- Creator:
- Benivieni, Antonio, 1533-1598
- Published / Created:
- 16 Apr 1590-25 Nov 1598.
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 728
- Image Count:
- 14
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript of Antonio Benivieni, 7 Letters to Tommaso Roffia
- Description:
- In Italian.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Benivieni, Antonio, 1533-1598.
- Subject (Topic):
- Italian letters and Manuscripts, Medieval
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > 7 Letters to Tommaso Roffia
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- Published / Created:
- [between 1460 and 1470?]
- Call Number:
- Marston MS 111
- Image Count:
- 164
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on parchment of an anonymous Latin grammar, with some Italian translations
- Description:
- In Latin, with some Italian., Written by a single scribe in careful humanistic cursive, above top line., Folio 1r illuminated by Francesco d'Antonio del Chierico. Full border, partially rubbed, of white vine-stem ornament curling around a thin gold bar against blue, green and pink ground. In outer border, a medallion, framed in gold, with profile of a young man against blue ground. In lower border a wreathed medallion, framed by two circles of gold with partially erased arms. Medallion supported by six green and red winged putti. The entire border inhabited by a large number of putti playing among the vine stem, various birds and three does. Illuminated initial, 3-line, joined to the border, gold against blue, green and pink ground with white vine-stem ornament inhabited by a seated putto. One small illuminated initial, f. 1v, 2-line, gold against blue and pink ground with white filigree (partly rubbed). Plain initials alternate in red and blue. Guide letters for initials., and Binding: Nineteenth century, Italy (?). Semi-limp vellum case.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Topic):
- Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Latin language, Grammar, and Manuscripts, Medieval
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Grammatica latina
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1575]
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 693
- Image Count:
- 390
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on paper of mercantile statutes of Florence in three Books, revised by a committee of experts and promulgated by Grand Duke Francesco I de' Medici of Tuscany (1574-1587); the basis for the revision were the statutes of 1393 ("statuto vecchio") and those of 1496 ("statuto nuovo").
- Description:
- In Italian., Script: Copied by one scribe in sloping calligraphic Humanistica Cursiva., On the frontispiece f. r, a woodcut title-page with spaces for text (a handwritten title) left blank. The full-page woodcut represents the ruins and symbols of Rome with the god of the Tibre under a portico with five allegorical female figures., The paper of most pages is damaged by the corrosive ink., and Binding (repaired): ca. 1700. White parchment over pasteboard. Spine with four raised bands and handwritten title in ink: "Statut. / Florent. / M.S.". Bordeaux edges.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut, New Haven., and Florence (Italy)
- Subject (Topic):
- Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Manuscripts, Medieval, Statutes, and Politics and government
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Mercantile statutes of Florence