Manuscript on paper of the writings of Christopher of Paris (pseudonym for a Venetian exile), including his major work, Lucidario, with its supplementary alphabet, plus three letters.
Description:
Binding: Original plain parchment wrapper without ties, back with three raised bands, soiled and worn. Plain edges., ff. 1r-167r correctly paginated 1-333 and the pagination used in the detailed description, the remainder unnumbered, of ff. 170 originally, single leaves apparently canceled originally and cut away by the copyist after ff. 162 and 164, as
noted in the detailed collation, but not noted in the description as the original pagination is consecutive., Mary Mellon, acquired from William Gannon (bookseller), New York, 1941; Mellon MS 145. Gift of Paul and Mary Mellon, 1965., Rubricated, headings often in red., and Script: Written by a single good italic hand, sometimes hasty toward the end of the codex.
Subject (Topic):
Alchemy--Early works to 1800, Alphabet books, Italian letters, Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven, and Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Manuscript on paper of a private compilation. The two well known works entered into the codex deal with magical properties ascribed to certain gems and the supernatural significance of the carving of stones. Together with these formal texts are found other extremely varied materials: procedures for restoring wine which has suffered various accidents, for making glass of different colors, for the early ripening of grapes, for making an ass bray loudly, for frightening dogs, and so forth
Description:
In Latin and Italian., Watermark: unidentified flower-petal., Script: Probably written by a single hand, employing a Gothico antiqua on ff. 1-11r, with a less formal treatment of the same elsewhere, and more cursive writing for the passages in Italian; the writing relatively careful at the beginning, progressively less so until the end., Red ink for most headings, red capitals and paragraph marks, except on f. 11v-12r and 16v-17r, which are without color., Lower margins affected by damp throughout and partly repaired with blank paper., and Binding: Nineteenth century. Paper boards, more recent gilt-stamped label on backstrip.
Description of the festival held in Milan on 12 June, 1743, honoring the newly elected Archbishop Giuseppe Pozzobonelli., Illustrations: 5 etched plates, 3 of them depicting triumphal arches. [1.] (impression size 25 x 18 cm.) Portrait with caption: Joseph Puteobonellus Mediolanensis & ecls. Archiepiscopus S.R.E. Cardinalis creatus die 9. Septembris 1743; signed: Dal Rè fec. [2.] (impresion size 51 x 36 cm.) Caption: A capo il Corso di P.T. nel soleñe ingresso nella Citta di Milano del. Em.mo Giuseppe Pozzobonelli li 21. Giugno 1744; signed : Antonius Quadrius Inu. et del., Lapoer Sculp. [3.] (impression size 42 x 30 cm.) Caption: A capo della contrada de Piatti in P.T.P.S. Gior.o in Palazzo di Milano li 21. Giugno 1744; signed: I. Ricardus del. et pins.t, C. Lapoer sc. Mediol.i. [4.] (impression size 42 x 30 cm.) Caption: Alla Piazza del Duomo p[er] il solenne ingresso nella Citta di Milano dell' Em.mo Giuseppe Pozzobonelli li 21 Giug.no 1744; signed: Antonius Quadrius In. et del., Lapoer Sculp.it. [5.] (impression 50 x 74 cm.) Procession leading to the Cathedral in Milan with caption: Solenne ingresso seguito nella Città di Milano dell'Eminentiss.mo Cardinale Giuseppe Pozzobonelli Arciuescouo di detta Metropoli; listing 49 participants, signed: Marc'Ant.o DalRè., In Italian, with some Latin., and Signatures: *⁶ a-i⁴ k⁶.
Publisher:
Nella Regio-ducal corte, per Giuseppe Richino Malatesta stampatore regio-camerale e della città,
Subject (Geographic):
Milan (Italy)--Social life and customs--Early works to 1800.
Subject (Name):
Catholic Church.--Archdiocese of Milan (Italy)--History., Dal Re, Marc'Antonio, 1697-1766., Lapoer, Gaetano., Malatesta, Giuseppe Richino, printer., Pozzobonelli, Giuseppe,--1696-1783., Quadrio, Antonio., and Riccardi, Giovanni Battista.
