- Creator:
- Mago, Agogo
- Published / Created:
- [between 1450 and 1475]
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 76
- Image Count:
- 32
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on parchment of Agogo Mago, Libro medesynal delli spariueri
- Description:
- In Italian., Script: Written by a single scribe in a neat humanistic bookhand., One gold initial (f. 1r), 7-line, filled and surrounded by white-vine ornament, on a dark blue, dark red, and dark green ground, with pale yellow dots; extends into inner and upper margins. In lower margin an unidentified coat of arms (or, on a chief azur a parrot vert beaked gules) in a laurel wreath; accompanied by gold balls, hair-sprays, and simple floral patterns. Four initials, 6- to 4-line, in blue with red penwork designs or red with purple; plain capitals alternating red and blue throughout., and Binding: Nineteenth century. Brown goatskin, gold-tooled.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Mago, Agogo.
- Subject (Topic):
- Game and game-birds, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Italian literature, Manuscripts, Medieval, Medicine, and Medicine, Medieval
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Libro medesynal delli spariueri
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- Creator:
- Ruffo, Giordano, -1256
- Published / Created:
- [between 1400 and 1500]
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 459
- Image Count:
- 166
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on paper (thick) of Giordano Ruffo, Marescalcia equorum, translated into Italian
- Description:
- In Italian., Watermarks: unidentified basilisk in gutter., Script: Written in fere-humanistic script., Crudely executed border design, in red, on f. 1r. Plain initials, 3- to 2-line, in red; some embellished with simple foliate ornamentation or with human and animal grotesques (e.g., ff. 24v, 44v). Headings in red., Upper portion of f. 55 (chs. 146, 149) cut out; ff. 63v-64r (chs. 189-95) crossed out. Some staining and wear affecting text., and Binding: 19th-20th centuries. Tan, "pasta espanola" paper case.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Ruffo, Giordano.
- Subject (Topic):
- Horses, Italian literature, Literature, Medieval, and Manuscripts, Medieval
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Marescalcia equorum
- Published / Created:
- 14th or 15th century
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 917
- Image Count:
- 119
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on paper of Liber marescalciae by Laurentius Rusius. The manuscript also contains a large excerpt of Giordano Ruffo's De medicina equorum in Italian translation, as well as an anonymous treatise on hippiatry, and a number of remedies, prescriptions, and incantations for various diseases
- Description:
- In Italian., Script: there are two main scribes: hand A copied the treatise on hippiatry in large Gothica Semitextualis Libraria; its headings are in Gothica Textualis Libraria; decorative extensions at the ascenders on the top line. Hand B, who identifies himself f. 50r as Cristofano di Piero maniscalco N., copied ff. 12r-52v, upper part, in Gothica Semitextualis Libraria. The other texts are additional and have been copied by various scribes at various moments. Folios 1r-4v have red rubrics and are decorated with 2-line flourished initials, with abundant foliate marginal extensions. Guide letters in the left margin on ff. 1r-11v., Liber marescalciae by Laurentius Rusius, a treatise in 154 chapters. The manuscript also contains a large excerpt of Giordano Ruffo's De medicina equorum in Italian translation, as well as an anonymous treatise on hippiatry in 38 chapters, and a number of remedies, prescriptions, and incantations for various diseases., and Binding: 15th century: brown leather over wooden boards. Both covers blind-tooled with frames of fillets; the central panel filled with rope tools, surrounded by a frame. Flat spine with three bands and partly lost paper label with handwritten title “[MA]SCAL[CIA] / M.S. / DI VARI”. Remnants of two decorated brass clasps attached to the rear cover. Five brass bosses on each cover (the central boss on the front cover lost).
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Rusius, Laurentius. and Ruffo, Giordano, d. 1256.
- Subject (Topic):
- Horses and Manuscripts, Medieval
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Marescalcia equorum
- Creator:
- Ruffo, Giordano, -1256
- Published / Created:
- 1456.
