed skin, slit straps attached to oak boards, with brown and natural color endbands (later additions?) sewn on tawed skin cores laid in grooves on the outside of the boards. Covered in orange/brown sheepskin neatly blind-tooled with rope interlace in concentric frames. Spine: double fillets at head and tail and outlining the supports on the spine; fine diapering with double fillets in the panels. Four flower-shaped catches on the lower board, two wanting. Remains of vellum label (worm eaten) on the spine and pieces of string used as place marks. Off-set impressions of medieval liturgical manuscript on front and back pastedowns. Orange edges. Sticky from excessive oiling., One illuminated initial, f. 4r, 6-line, gold, filled with red and blue penwork in geometric patterns. The penwork extends the whole length of the text column to form a partial border, terminating in the upper and lower margins in a scroll of blue penwork with small flowers, heart-shaped leaves and red dots. Numerous penwork initials of good quality, 5- to 2-line, alternate in red and blue with purple and red penwork respectively, often extending into the margins. Headings in red. Majuscules and display script touched with yellow., Script: Written by a single scribe in a small upright gothic script with both notarial and humanistic influence, above top line., and Watermarks: similar to Piccard Schere III.710, Briquet Chapeau 3387; unidentified eagle.
Subject (Name):
Jerome,--Saint,--d. 419 or 20
Subject (Topic):
Christian legends, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Latin letters, Literature, Medieval--Translations, Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven, and Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Manuscript on paper of Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid, 43 BC-AD 17), Heroides, 15 (Sappho Phaoni), and Epistola Phaonis ad Sappho, a response by an anonymous humanist to Heroides.
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Binding: Twentieth century. Quarter binding, white parchment and brown paper. Red edges pertaining to a preceding binding., Blank space for a heading above art. 2; red final note on f. 6r. Red stroking of all majuscules. Gothic plain initials in red, 4-line at the head of art. 1, 2-line at the head of art. 2. Large guide letters at the left of the initials., On the originally blank f. 6v a later hand has written notes in a very rapid Gothica Cursiva most difficult to decipher., and Script: Copied by one hand in Humanistica Cursiva under Gothic influence and of low quality.
Subject (Name):
Ovid,--43 B.C.-17 or 18 A.D
Subject (Topic):
Epistolary poetry, Latin (Medieval and modern), Latin letters, Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven, and Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Manuscript on paper and parchment (goatskin) of 1) Ps.-Phalaris, Epistulae, tr. Franciscus Aretinus (Francesco Griffolini, 1420-after 1465). 2) Ps.-Brutus, Epistulae, tr. Rinucius Aretinus (Rinuccio d'Arezzo, c. 1395-after 1450). 3) Prologue (7 verses) to art. 4. 4) Ps.-Crates, Epistulae, tr. Athanasius Constantinopolitanus.
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Watermark: letter P, similar to Briquet 8658 (1471-1480)?.
Manuscript on parchment (palimpsest) of Ps.-Cicero, Synonyma.
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Belonged to Giuseppe (Joseph) Martini of Lugano. Purchased from H. P. Kraus in 1955., Binding: Nineteenth century, Italy. Original sewing on three slit straps. Quarter bound in white sheepskin. The beech boards are early, 15th century, with title written twice on front and once on back. A leaf-shaped catch on the lower board, the upper one cut in for a clasp strap. Spine covering and clasp strap are recent additions., Initials, 5-line, at beginning of text: red with delicate black penwork designs. Heading and each verbum in red; synonyms connected by a curving red line., and Script: Written in a well formed round gothic bookhand by a single scribe.
Subject (Name):
Ps.-Cicero
Subject (Topic):
Latin letters, Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven, Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library, and Synonyms
Manuscript on paper of 1) Life of Terence. 2) Terence, Andria. 3) Terence, Eunuchus. 4) Terence, Heautontimoroumenos. Artt. 5-24: Cicero, Epistolae. 25) Commentary, partly in Italian, on the first letter of Cicero to Lentulus Spinther (some loss due to trimming).
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Binding: Seventeenth century. Limp vellum case with title lettered in ink down the spine., Crude initials mark beginning of each section; rubrics throughout; many letters stroked in red., Script: Written by multiple scribes in various styles of round humanistic and gothic scripts. One hand supplied most of the glosses on Terence and Cicero and the texts on ff. 143r-145v in italic., and Unidentified watermarks buried in gutter include horn, mermaid in a circle; two distinct birds in circles similar to Briquet Oiseau 12203 and 12220.
Subject (Name):
Terence
Subject (Topic):
Latin drama (Comedy), Latin letters, Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven, and Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Manuscript on paper of Hieronymus Stridonensis (St. Jerome, 347-420), 1) Epistula 79 (Ad Salvinam). 2) Epistula 123 (Ad Geruchiam).
Description:
Art. 1 opens with a 4-line Gothic flourished initial in blue with red penwork extending in the inner margin; art. 2 opens with a 4-line Gothic plain initial in red., Binding: Twentieth century (?). Half binding was removed and the codex restored and rebound in 2000 by the Northeast Document Conservation Center. The new binding is grey cloth over heavy pasteboard. On the spine a new black leather title label with gold-tooled inscription “SANCTI JERONIMI EPISTOLAE MS 788”. Among the flyleaves, the two following f. 50 are earlier than the others, which are yellowish machine-made paper belonging to the discarded binding. A modern hand wrote on the last front flyleaf r the title “Sancti Ieronimi epistolae ad Salvinam et Ageruchiam”., Foliated 43-50. Modern binding and binder's blanks not digitized., and Script: Copied by one hand in Humanistica Textualis Libraria.
Subject (Name):
Jerome,--Saint,--d. 419 or 20
Subject (Topic):
Latin letters, Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven, and Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library