Subject (Topic):
Ceremonial entires--Italy--Milan--Early works to 1800., Processions--Italy--Milan--Early works to 1800., and Triumphal arches--Italy--Milan--Early works to 1800.
The text, attributed to Paolo Paciaudi (cf. Brooks & Melzi), describes the symbolic meaning of the monument erected on the occasion of the visit of Joseph II in Parma and of the announcement of marriage of Ferdinand, Infant of Spain, Duke of Parma.
Description:
Engraved title vignette depicting the two sides of a portrait medallion, commemorating the visit of Joseph II. in Parma, with caption: "Adventvs Avg. Felicissimvs Parm. Iosephvs II. Roman. Imp. CICICCCLXVIIII.", engraved by Benigno Bossi after Petitot. Large head-piece on p. [V], engraved by Tommaso Baratti after Petitot, and large tail-piece on p. XI, engraved by Antonio Baratti after Petitot. Two engraved pictorial initials., Final p. blank., Full-page ill. of the monument, with scale, engraved by Simon François Ravenet (the son) after Petitot., Text in French and Italian in parallel columns, t.p. and inscriptions in Latin., The text, attributed to Paolo Paciaudi (cf. Brooks & Melzi), describes the symbolic meaning of the monument erected on the occasion of the visit of Joseph II in Parma and of the announcement of marriage of Ferdinand, Infant of Spain, Duke of Parma to Maria Amalia, Archduchess of Austria. The monument was designed by the French architect Edmond Alexandre Petitot., and Year in title printed as CICICCCLXVIII, the thrid and fifth Cs reversed.
Publisher:
Giambattista Bodoni,
Subject (Name):
Baratti, Antonio, 1724-1787., Baratti, Tommaso, fl. 1769., Bodoni, Giambattista, 1740-1813, printer., Bossi, Benigno, 1727-1800?, Ferdinand,--Infant of Spain, Duke of Parma,--1751-1802--Marriage., Joseph--II,--Holy Roman Emperor,--1741-1790--Monuments., Maria Amalia,--Archduchess of Austria, consort of Ferdinand, Infant of Spain, Duke of Parma,--1746-1804--Marriage., Petitot, E. A. (Edmond Alexandre), 1727-1801., and Ravenet, Simon François, 1748-ca. 1814.
Subject (Topic):
Monuments--Italy--Parma--Early works to 1800. and Royal visitors--Italy--Parma--Early works to 1800.
Manuscript on parchment of a Book of Hours. With prayers in Italian, probably made for a female member of the Augustinian order
Description:
In Latin and Italian., Script: copied by one hand in Southern Gothica Textualis Formata (Rotunda)., Headings in red. 1-line versals alternately in red and blue; 2-line flourished initials with marginal extensions alternately in red and blue, the penwork in the contrasting colour (the normal type of initials throughout the manuscript); 3-line flourished KL ligatures in art. 1; 5-line litterae duplices or initials in the style of litterae duplices with developed penwork at the opening of the various Hours in art. 2; 6-line ditto in art. 3; a 4-line flourished initial at the opening of the Mass of the Virgin in art. 5. All initials are half inset., and Binding: original Italian brown cloth over wooden boards, sewn onto three double leather thongs; the cloth is embroidered with silver thread to a design of stars, squares and maltese crosses. Gilt and gauffered edges.
Descriptio ac delineatio geographica detectionis freti, sive, transitus ad occasum supra terras
Image Count:
1
Alternative Title:
Caerte van’t noorderste Russen, Samojeden, ende Tingoesen landt
Description:
Bound in after p. [30]., Description of Siberia by Isaac Abrahamszoon Massa., Map cut and folded irregularly., Map has multiple small ink stains on verso at the top., Printed on recto in lower right corner: D3., and Scale not given.
Subject (Geographic):
Barents Sea --Maps --Early works to 1800
Subject (Name):
Massa, Isaac, 1587-1635
Collection Created:
Amsterodami Ex officina Hesse lij Gerardi. Anno 1613