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 488
- Image Count:
- 94
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on paper of Giordano Ruffo, Marescalcia equorum, in an anonymous Italian translation. With medicinal recipes and prayers
- Description:
- In Italian., Watermark: unidentified bull's head in gutter., Script: Written in a poorly formed Italian notarial script; notes in contemporary cursive hands., Plain initial, 5-line, in red and black, at beginning of art. 1; initial strokes and rubrics for ff. 1r-9v only., and Binding: Nineteenth century. Limp vellum case. Stamped on upper cover: "Medecine des chevaux/ manuscrit du XV siecle".
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Ruffo, Giordano, fl. 1250-1260.
- Subject (Topic):
- Horses, Italian literature, Literature, Medieval, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Medicine, Medieval
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Marescalcia equorum, etc
- Published / Created:
- [between 1350 and 1400]
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 327
- Image Count:
- 148
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on paper. Includes notes on arithmetic and accounting for merchandise; a romance of Tristan; list of spices; astronomical and astrological information; charms and prayers; recipes; extracts in Venetian; and poems
- Description:
- In Italian and Latin., Watermarks: similar to Briquet Fruit 7372-76, Briquet Cheval 3564, and Briquet Fruit 7341., Script: Written by a single scribe in a neat notarial hand, through f. 67v. Notes added by various hands of 14th-15th centuries., Drawings of ships, towers and merchants in ink, with added yellow, brown, green, red and blue; many diagrams. Crude 2- and 1-line initials in red, with guide-letters for rubricator showing beneath; headings in red., Repair of f. 1 with later paper; some loss of text. Repairs at outer edges on this and other folios do not affect text., and Binding: 18th-19th centuries. Rigid vellum case with paste paper back endleaf and pastedowns. Central fold of each bifolium has been reinforced with a strip of parchment.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut, New Haven., and Venice (Italy)
- Subject (Topic):
- Accounting, Arithmetic, Astrology, Astronomy, Medieval, Formulas, recipes, etc, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Italian literature, Manuscripts, Medieval, Merchants, Prayers, Tristan (Legendary character), and Economic conditions
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Merchant's commonplace book
16.
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1650]
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 717
- Image Count:
- 225
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on paper of 1) Poem warning against sin. 2) Sermons. 3) Notes on Christian, historical and other subjects, sermons, commonplaces, recipes etc. This is followed by notes on the churches and other buildings of the city, and the relics kept in the churches. 4) Latin proverbs and quotations in alphabetical order. The sources as far as indicated are the Bible, the Church Fathers, a few Christian authors of the Middle Ages, pagan authors and philosophers. 5) Notes on monuments in Sinigallia. 6) Latin verses in honor of the Virgin. 7) Text of epitaphs in churches at Sinigallia, dated 1600-1602, in which the family names have been replaced by "N." With historical notes, astronomical tables, and a list of herbs
- Description:
- In Italian., Script: Various scribes, mostly writing Humanistica Cursiva Currens difficult to decipher. Some parts are written by a more calligraphic hand, especially the original parts of artt. 4, 6 and 7., There is no decoration., The paper badly damaged by the acid ink, often impairing legibility. Some texts much faded., and Binding: Modern blue paper wrappers; on the spine a paper label with the printed inscription "ITALIAN MISCELLANY. MS. c. 1650".
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut, New Haven., and Senigallia (Italy)
- Subject (Topic):
- Christian literature, Italian poetry, Manuscripts, Medieval, Sermons, and Sermons, Italian
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Miscellany
17.
