Manuscript on paper (polished) of Cecco d'Ascoli (Francesco Stabili), L'Acerba, Bks. 1-4 with the final 214 lines of Bk. 4 and all of the fragmentary Bk. 5 missing.
Description:
Binding: Nineteenth century, Italy. Vellum stays adhered inside and outside of quires. Backs of quires cut in for original sewing. Bookblock tacketed to a semi-limp paper case, reinforced at the spine. Handwritten paper label with title and a printed medallion with Flora (?) standing on an anchor and globe (?), both on spine., Blue initial, 6-line, with nice penwork designs, f. 1r. Smaller initials, 2-line, red with purple designs or blue with red designs, alternate throughout. Headings in pale red. Paragraph marks alternate red and blue. Later addition of arms in lower margin, f. 1r, effaced and covered with mending strips., Purchased from B. M. Rosenthal in 1959 by Thomas E. Marston., Script: Written by a single scribe in mercantesca script, above top line., and Watermarks: unidentified cherries (?) in upper margin, trimmed.
Subject (Topic):
Encyclopedias and dictionaries--Early works to 1600, Italian poetry--To 1400, Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven, and Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
[Works. 1503] and Opere del facundissimo Seraphino Aquilano
Description:
Armorial bookplate: Ex libris Comitis Camilli de Grassis., Gatherings I and P possibly misbound., Imperfect: leaves I6, S7 and S8 wanting., In pencil on p. B iii: "B" has been crossed out and replaced with "a"., Leaf G1 torn and repaired, with slight loss of text., Title page verso is blank., and Unidentified stamp.
Publisher:
Per lo inteliige[n]te impressore & venditore da libri Nicolo di Aristotili citadino fetrarese, regna[n]te lo illus. S.S. Zoha[n]ne