- Creator:
- Thomas, Patriarch of Venice
- Published / Created:
- 1503 March 30.
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 712.45
- Image Count:
- 2
- Resource Type:
- text
- Abstract:
- Manuscript copy, on parchment, of an indulgence granted by Thomas, Patriarch of Venice, of 40 days freedom from penances to those who visited the altar of Saint Severus in Venice. Granted in recognition of the new confraternity of priests in the church of Saint Severus. Signed by Fran. Morandus, chancellor
- Description:
- In Latin., Script: Italic., and Decoration: highly decorated recto includes elaborate initial "T" and wide full border containing illustrations of urns, an angel, grotesques, birds, a mask and floral swags. Bottom border contains three coats of arms and two full-length putti.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Thomas, Patriarch of Venice.
- Subject (Topic):
- Manuscripts, Medieval
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Indulgence for prayer at the altar of Saint Severus in Venice
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- Published / Created:
- [between 1350 and 1400]
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 327
- Image Count:
- 148
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on paper. Includes notes on arithmetic and accounting for merchandise; a romance of Tristan; list of spices; astronomical and astrological information; charms and prayers; recipes; extracts in Venetian; and poems
- Description:
- In Italian and Latin., Watermarks: similar to Briquet Fruit 7372-76, Briquet Cheval 3564, and Briquet Fruit 7341., Script: Written by a single scribe in a neat notarial hand, through f. 67v. Notes added by various hands of 14th-15th centuries., Drawings of ships, towers and merchants in ink, with added yellow, brown, green, red and blue; many diagrams. Crude 2- and 1-line initials in red, with guide-letters for rubricator showing beneath; headings in red., Repair of f. 1 with later paper; some loss of text. Repairs at outer edges on this and other folios do not affect text., and Binding: 18th-19th centuries. Rigid vellum case with paste paper back endleaf and pastedowns. Central fold of each bifolium has been reinforced with a strip of parchment.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut, New Haven., and Venice (Italy)
- Subject (Topic):
- Accounting, Arithmetic, Astrology, Astronomy, Medieval, Formulas, recipes, etc, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Italian literature, Manuscripts, Medieval, Merchants, Prayers, Tristan (Legendary character), and Economic conditions
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Merchant's commonplace book
- Creator:
- Agnese, Battista, active 16th century
- Published / Created:
- 1559
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 560
- Image Count:
- 33
- Resource Type:
- text
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on parchment of an atlas produced by the Genoese cartographer Battista Agnese (1514-1564) in Venice
- Description:
- In Latin and Italian., Script: inscriptions in black or red ink in Humanistica Cursiva under Gothic influence, and in Capitalis (the latter sometimes in gold)., Shield in yellow and blue with "Cosmo-Grra-Phia" in red. The maps show varying degrees of colouring., An atlas produced by the Genoese cartographer Battista Agnese (1514-1564) in Venice. Includes 23 maps in various colors, with many representations of people, ships, and landmarks., and Binding: de luxe binding, 19th or 20th century, by Rivière & Son: gold-tooled red morocco over pasteboard; gold-tooled title on spine:"PORTOLANO / DA / BATTISTA / AGNESE", and at the bottom: "1559".
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Agnese, Battista, active 16th century.
- Subject (Topic):
- Atlases, Cosmography, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Manuscript maps, and Manuscripts, Medieval
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Portolan atlas