- Creator:
- Iustinus
- Published / Created:
- [between 1400 and 1500]
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 511
- Image Count:
- 210
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on paper
- Description:
- In Latin., Watermarks: (1) Scissors, Briquet?; Piccard, Werkzeug und Waffen IX, 1103-1199, 1328-1332?; (2) Anvil, Briquet?; Piccard?; (3) Hunting Horn, Briquet?; Piccard?., Script: Written by a single scribe in a small rapid Humanistica Cursiva under strong Gothic influence; the latter is especially visible in the forms of d and final s. Headings in Humanistica Textualis. The margins contain contemporary annotations in Humanistica Cursiva., The decoration is wanting. Space for 3-line initials was provided at the opening of Books II-XLIV and for larger initials at the beginning of the Prologue and of Book I. Guide letters for the initials are visible in the left margin. On f. 100v a coarse human head in profile has been drawn in pen and ink (15th century)., and Binding: Original half leather (red goatskin), heavy wooden boards, one clasp attached to the front cover. Spine (damaged) with three raised bands.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Iustinus. and Trogus, Pompeius.
- Subject (Topic):
- Classical literature, History, Ancient, and Manuscripts, Medieval
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Epitome historiarum Pompei Trogi
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- Creator:
- Justinus, Marcus Junianus
- Published / Created:
- [between 1450 and 1475]
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 168
- Image Count:
- 248
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on parchment of Justinus, Epitome in libros Pompeii Trogi. Portions of the text in the first gathering are lacking; some leaves are misbound
- Description:
- In Latin., Script: Written in neat italic by a single scribe who also added frequent marginal notes., One fine 6-line initial (f. 1r), gold, with white-vine ornament, on blue, pink, and green ground decorated with white, gold, and blue dots extending into side and upper margins, the vines inhabited by birds, insects, and putto; gold dots and brown hairsprays. A coat of arms in lower margin (effaced and blotted out) supported by a winged putto, set in ornament similar to above. Large blue capitals, 5- to 4-line, in blue, throughout. Headings and Roman numerals for books (in upper margin of recto), in red, for ff. 1r-35r., and Binding: Nineteenth century. Citron goatskin, gold-tooled, by C. Lewis; his note regarding binding, in Latin, on f. ii recto.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Justinus, Marcus Junianus. and Trogus, Pompeius.
- Subject (Topic):
- Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval and Manuscripts, Medieval
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Epitome in libros Pompeii Trogi