Manuscript on paper of Astrological tables for solar and lunar locations, probably for use in compiling calendars; tables of latitudes of cities; chronological tables for 1508-18. Most tables are accompanied by prose descriptions
Description:
In Italian., Watermarks: trimmed, in upper margins; unidentified eagle enclosed by a circle similar in design to Briquet Aigle 204., Script: Written in Italian notarial script by a single scribe., Yellow added to initials and to astrological signs, and some numbers., Stained throughout; final folio repaired., and Binding: Eighteenth century. Blind-tooled brown sheepskin.
Manuscript on paper (sturdy, brown; watermarks: unidentified coat of arms in gutter) of Catalogus librorum (Aldine Press). The catalogue consists of four sections: Libri graeci, Alii libri graeci, Libri latini, Italici libri
Description:
In Latin., Script: Written in humanistic cursive by one scribe., All folios are stained, damaged, and/or repaired., and Binding: 1850. Bound by George Bretherton in quarter red-brown leather with blue-black cloth sides.
Manuscript on paper in three distinct parts. Part I (ff. 1-78): 1) Euclid, Catoptrica. 2) Euclid, Phaenomena. 3) Euclid, Opticarum recensio Theonis. 4) Euclid, Data. Part II (ff. 79-102): 5) Euclid, Data, incomplete at beginning and end. Part III (ff. 103-142): 6) Theodore Metochites, Introductio in Ptolemaei compositionem mathematicam
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In Greek., Watermarks: Part I: Harlfinger Ancre 51 (1540, 1541 A. D.). Part II: similar to those in Part I. Part III: Harlfinger Lettres 66., Script: Each part written by a different scribe, all in Greek minuscule. Part I by Valeriano da Forli, who also wrote marginal notes in red and labelled the diagrams., Part I: Headpiece, 3- and 2-line initials with stylized floral motifs and headings in red. Diagrams in margins of geometrical figures drawn with compass. Part II: Headings in red. Diagrams drawn with compass and ruler, labelled in red, and fitted into written space. Part III: 2- to 1-line initials with stylized floral motifs and headings in pale red., Waterstains throughout. On f. 57r, spills, dirt and pen trials; several words effaced or obscured. Discoloration on ff. 1r and 78v suggests that this part was once separate., and Binding: Nineteenth century. Vellum case with a gold-tooled title.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Euclid.
Subject (Topic):
Charts, diagrams, etc, Manuscripts, Medieval, Mathematics, Medieval, and Scholia
Manuscript on parchment of A collection of copies of grants and concessions made to Jacobo Probo, conte di Pianelle, from Francesco Gonzaga, Marquis of Mantua (1466-1519), and his son Federico II (1500-40). The three documents of Francesco are dated 1496 (ff. 8r-10r), 1514 (ff. 6v-7v), 1516 (ff. 1r-2r); the two of Federico are dated 1519 (ff. 2v-5r) and 1526 (ff. 5v-6r). On f. 10v there is a statement by the notary "Castantius [sic] Iottus" authenticating these copies (dated 18 Oct. 1541). Two documents of Ferdinand II of Aragon, King of Sicily (1452-1516) confirming title to the property in question (ff. 11r-14r) seem to have been added later by another writer
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In Latin., Script: Written in inelegant italic for ff. 1-10; a sprawling running hand for ff. 11-14., and Binding: 15th-16th centuries. Levantine? A single gathering backstitched to the vellum lining of a semi-limp pasteboard folder covered with red-brown goatskin with corner tongues. Blind-tooled with a cross on a pedestal in a border on the upper board and an X on the lower. The design made up of fleurs-de-lis, diamonds with concave sides and flowers, the flowers bordering the turn-ins. Two ribbon fastenings, missing. Some mold and worm damage.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut, New Haven., and Mantua (Duchy)
Subject (Name):
Federico II Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua, 1500-1540. and Francesco II Gonzaga, Marquis of Mantua, 1466-1519.
Manuscript on paper of 1) Origen, De Engastrimytho. 2) Eustathius, De Engastrimytho contra Origenem. 3) Gregory of Nyssa, Epistola de Pythonissa ad Theodosium episcopum. 4) Zeno, Admonitio de unione
Description:
In Greek., Watermarks: Harlfinger Lettre 18 and similar to Briquet Lettre M 8392 and Monts 11932., Script: Written by a single scribe in calligraphic minuscule., and Binding: Date? The binding has been removed along with all flyleaves. Sewn with long stitches over two pieces of tawed skin to a narrow piece of vellum which is wrapped around the spine.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Origen. and Witch of Endor (Biblical figure)
Subject (Topic):
Fathers of the church, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Pastoral literature, Greek
Manuscript on paper of Antonio de Ferrariis (called himself Galateo after his birthplace, d. 1517), De situ Iapygiae. His work is a geographical, historical, epigraphical and literary description of Iapygia, i.e. the Southeastern part of Italy (now Apulia).
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In Latin., Script: Three scribes, all writing Humanistica Cursiva: hand A copied ff. 1r-20v, 24v-26v, 31r-36r line 10, 36v last three lines (Libraria); hand B copied ff. 21r-24r, 27r-30v (Currens); hand C copied f. 36r line 10-36v, except the last three lines (Currens under Gothic influence)., No decoration., Water stains. Some pages badly damaged by the acid ink., and Binding: The damaged covers of the original binding are mounted on the new binding in brown leather. Blind-tooled, featuring two square frames bordered by fillets and rolls.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut, New Haven., Italy, and Puglia (Italy)
Subject (Name):
Ferrari, Antonio de, 1444-1517.
Subject (Topic):
Latin literature, Medieval and modern, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Description and travel
Manuscript on paper of Jeronymo Osorio, Della nobilta civile, translated into Italian by Bernardo Gandino
Description:
In Italian., Watermarks: unidentified angel similar to Briquet 662, but with BFF as countermark., Script: Written in a calligraphic italic script by Bernardo Gandino of Treviso, with frequent corrections., and Binding: 19th-20th centuries. Paper case with decorated paper sides. Bookblock detached.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut, New Haven., and Italy.
Subject (Name):
Osório, Jerónimo, 1506-1580.
Subject (Topic):
Italian literature, Literature, Medieval, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Nobility
Manuscript on parchment of a Diploma for a doctorate in Theology accorded to Iosephus Prudentius from the University of Padua, June 1598
Description:
In Latin., Script: Written by Franciscus de Oddis, in an elegant italic., On f. 1r, a full vine-scroll border, in purple ink with grapes and highlights in gold, outlined in double purple lines; a 5-line initial, gold, with purple and gold vines. Headings and names of persons in humanistic bookhand or square capitals, in gold., and Binding: Nineteenth century. Brown leather wrapper, gold-tooled.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut, New Haven., and Padua (Italy)
Subject (Topic):
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval and Manuscripts, Medieval
Manuscript on paper of Aristoteles, Poetica, anonymous Latin translation of chapters 1-7. On f. 2r the translator has replaced Homer and Empedocles, cited by Aristotle, by Virgil and Lucretius ("Nihil tamen commune est Virgilio et Lucretio nisi carmen").
Description:
In Latin and Greek., Watermark: coat of arms with a bend, surmounted by a star and with a roundel depending from it, not in Briquet., Script: Copied by one scribe in small Humanistica Cursiva Libraria; words in Greek written by the same hand., Undecorated., and Binding: Sewn on a gilded leather thong; no cover.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Aristotle.
Subject (Topic):
Classical literature, Literature, Medieval, and Manuscripts, Medieval