- Creator:
- Benivieni, Antonio, 1533-1598
- Published / Created:
- 16 Apr 1590-25 Nov 1598.
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 728
- Image Count:
- 14
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript of Antonio Benivieni, 7 Letters to Tommaso Roffia
- Description:
- In Italian.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Benivieni, Antonio, 1533-1598.
- Subject (Topic):
- Italian letters and Manuscripts, Medieval
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > 7 Letters to Tommaso Roffia
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- Published / Created:
- [between 1575 and 1600]
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 656
- Image Count:
- 32
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on paper (thick) of methods and examples of addition, subtraction, multiplication, division and the rule of three
- Description:
- In Italian., Watermark: shield with kneeling man holding cross?. Similar to Briquet 7629?., Script: Copied by one hand in Humanistica Cursiva Libraria/Formata., A few geometrical figures., Pages slightly damaged by the acidity of the ink., and Binding: Original limp parchment, a large circle traced with a sharp pencil on the front cover, a group of small circles in the form of a cross on the rear cover. At the top left corner of the front cover a paper label with the 16th-17th century inscription in Humanistica Cursiva: "Mathematicorum. Anonymi arithmetica manu scripta linguae Italicae". On the spine is written in the same type of script "Aritmetica" and, at the top, the letter "A".
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Topic):
- Arithmetic, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Mathematics, Medieval
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Arithmetica pratica
- Published / Created:
- [between 1500 and 1550]
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 448
- Image Count:
- 41
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on paper of Astrological tables for solar and lunar locations, probably for use in compiling calendars; tables of latitudes of cities; chronological tables for 1508-18. Most tables are accompanied by prose descriptions
- Description:
- In Italian., Watermarks: trimmed, in upper margins; unidentified eagle enclosed by a circle similar in design to Briquet Aigle 204., Script: Written in Italian notarial script by a single scribe., Yellow added to initials and to astrological signs, and some numbers., Stained throughout; final folio repaired., and Binding: Eighteenth century. Blind-tooled brown sheepskin.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Topic):
- Astrology and Manuscripts, Medieval
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Astrological tables
- Creator:
- Osório, Jerónimo, 1506-1580
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1600]
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 30
- Image Count:
- 172
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on paper of Jeronymo Osorio, Della nobilta civile, translated into Italian by Bernardo Gandino
- Description:
- In Italian., Watermarks: unidentified angel similar to Briquet 662, but with BFF as countermark., Script: Written in a calligraphic italic script by Bernardo Gandino of Treviso, with frequent corrections., and Binding: 19th-20th centuries. Paper case with decorated paper sides. Bookblock detached.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut, New Haven., and Italy.
- Subject (Name):
- Osório, Jerónimo, 1506-1580.
- Subject (Topic):
- Italian literature, Literature, Medieval, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Nobility
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Della nobilta civile
- Creator:
- Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, 1500-1558
- Published / Created:
- [circa 1531-1535]
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 727
- Image Count:
- 18
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on paper of Emperor Charles V (1500-1558), Laudum inter papam Clementem et illustrissimum Ducem ferrariae, the arbitration of the conflict between Pope Clement VII (Giulio de' Medici, 1523-1534) and Alfonso I d'Este, Duke of Ferrara (1505-1534), Ghent, 1531 April 21.
- Description:
- In Latin and Italian., Script: copied by one hand writing Humanistica Cursiva., Contemporary copy of the charter, granted by Charles V, Roman Emperor (1500-1558), by which he arbitrated in the conflict between Pope Clement VII (Giulio de' Medici, 1523-1534) and Alfonso I d'Este, Duke of Ferrara (1505-1534), Ghent, 1531 April 21., and Binding: the leaves are part of a volume formerly in the possession of Thomas Phillipps, containing mostly copies of documents related to the affairs of the Medici dukes of Tuscany Alessandro (1531-1537), Cosimo I (1537-1574) and Ferdinand I (1587-1609).
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, 1500-1558.
- Subject (Topic):
- Manuscripts, Medieval and D'Este, Alfonso
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Laudum inter papam Clementem et illustrissimum Ducem ferrariae
- Creator:
- Este, Ippolito d', 1509-1572
- Published / Created:
- 8 Mar 1542.
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 726
- Image Count:
- 2
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript of Cardinal Ippolito d'Este (1509-1572), Letters, in the hand of his secretary, to Paolo Giovio
- Description:
- In Italian.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Este, Ippolito d', 1509-1572.
- Subject (Topic):
- Letters and Manuscripts, Medieval
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Letters to Paolo Giovio
- Creator:
- Manuzio, Paolo, 1512-1574
- Published / Created:
- 1554-1559.
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 692
- Image Count:
- 27
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- 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
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Letters to Rodolfo Pio di Savoia (Cardinal di Carpi).
- Creator:
- Podiani, Francesco, 1551-1621
- Published / Created:
- [before 1599]
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 1118
- Image Count:
- 186
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on paper of a comedia by Francesco Podiani
- Description:
- In Italian.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Podiani, Francesco, 1551-1621.
- Subject (Topic):
- Italian drama (Comedy) and Manuscripts, Medieval
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Li Fidi amanti
- Creator:
- Cortona, Giovanni Battista
- Published / Created:
- 1574.
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 655
- Image Count:
- 37
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on paper (thick) of Giovanni Battista Cortona, Libro di Abbaco, probably an autograph manuscript
- Description:
- In Italian., Watermark: anchor, var. Piccard, Ankerwasserzeichen?, V.102?., Script: Written by one hand in calligraphic Gothica Cursiva Libraria (Cancelleresca). The poem on f. A1r (art. 1) is in calligraphic Humanistica Cursiva Formata. A few titles in Capitalis., The decorative frames on ff. A1r and B1r are traced in brown ink. The upper half of the former contains a baroque cartouche in brown and red, containing a monogram apparently consisting of the letters A, K and M. Art. 2 opens with a flourished initial, art. 7 with a calligraphic initial, both in red., and No binding.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Cortona, Giovanni Battista.
- Subject (Topic):
- Abacus, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Italian literature, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Mathematics, Medieval
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Libro di abbaco
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1575]
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 693
- Image Count:
- 390
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on paper of mercantile statutes of Florence in three Books, revised by a committee of experts and promulgated by Grand Duke Francesco I de' Medici of Tuscany (1574-1587); the basis for the revision were the statutes of 1393 ("statuto vecchio") and those of 1496 ("statuto nuovo").
- Description:
- In Italian., Script: Copied by one scribe in sloping calligraphic Humanistica Cursiva., On the frontispiece f. r, a woodcut title-page with spaces for text (a handwritten title) left blank. The full-page woodcut represents the ruins and symbols of Rome with the god of the Tibre under a portico with five allegorical female figures., The paper of most pages is damaged by the corrosive ink., and Binding (repaired): ca. 1700. White parchment over pasteboard. Spine with four raised bands and handwritten title in ink: "Statut. / Florent. / M.S.". Bordeaux edges.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut, New Haven., and Florence (Italy)
- Subject (Topic):
- Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Manuscripts, Medieval, Statutes, and Politics and government
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Mercantile statutes of Florence