Manuscript on paper (sturdy) of Cicero, Epistolae ad familiares. Marginal and interlinear notes accompany the text of each letter (except for that to P. Vatinius appearing on ff. 26v-27v which was copied twice, apparently in error). Written probably for use as a school text (vocabulary lists on ff. 4 and 9).
Description:
Binding: 19th-20th centuries. Vellum case; spine fragile and splitting., Script: Written by a single scribe in gothic cursive, with a smaller script for glosses., Simple initials in red at the beginning of each letter; titles preceded by paragraph marks, and underlined, in red., and Watermarks: unidentified letter P in gutter.
Subject (Topic):
Latin letters, Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven, Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library, and Scholia
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
Epistole heroiche del Bruni and Epistole heroiche del Brvni
Description:
Added engraved title-pages have title: Epistole heroiche del Bruni., BEIN 1994 455: Bound as one volume., Continuously paged and signed., Half-title only., Imaginary letters of historical and mythical characters., and Imprint from colophon.
Address to the reader by Martin Gymnich., BEIN Rosenthal 46: From the collection of Bernard M. Rosenthal. Ownership inscription of Sebastianus Einhart on front paste-down. Inscription on t.p.: Monasterij Weingartensis sum ex ... libraria M. Sebastiani Einhardi ... Stamp with initials V B T. Contemporary ms. notes giving German vernacular equivalents of the printed adages. Most are in a single hand, probably that of Sebastianus Einhart. Blind-tooled pigskin binding., Includes indexes, and Signatures: *⁸ A-2X⁸ 2Y⁴ (2Y4 blank).
Publisher:
Martinus Gymnicus excudebat,
Subject (Name):
Benediktinerabtei Weingarten Ownership., Einhart, Sebastianus--Autograph., Gymnich, Martin, d. 1551., Rosenthal, Bernard M.--Ownership., Tappe, Eberhard., and V. B. T.--Stamp.