Manuscript fragment on parchment of Justinian's Digesta with the glossa ordinaria commentary of Accursius
Alternative Title:
Digesta
Description:
In Latin., Script: written in a rounded gothic script (littera textualis); later marginal and interlinear notes., and Decoration: initials of the names of authorities are 2- and 3-line blue capitals with red penwork; the initials of the first word of each section are 1-line red capitals; 1-line initials within the text are in black; rubrics are written in red in the same script as the text; paragraph marks are either red, blue, or black; punctuated with the punctus; hyphenation is in the same ink as the text.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Justinian I, Emperor of the East, 483?-565.
Subject (Topic):
Manuscripts, Medieval, Law, Medieval, and Law, Roman
Manuscript fragment on parchment containing a portion of Justinian's Digest with the Glossa ordinaria commentary of Accursius surrounding it.
Description:
In Latin., Script: written in a gothic script (littera textualis)., and Decoration: 3- to 7-line initials of each chapter are orange on a dark blue ground, decorated with light blue, white, and yellow; 2- to 3-line initials of the names of the authorities are blue highlighted with red; 1-line initials following the authorities are red highlighted with blue; other 1-line initials within text are brown and are frequently distinguished with paragraph marks which alternate red and blue; rubrics written in red minuscule; punctuated with the punctus and punctus elevatus; text written in the center of the page and surrounded by two columns of commentary in the same hand; other hands have added notes on the text or commentary in the margins.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Justinian I, Emperor of the East, 483?-565.
Subject (Topic):
Manuscripts, Medieval, Law, Medieval, and Law, Roman
Manuscript on parchment of a Diploma for a doctorate in Theology accorded to Iosephus Prudentius from the University of Padua, June 1598
Description:
In Latin., Script: Written by Franciscus de Oddis, in an elegant italic., On f. 1r, a full vine-scroll border, in purple ink with grapes and highlights in gold, outlined in double purple lines; a 5-line initial, gold, with purple and gold vines. Headings and names of persons in humanistic bookhand or square capitals, in gold., and Binding: Nineteenth century. Brown leather wrapper, gold-tooled.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut, New Haven., and Padua (Italy)
Subject (Topic):
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval and Manuscripts, Medieval
Manuscript on parchment of 1) Dante Alighieri, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata. 2) Bosone de' Raffaelli da Gubbio, "Capitolo" on the Divine Comedy, in 64 terzine. 3) Iacopo Alighieri, "Divisione" of the Divine Comedy in 50 terzine (thus of the B group).
Description:
In Italian., Script: Written in round gothic script., Very fine initials and borders. Three historiated initials, each with a personification with attributes. Each initial with a full border of fleshy acanthus, blue, orange, olive green, pink, grey and gold, with tooling; birds in lower margin of ff. 1r and 54r; on f. 1r a coat-of-arms, in lower margin: azure, a chevron or, between two roses in chief argent, a mount of 6 in base argent, probably of the Bini family, Florence. 3-line initials, red or blue, with mauve or red penwork with long intricate flourishes often extending the length of the page. Opening text of Inferno adjacent to the initial of f. 1r in display capitals with penwork panels in brown ink. Capitals on the beginning of each stanza stroked in yellow. Rubrics throughout., and Binding: Sixteenth century. Sewn on five double supports attached to wooden boards. The spine is square with well defined bands and red and green endbands. Covered in dark brown goatskin, blind-tooled in mudejar style in two sets of concentric frames; DO.IOAN.DE gold-tooled in the center of one, BORGA in the other. Trace of two fastenings. Gilt edges. Restored.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321. and Dominicans
Subject (Topic):
Manuscripts, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Italian poetry, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Scholia
Manuscript on paper (sturdy) of Martial, Epigrams. Apparently written in some haste. Lines were frequently omitted (then added in the margins) and poor planning resulted in a big blank space on f. 186r-v; some rubrication bled from one folio to the next
Description:
In Latin., Watermarks: several unidentified in gutter, including the letter R., Script: Written in informal humanistic scripts by multiple scribes. Each made notes in the margins for the rubricator (at least two distinct hands that alternate through the manuscript; some rubrics are illegible)., Plain initials in red; rubrics stop on f. 220r., and Binding: Nineteenth century. Bound by Zaehnsdorf (established ca. 1842) in half green goatskin with green cloth sides.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Martial.
