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1. De miseriis curialium
- Creator:
- Pius II, Pope, 1405-1464
- Published / Created:
- 22 April 1464.
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 670
- Image Count:
- 52
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on paper of 1) Will of Guglielmo di Montiglio, councillor of Guglielmo X (VIII) Palaeologus, Margrave of Montferrato, 1464-1483, dated Casale Montferrato, 8 Febr. 1469. 2) Aeneas Silvius Piccolomini (afterwards Pope Pius II, 1458-1464), De miseriis curialium, a letter addressed to the German courtier Iohannes von Eich, written 1444
- Description:
- In Latin., Watermark: flower (?)., Art. 1 is copied in a rapid Humanistica Cursiva Libraria. Art. 2, by another hand, is in Humanistica Textualis Formata., Art. 1 is undecorated. Art. 2 opens with a 3-line plain initial in red and blue, followed by a line in Capitals. In the lower margin of f. 5r a coat of arms gules, with a head (?) azure and a heart-shield gold. Initial and coat of arms, of mediocre execution, are by the same hand., and Binding: Nineteenth century. De luxe binding by Chambolle-Duru. Brown morocco over pasteboard, the turn-ins gold-tooled; marbled endpapers. Spine with five raised bands and gold-tooled inscription: "AENEAS / SYLVIUS / DE / MISERIIS / CURIALIUM". Gilt edges.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Pius II, Pope, 1405-1464.
- Subject (Topic):
- Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Letters, Papal, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Wills
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > De miseriis curialium