It deals with the question of the microcosmus and the macrocosmus and contains seven diagrams showing the various interrelations between the elements and the prime qualities, parts of the body, and zodiacal and planetary figures.
Subject (Topic):
Astronomy --Early works to 1800 and Physical geography --Early works to 1800
Each page contains a paraphrase in verse from the Metamorphoses, accompanied by an illus. and surrounded by a border. The illus. are attributed to Bernard Salomon.
Baldus, Édouard Denis, b. 1820 Du Cerceau, Jacques Androuet, ca. 1515-after 1584
Published / Created:
1884?].
Call Number:
JJ18 An29 800
Image Count:
4
Resource Type:
Books, Journals & Pamphlets
Description:
Interleaved., Plate 1 has title: Iacobvs Androvetivs dv Cereauv lectoribvs ... Avreliae, 1550., and Title- page wanting; title supplied from the National Union Catalog, Pre-1956 Imprints.
Publisher:
[s.n.],
Subject (Topic):
Arabesques and Decoration and ornament, Renaissance
anno D[omi]ni 1492 & die 15. kale[n]das Noue[m]vris [18 October 1492]
Call Number:
2006 1350
Image Count:
446
Resource Type:
Books, Journals & Pamphlets
Alternative Title:
Breviary
Description:
[Preface] (leaves pi1-4) -- [Calendar] (leaves 2pi1-2pi8) -- [Psalter] (leaves 2a1-2g4) -- [Propers] (leaves a1-p6) -- [Common of the Saints] (leaves A1-E4)., Edited by the Carmelite Battista Panetti, the prayers and psalms were modified for the use of Ercole d'Este, Duke of Ferrara, with authorizations from the popes Innocent VIII and Alexander VI. According to the d'Este records and the surviving printing contract, the Duke originally commissioned 1000 (paper) copies, finally paying for 224. Three copies are reported, all printed on vellum., Imperfect: wanting four preliminary leaves found in other two known copies, constituting a preface by Panetti bearing a date two months later than the imprint., Imprint from colophon: Impressum Ferrarie p[er] magi[ste]m Laure[n]tium de Rubeis de Vale[n]tia. Anno. D[omi]ni. 1492 & die 15. kale[n]das Noue[m]vris., Incipit of leaf A1: Incipit commune sanctoru[m] in natali vnius apostoli ..., Incipit of leaf a1: Incipit noua editio breuiarij sup[er] qua Innoce[n]tius papa octau[us] indulte[n]tias concessit., Printed in red and black, Gothic font, in double columns, with capital spaces. Printer's device in red follows colophon., Printed on vellum. Rebound in 19th cent., but original gauffered edges remain. First leaf of calendar repaired, with no loss of text., Signatures: pi⁴ 2pi⁸ 2a-2f⁸2g⁴, a-o⁸p⁶, A-D⁸E⁴., Three full-page illuminated borders of floral spraywork and gold discs, medallions with rabbits, beards and deers; figurated acanthus initials on gold ground, with half lenght portraits of David, St. Paul and an unidentified Saint, 5 ll. (leaves aa1v, a1r, A1r); alternate red and blue penwork initials; text rubricated throughout in red and blue, with approximately 67 decorated gold initials on blue or red ground, and many smaller initials with contrasting scroll-work; f. a1r: laurel wreath housing an unidentified shield of arms., Title from Hain., and Unidentified coat of arms with initials "B G" incorporated into illuminated border on leaf a1 (possible identification with Bartolomeo Goggio, an Este courtier). From the library of Beriah Botfield.
Publisher:
P[er] magi[st]r[e]m Laure[n]tium de Rubeis de Vale[n]tia,
Subject (Name):
B. G.--Ownership., Botfield, Beriah,--1807-1863--Ownership., Ercole I d'Este, Duke of Ferrara, Modena, and Reggio, 1431-1505., Panetti, Battista., and Rossi, Lorenzo, active 1482-1521, printer.
Subject (Topic):
Breviaries--Italy--Ferrara--Texts. and Incunabula in Yale Library.
In Caru[m] Lucretiu[m] poeta[m] co[m]me[n]tarij a Joa[n]ne Baptista Pio editi : codice Lucretiano
Image Count:
3
Resource Type:
Books, Journals & Pamphlets
Subject (Topic):
Atomism --Early works to 1800 and Epicureans (Greek philosophy)
Collection Created:
Bononiae : Typis excussoriis editum in ergasterio Heironymi Baptistiae de Benedictis Platonici Bononie[n]sis ..., Anno Domini. M.D.XI. Kal. Maii. [1511]
Additional ms. notes on leaf 95 (verso) to leaf 97., Contemporary binding, with heavy metal bosses., Manuscript, on vellum, in various hands approximately 1469 to 1543. Rubricated., and The contents of this volume are the same as in the edition of 1609.
Subject (Topic):
Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern) -- Connecticut -- New Haven and Ordinances, Municipal -- Italy -- Ceneda