- Creator:
- Agnese, Battista, active 16th century
- Published / Created:
- 1559
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 560
- Image Count:
- 33
- Resource Type:
- text
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on parchment of an atlas produced by the Genoese cartographer Battista Agnese (1514-1564) in Venice
- Description:
- In Latin and Italian., Script: inscriptions in black or red ink in Humanistica Cursiva under Gothic influence, and in Capitalis (the latter sometimes in gold)., Shield in yellow and blue with "Cosmo-Grra-Phia" in red. The maps show varying degrees of colouring., An atlas produced by the Genoese cartographer Battista Agnese (1514-1564) in Venice. Includes 23 maps in various colors, with many representations of people, ships, and landmarks., and Binding: de luxe binding, 19th or 20th century, by Rivière & Son: gold-tooled red morocco over pasteboard; gold-tooled title on spine:"PORTOLANO / DA / BATTISTA / AGNESE", and at the bottom: "1559".
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Agnese, Battista, active 16th century.
- Subject (Topic):
- Atlases, Cosmography, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Manuscript maps, and Manuscripts, Medieval
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Portolan atlas
- Published / Created:
- [between 1400 and 1450]
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 506
- Container / Volume:
- Box
- Image Count:
- 18
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on parchment roll, consisting of five skins pasted together, of an untitled list of 267 courses mentioning distances between two places and the bearing according to a 32-point compass, in Venetian dialect
- Description:
- In Italian (Venetian dialect)., Script: Written by one scribe in black ink except for five lines in red; of these lines 145 and 171 are no entries, but rubrics introducing the sections dealing with the Sea of Azov and the islands of the Aegean Sea respectively. The handwriting is a small Southern Gothica Textualis Libraria under Cancelleresca influence; the latter is most apparent in the shape of the letter g and in the horizontal approach strokes at the top of the ascenders., The majuscules are heightened in red., and Damp stains have damaged and even obliterated some parts of the text, especially in its first section.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut, New Haven., and Italy
- Subject (Topic):
- Manuscripts, Medieval, Description and travel, and Manuscript maps
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Portolano for the eastern Mediterranean and the Black Sea ("Marston Portolano").
- Creator:
- Martini, Francesco di Giorgio, 1439-1502
- Published / Created:
- [between 1500 and 1515]
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 491
- Image Count:
- 129
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on paper (sturdy) of what is probably the first version of the treatise, finished ca. 1476-77. The order of contents is as follows: fortresses; temples, churches and theaters; columns and other architectural details; plans for palaces; aqueducts; measuring and surveying; instruments of war
- Description:
- In Italian., Watermarks: anchor and star similar to Briquet Ancre 478, Bergamo 1502., Script: Written in italic script by a single scribe who left blank spaces for illuminated initials., Outer and lower margins of almost every page filled with architectural or mechanical sketches drawn either directly on the leaves (ff. 1r-5v) or on small strips of paper pasted onto the margins of the leaves (ff. 6r-57v), in brown ink, sometimes with green or pink washes. The drawings illustrate every section of the text; many have explanatory inscriptions., and Binding: Eighteenth century. Red edges. Mottled, brown calf, streaked on the turn-ins. Blind-tooled, with a gold-tooled spine.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Italy., Connecticut, and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Martini, Francesco di Giorgio, 1439-1502.
- Subject (Topic):
- Architecture, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Italian literature, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Military art and science
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Trattati di archittetura ingegneria e arte militare
- Creator:
- Balzani, Guglielmo
- Published / Created:
- 1616.
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 477
- Image Count:
- 450
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on paper of Guglielmo Balzani, of Casale Monferrato, Treatise on Falconry
- Description:
- The 8th Marchese of Monferrato mentioned in the prologue is presumably Guglielmo (1550-1587)., In Italian., Watermarks: unidentified crossbow in circle, with countermark "B A B"., Script: Written by 2 hands in 17th-century cursive: Scribe 1) ff. 1r-177r; Scribe 2) ff. 177v-208r., and Binding: Eighteenth century. Spattered brown calf, blind-tooled. Edges spattered blue/green and red. Rebacked.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Balzani, Guglielmo.
- Subject (Topic):
- Falconry, Italian literature, and Manuscripts, Medieval
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Treatise on falconry