Manuscript on paper of Jerome, Epistolae, etc., translated into Italian by Ser Nicolaus Berti Martini de Gentiluzis de Sanctogeminiano, a notary in Florence (ca. 1388-1468). With Ps.-Augustine, Epistula ad Cyrillum, concerning the death of St. Jerome.
Description:
Binding: ca. 1500, Florence. Sewn on three tawed skin, slit straps attached to oak boards, with brown and natural color endbands (later additions?) sewn on tawed skin cores laid in grooves on the outside of the boards. Covered in orange/brown sheepskin neatly blind-tooled with rope interlace in concentric frames. Spine: double fillets at head and tail and outlining the supports on the spine; fine diapering with double fillets in the panels. Four flower-shaped catches on the lower board, two wanting. Remains of vellum label (worm eaten) on the spine and pieces of string used as place marks. Off-set impressions of medieval liturgical manuscript on front and back pastedowns. Orange edges. Sticky from excessive oiling., One illuminated initial, f. 4r, 6-line, gold, filled with red and blue penwork in geometric patterns. The penwork extends the whole length of the text column to form a partial border, terminating in the upper and lower margins in a scroll of blue penwork with small flowers, heart-shaped leaves and red dots. Numerous penwork initials of good quality, 5- to 2-line, alternate in red and blue with purple and red penwork respectively, often extending into the margins. Headings in red. Majuscules and display script touched with yellow., Script: Written by a single scribe in a small upright gothic script with both notarial and humanistic influence, above top line., and Watermarks: similar to Piccard Schere III.710, Briquet Chapeau 3387; unidentified eagle.
Subject (Name):
Jerome,--Saint,--d. 419 or 20
Subject (Topic):
Christian legends, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Latin letters, Literature, Medieval--Translations, Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven, and Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Bound with Bruni, Leonardo, Aretino. Historiae Florentini populi. Venice, 1476., Fol. c₈b, n₇b, n₈ blank., and For fuller description see collation leaf in volume. Capital spaces, some with guide-letters; a few initials roughly supplied in pencil and ink. Manuscript marginal notes, some bled. Fol. n₈ (blank) wanting; fol. i₆ torn; stains and worm-holes. Early modern half vellum binding. Bookplates of Charles Hughes and John Camp Williams.
Alberti, Leon Battista, 1404-1472 Colonna, Francesco, d. 1527 Manuzio, Aldo, 1449 or 50-1515, printer
Published / Created:
mense decembri 1499.
Call Number:
Zi +5574
Image Count:
6
Resource Type:
Books, Journals & Pamphlets
Alternative Title:
Hypnerotomachia Poliphili.
Description:
Sometimes attributed to Leon Battista Alberti., Variant: Folio z6r ends "diaspre di". Binder's stamp: Bound by F. Bedford., and Woodcuts have been attributed to Giovanni Bellino due to the ones on [10b] and [21a] being signed "b." Others have attributed them to Raffaelle. Alexander Pope thought them by Francia or Andrea de Mantegna. Lake Price attributed them to Carpaccio. Used by others without acknowledgement.
Last 8 leaves repaired, with missing text supplied in ms. and Signatures: *⁸ A-L⁸.
Publisher:
Appresso Giouanni Bariletto,
Subject (Name):
Barilettus, Johannes, 16th cent.
Subject (Topic):
Alchemy--Early works to 1800., Cosmetics--Early works to 1800., Medicine--Formulae, receipts, prescriptions--Early works to 1800., and Perfumes--Early works to 1800.