Subject (Topic):
Epigrams, Latin, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Verse satire, Latin
Manuscript on parchment of Martial, Epigrams. The codex was misbound; the epigrams are out of order. Excerpts from the critical commentary of Domizio Calderini (Professor of Rhetoric at Rome in 1470) surround the text on ff. 1r-24v and 165r-193r. With an unidentified prose text outlining the development of civilization
Description:
In Latin., Script: Written by one scribe in a neat italic for the text and a less formal hand for the commentary and for the unidentified text on ff. 193r-194v., Gold initials, 5-line, on blue, dark red and green grounds, with white and gold highlights, mark the beginning of each book. Small, plain initials, alternating red and blue, for each epigram. Commentary and titles, in various shades of red., Final folios creased and rubbed; some loss of marginal text due to trimming and wear., and Binding: 18th-19th centuries. Vellum case, blind-tooled.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Martial.
Subject (Topic):
Epigrams, Latin, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Manuscripts, Medieval, Scholia, and Verse satire, Latin
In Latin., Watermarks: (1) Scissors, Briquet?; Piccard, Werkzeug und Waffen IX, 1103-1199, 1328-1332?; (2) Anvil, Briquet?; Piccard?; (3) Hunting Horn, Briquet?; Piccard?., Script: Written by a single scribe in a small rapid Humanistica Cursiva under strong Gothic influence; the latter is especially visible in the forms of d and final s. Headings in Humanistica Textualis. The margins contain contemporary annotations in Humanistica Cursiva., The decoration is wanting. Space for 3-line initials was provided at the opening of Books II-XLIV and for larger initials at the beginning of the Prologue and of Book I. Guide letters for the initials are visible in the left margin. On f. 100v a coarse human head in profile has been drawn in pen and ink (15th century)., and Binding: Original half leather (red goatskin), heavy wooden boards, one clasp attached to the front cover. Spine (damaged) with three raised bands.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Iustinus. and Trogus, Pompeius.
Subject (Topic):
Classical literature, History, Ancient, and Manuscripts, Medieval
Manuscript on parchment of Justinus, Epitome in libros Pompeii Trogi. Portions of the text in the first gathering are lacking; some leaves are misbound
Description:
In Latin., Script: Written in neat italic by a single scribe who also added frequent marginal notes., One fine 6-line initial (f. 1r), gold, with white-vine ornament, on blue, pink, and green ground decorated with white, gold, and blue dots extending into side and upper margins, the vines inhabited by birds, insects, and putto; gold dots and brown hairsprays. A coat of arms in lower margin (effaced and blotted out) supported by a winged putto, set in ornament similar to above. Large blue capitals, 5- to 4-line, in blue, throughout. Headings and Roman numerals for books (in upper margin of recto), in red, for ff. 1r-35r., and Binding: Nineteenth century. Citron goatskin, gold-tooled, by C. Lewis; his note regarding binding, in Latin, on f. ii recto.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Justinus, Marcus Junianus. and Trogus, Pompeius.
Subject (Topic):
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval and Manuscripts, Medieval
Manuscript on parchment of Aristotle, Ethica. An anonymous Tuscan translation made for Nuno de Guzman from the Latin translation of Leonardo Bruni
Description:
In Italian., Script: Text written in a well formed humanistic bookhand by a single scribe; the rubrics, in majuscules, by another scribe who used excessive punctuation., The decoration is by Gioacchino de' Gigantibus. A gold initial, 5-line, on f. 1r embedded in white vine ornament, extending into sides, top, and lower margin, filled in with green, red, and blue, with small section at regular intervals filled with gold; a green bird near the initial; in lower margin, an empty laurel wreath supported by putti filled later with a coat of arms (unidentified) in pen, now effaced; a few gold dots with hair-spray in brown ink. Other initials, gold, 5- to 4-line, on ff. 7r, 93v, 106v, 126r, 161v, in same manner, but with gold infilling., Significant stains in margins of first few leaves., and Binding: Eighteenth century. Edges gilt. Green calf with tan, gold-tooled label.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Aristotle.
Subject (Topic):
Ethics, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Italian literature, Literature, Medieval, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Philosophy, Ancient
In Greek., Script: Written by two scribes. Scribe 1: ff. 1r-120v; Scribe 2: ff. 121r-132v., Headings in red. Latin interlinear glosses in red (ff. 1r-25v), in humanistic cursive script., Folio 1r is rubbed and barely legible., and Binding: Nineteenth century. Rigid vellum case, in the same manner as Beinecke MSS 257 and 264.
