Antoninus, Saint, Archbishop of Florence, 1389-1459
Published / Created:
15th century.
Call Number:
Beinecke MS 947
Image Count:
64
Resource Type:
Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:
Manuscript on paper of Antonius Florentinus's Confessionale in Italian.
Description:
Antoninus Florentinus (1389-1459), Confessionale, Italian version beginning “Curam illius habe”, also known as Medicina dell anima., Binding: binding is missing. Sewn on four leather thongs., and Script: copied by one hand writing Humanistica Cursiva under Gothic influence. Headings in smaller handwriting. On f. 1r a 2-line plain initial in red, with guide letter.
Subject (Name):
Antoninus, Saint, Archbishop of Florence, 1389-1459
Subject (Topic):
Christian literature, Italian, Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven, Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library, and Repentance--Christianity
Manuscript on paper of Guarinus Veronensis (Guarino da Verona, 1374-1460), De diphthongis, consisting mainly of annotated lists of words containing the diphthongs "ae" and "oe" successively. In both cases the words beginning with the diphthong come first, followed, in alphabetical order, by those in which the diphthong is in another position ("in mediis"). In the introductory text spaces have been left open for the Greek words, which have not been added.
Description:
Binding: Twentieth century. White parchment over cardboard; paper endleaves., Headings in red ink. There are guide letters and space for a 4-line initial on f. 1r and a 2-line initial on f. 1v, but neither initial has been executed., Script: One hand, writing an imperfect Humanistica Semitextualis Libraria, using tironian et instead of the ampersand and mixing ae and ẹ., and The paper at places damaged by the acid ink.
Subject (Name):
Guarino,--Veronese,--1374-1460
Subject (Topic):
Latin language--Glossaries, vocabularies, etc.--Early works to 1800, Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven, and Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Manuscript on paper (coarse, some deckle edges) of Varro, De lingua latina. The scribe of Marston MS 82 carefully recorded in the margins the lacunae by giving the number of missing leaves in the exemplar.
Description:
Belonged to the library of the Princes of Liechtenstein. Purchased from H. P. Kraus in 1955 by Thomas E. Marston., Binding: Fifteenth century, Italy. Parchment stays adhered to inner and outer conjugate leaves of quires. Original sewing on three tawed skin, slit straps laid in channels on the outside of boards and nailed. Plain wound, natural color endbands are sewn on tawed skin cores laid in grooves on the outside of the boards and are tied down over strips of green tawed skin. Quarter bound in dark brown leather over beech boards with a leather strip nailed along the edge. One fastening, the leaf-shaped catch on the lower board, the upper board cut in for the clasp strap. Title, in ink, on fore edge: "Marcus Varo. De Lingua Latina"., Plain blue initial, 3-line, on f. 1r; plain red initials, 2-line, at beginning of books; headings in red, ff. 25r, 83v only. Remains of guide letters for rubricator., Script: Written in humanistic cursive script, above top line, by a single scribe who added marginalia, foliation (1-52 only), and Roman numerals for running headlines (ff. 1-30)., and Watermarks, in gutter: similar to Briquet Chapeau 3373, Main 10637; unidentified mountain surmounted by a cross and five-pointed star in a circle.
Subject (Name):
Varro, Marcus Terentius
Subject (Topic):
Latin philology, Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven, and Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Manuscript on paper of Minuccio Minucci, 1) Discorso alla santita di Papa Sisto Quinto. 2) Fondamenti chi si hanno inclinatione del duca Augusto Elettore di Sassonia alle religione cattolica.
Subject (Name):
Minucci, Minuccio,--1551-1604 and Sixtus--V,--Pope,--1520-1590
Subject (Topic):
Italian literature--16th century, Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven, and Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Christian literature, Latin (Medieval and modern), Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven, and Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Manuscript on parchment of 1) Augustine, Enchiridion. 2) Bonaventure, Lignum vitae and Breviloquium.
Subject (Topic):
Christian literature, Latin, Fathers of the church, Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven, and Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Manuscript on paper of 1) Circular diagram of the world with the four main directions of the winds and the Latin names of 12 winds. 2) Laudivius Zacchia (Laudivio da Vezzano, ca. 1435-after 1475, Ps.-Mahomet II), Epistolae Magni Turci. 3) De Hermaphrodito, ascribed to Hildebertus Cenomannensis (Hildebert of Le Mans,1065-1133) and others, here ascribed to Antonius Panormitanus (Antonio Beccadelli,1394-1471). 4) Note on the winds and their Latin names, according to the title based on Papias, Isidore of Seville and Boccaccio.
Description:
Art. 4 is not decorated. In artt. 2-3 there are 2-or 3-line initials, in black ink and in outline; they have generally not been executed on the first pages. Guide letters do not seem to have been written consistently. The schematic drawing of art. 1 is traced in lead and consists of two concentric circles inscribed in a square and crosswise divided with double lines., Binding: Modern paper binding; on the front cover a printed label with the title “EPISTOLAE / MAGNI TURCI / MANUSCRIT”., Script: A is copied by one hand in Humanistica Cursiva; B is copied by one hand in Gothico-Humanistica Libraria., and Watermark: Hand topped by Star, similar to Briquet 10706.
Subject (Topic):
Latin letters, Medieval and modern, Latin poetry, Medieval and modern, Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven, Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library, Turks, and Winds