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37. Trattati di archittetura ingegneria e arte militare
- Creator:
- Martini, Francesco di Giorgio, 1439-1502
- Published / Created:
- [between 1500 and 1515]
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 491
- Image Count:
- 129
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on paper (sturdy) of what is probably the first version of the treatise, finished ca. 1476-77. The order of contents is as follows: fortresses; temples, churches and theaters; columns and other architectural details; plans for palaces; aqueducts; measuring and surveying; instruments of war
- Description:
- In Italian., Watermarks: anchor and star similar to Briquet Ancre 478, Bergamo 1502., Script: Written in italic script by a single scribe who left blank spaces for illuminated initials., Outer and lower margins of almost every page filled with architectural or mechanical sketches drawn either directly on the leaves (ff. 1r-5v) or on small strips of paper pasted onto the margins of the leaves (ff. 6r-57v), in brown ink, sometimes with green or pink washes. The drawings illustrate every section of the text; many have explanatory inscriptions., and Binding: Eighteenth century. Red edges. Mottled, brown calf, streaked on the turn-ins. Blind-tooled, with a gold-tooled spine.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Italy., Connecticut, and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Martini, Francesco di Giorgio, 1439-1502.
- Subject (Topic):
- Architecture, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Italian literature, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Military art and science
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Trattati di archittetura ingegneria e arte militare
38. Treatise on falconry
- Creator:
- Balzani, Guglielmo
- Published / Created:
- 1616.
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 477
- Image Count:
- 450
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on paper of Guglielmo Balzani, of Casale Monferrato, Treatise on Falconry
- Description:
- The 8th Marchese of Monferrato mentioned in the prologue is presumably Guglielmo (1550-1587)., In Italian., Watermarks: unidentified crossbow in circle, with countermark "B A B"., Script: Written by 2 hands in 17th-century cursive: Scribe 1) ff. 1r-177r; Scribe 2) ff. 177v-208r., and Binding: Eighteenth century. Spattered brown calf, blind-tooled. Edges spattered blue/green and red. Rebacked.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Balzani, Guglielmo.
- Subject (Topic):
- Falconry, Italian literature, and Manuscripts, Medieval
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Treatise on falconry
39. Treatise on falconry, etc
- Published / Created:
- [between 1300 and 1400]
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 127
- Image Count:
- 82
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on parchment of 1) Moamin, Treatise on Falconry, parts 1-3. 2) Treatise of Dancus rex. 3) Treatise of Guillelmus falconarius. Artt. 4-5: Anonymous treatises on horses. 6) Moamin, part 4, on dogs
- Alternative Title:
- Moamin
- Description:
- In Latin., Script: Written in a small round gothic bookhand by two scribes. Scribe 1) ff. 1r-37v, 67v-75v; Scribe 2) ff. 39r-67r., One 6-line initial, red and blue, filled with red and blue penwork in a floral pattern. 4-, 2-, and 1-line pen initials, red, with long trailing serifs and blue calligraphic flourishes. 2- and 1-line initials outside text column. On f. 1r, arms of the duchy of Austria (crudely executed; later addition?):, or, two eagles palewise displayed and crowned sable (Hungary): impaled with barry of 6 gules and argent; supported by griffins passant gules; the whole set between thick pink bands. Line-fillers red undulating lines. Rubrics throughout., and Binding: Sixteenth century. Sewn on three supports, the two outer ones leather, the central one tawed skin, laid and nailed in channels in wooden boards. Plain wound primary endbands sewn on a tawed core at the head and a leather one at the tail, laid in grooves and nailed, with a secondary embroidery added. The square spine is lined with vellum between supports. Covered in dark red goatskin, blind-tooled, with four brass catches on the lower board. Leather cracking along joints, clasps wanting.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Topic):
- Animal culture, Dogs, Falconry, Horses, Latin literature, Medieval and modern, and Manuscripts, Medieval
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Treatise on falconry, etc
40. Treatises on rhetoric, etc
- Published / Created:
- [between 1450 and 1500]
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 319
- Image Count:
- 21
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on paper of Treatises on Rhetoric and Epistulae including texts by Francesco Filelfo, Apollonius Dyscolus (?), and Trypho
- Description:
- In Greek and Latin., Watermarks: similar to Briquet Ciseaux 3668, Briquet Monts 11882, and unidentified grapes., Script: Written by one scribe in small, very even Greek minuscule. Letters with name of Filelfo on flyleaves at front and back are written in well-formed italic., Headpiece, 1-line initials and headings in faded reddish-brown., Water stains in the upper right corner of many folios; some loss of text., and Binding: Twentieth century. Block printed paste paper case.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Topic):
- Manuscripts, Medieval and Rhetoric
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Treatises on rhetoric, etc
41. Vitae sanctorum (fragment).
- Published / Created:
- [between 1150 and 1250?]
- Call Number:
- Takamiya MS 130
- Container / Volume:
- (File) (Oversize)
- Image Count:
- 4
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript leaf, on parchment, containing a portion of the life of Saint Adrian of Nicomedia
- Description:
- In Latin., Layout: double columns of 40 lines., and Script: early gothic minuscule.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Topic):
- Manuscripts, Medieval and Saints
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Vitae sanctorum (fragment).