Manuscript on paper of Benedetto Cotrugli (Benedictus de Cotrullis, c. 1410-1469), De navigatione liber (Della navigazione). After the prologue in Latin addressed to the Doge and the Senate of Venice, the author, quoting countless Biblical, ancient, medieval and Renaissance authors and drawing largely on his own experience, discusses the oceans and seas, islands, ports, the history of ship-building and navigation, weather, and astronomy. At the end, he includes portolano maps and describes the coast of the Mediterranean and the Black Sea
Description:
The author, born in Ragusa (Dubrovnik), was a businessman and humanist, from 1451 onwards in favour at the Court of Naples. His Della mercatura e del mercante perfetto, written in 1458, was for a long time considered his only surviving work. Our manuscript, written during his lifetime and no doubt under his supervision or by his hand, is the only existing manuscript of Della navigazione and it is unfinished, missing most of its illustrations and the end of the text., In Italian., Script: Written by one hand in Humanistica Cursiva close to Humanistica Textualis. Headings and opening words of chapters in pale red capitals., Heightening of majuscules and paragraph marks in pale red up to f. 10r. Space for 2- or 3-line initials at the opening of all chapters, the initials not executed. Illustration largely missing; the few that have been executed are crudely drawn., and Binding: Nineteenth century. Yellowish parchment over cardboard. Marbled paste-downs.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Cotrugli, Benedetto, d. 1468.
Subject (Topic):
Astronomy, Medieval, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Italian literature, Manuscript maps, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Navigation
Manuscript on parchment (fine, smooth) of 1) Prologue. 2) Moamin, De scientia venandi per aves, translated into Latin by Theodorus of Antioch. Although the prologue states that there are four treatises composed by Moamin, the fourth (Quartus naturam et medicamen qutrupedum [sic] cum quibus uenamur) is omitted in this manuscript. 3) Treatise of Dancus rex. 4) Treatise of Guillelmus falconarius. 5) Four anonymous descriptions of types of falcons. Produced probably for Ferdinand II of Aragon (arms on f. 1r).
Alternative Title:
Moamin
Description:
In Latin., Script: Written by a single scribe in elegant round humanistic script below top line., One miniature, f. 1r, five falcons sitting on a perch in a niche, with a 6-line initial, blue and light green, with green and blue acanthus, against gold, framed in red, with white dots; full border, pink and blue flowers on stems with pink, orange and green leaves and gold dots spiraling around a pink and gold bar; framed in gold and inhabited by birds, putti, four of the putti in lower margin supporting a coat-of-arms. 5-line initials, gold, filled with blue or crimson with flowers in white, on irregular grounds, crimson or blue with flowers in white, and hair-spray extensions with crimson and blue leaves, flowers and gold trefoil leaves or dots. 2-line initials, gold, filled with crimson or blue against irregular crimson or blue grounds with white filigree. Rubrics throughout., and Binding: Nineteenth century. Red goatskin, gold-tooled with "Cetreria" on spine. Gilt edges with lettering on fore-edge.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Topic):
Falconry, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Literature, Medieval, and Manuscripts, Medieval
Manuscript on parchment of 1) Joannes de Sacro Bosco, De sphaera. 2) Unidentified Cosmographicae libellus. 3) Nicolas Oresme, Traite de la sphere, in a Latin translation apparently extant only in this manuscript
Description:
In Latin., Script: Written by one person in small fere-humanistic script bordering on cursive, verso., Simple decorative initials, 5- to 2-line, in red. Headings, paragraph marks, strokes on majuscules at beginning of sentences, and marginal notes, in red., Seventeen carefully executed astronomical drawings and two tables, in red, black, yellow and beige, accompany arts. 1 and 3., and Binding: 18th-19th centuries. Limp vellum case. "Tractatus spere" on tail edge.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Sacro Bosco, Joannes de, active 1230.
Subject (Topic):
Astronomy, Medieval, Cosmography, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, and Manuscripts, Medieval
Manuscript on paper (highly polished) of Xenophon, De venatione, translated into Latin by Leonicenus Omnibonus and preceded by a dedicatory epistle to John Tiptoft
Description:
In Latin., Watermarks: similar in design to Briquet Oiseau 12127., Script: Written in a well formed italic by a single scribe., Spaces left for rubrics and initials., and Binding: Nineteenth century. Paper case with paste paper sides. Rebound in Yale Conservation Studio in 1982.
Manuscript on parchment (thick) of Diploma for a doctoral degree in arts and medicine from the University of Perugia, dated 5 December 1477; awarded to "Magister Firmanus lodouici de Baronibus de monte lupono prouincie marchie anchonitane diocesis firmane."
Description:
In Latin., Script: Written in a neat round gothic script, with ascenders extending far into the upper margin., Illuminated initial, 12-line, on rectangular gold ground; initial infilled with pink flowers on blue ground, and surrounded by modest red, green, blue and orange acanthus; ground surrounded by thick black penwork decoration and three groups of three gold discs., Staining and wear along creases where diploma was folded into eighths. Remains of guide-notes along lower edge., and Paper wrapper in which document was formerly preserved contains notes "F. U. 203" on white and blue rectangular label; "FU 711" in pencil.
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
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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