Manuscript, probably in a single hand, containing seven discontinuous lines of text in different gothic display scripts in black and red inks, probably produced as a sample sheet of a scribe's work.
Description:
Decoration: in red and black ink., From the collection of Toshiyuki Takamiya, 2013-., and Script: each line in a different gothic display script.
Subject (Topic):
Handwriting--Early works to 1800., Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven., Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library., and Scribes--Germany--Early works to 1800.
Manuscript, on paper, in a single hand, of a collection of astrological information and a treatise on the signs of the zodiac, including lists of activities appropriate for each sign, and descriptions of the characteristics of those born under the influence of different planets.
Description:
18 binder's blanks at end not digitized., Binding: nineteenth-century half calf over marbled boards., Decoration: some capitals and words rubricated., Formerly owned by John Eglington Bailey; Robert B. Honeyman, Jr. On deposit from the collection of Toshiyuki Takamiya, 2013-., Layout: single columns of 17-25 lines., Script: English bookhand., and Tipped in: astrological chart, on paper, for the years 1646-1664.
Subject (Name):
Bailey, John Eglington,--1840-1888--Ownership. and Honeyman, Robert B.
Subject (Topic):
Astrology--Early works to 1800., English prose literature--Middle English, 1100-1500., Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven., and Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library.
Manuscript on paper of Petrarch, Trionfi (ff. 1r-47r), and Dati, Sfera (48r-76r).
Alternative Title:
Sfera.
Description:
Binding: contemporary, blind-tolled calfskin over wooden boards, sewn on three double thongs. Both covers decorated with a frame and lozenge design. The remains of two brass clasps extant on the front cover., Decoration: In art. 1, space reserved for, but unfilled with, headings between all trionfi; but each trionfo opens with a 3-line blue plain capital. Space similarly reserved for, but unfilled with, headings in art. 2; but also 2- or 3-line blue capitals., Purchased in July 2001 from a private collector on the Edwin J. Beinecke Fund., and Script: copied by two hands both writing Humanistica Cursiva: A, ff. 1r-47r (art. 1); B, ff. 48r-76r (art. 2), in a smaller handwriting.
Subject (Name):
Dati, Gregorio, 1362-1436. and Dati, Leonardo, d. 1425.
Subject (Topic):
Astronomy, Medieval., Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven., and Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library.