Manuscript on parchment (goatskin) of Andrea Vendramin, Doge of Venice (1476-1478), Commission (dogale) to Girolamo Michiel as governor of Asolo, near Treviso
Description:
In Latin., Script: Art. 1 is copied by one hand in a narrow Humanistica Cursiva Libraria, art. 2 by a hand writing Humanistica Cursiva Currens., On f. 1r white vinestem initial (6 lines) with long extensions in the upper and left margins; in the lower margin partial border in white vinestem, containing three medallions: the two outer ones feature the initials “I” and “M” in gold on a blue background; the larger, central one contains the coat of arms of Girolamo Michiel on a purplish red background in a green wreath., and Unbound.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut, New Haven., Asolo (Italy), and Venice (Italy)
Subject (Name):
Vendramin, Andrea, 1392-1478.
Subject (Topic):
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Politics and government
BEIN Zi 5550: Bookplate: Ex libris Arthur Edwin Neergaard. Armorial bookplate: Syston Park. Monogram bookplate: JHT [John Henry Thorold]. Inscription: H.C. Hoskier, 1904. Binding: red morocco, gilt, with Aldine anchor on sides; bound in the style of Roger Payne (pencilled note on fly-leaf "bound by Roger Payne," but paper that fills out latter half of the volume is watermarked "J WHATMAN - W. BALSTON 1813," so the binding cannot be before that date and confirms England as the place the binding was made, probably approximately 1820).
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.
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
BEIN 1972 252: For fuller description see collation slip in volume., Title and imprint from Incunabula short title catalogue., 32 sheets of North Italian paper watermarked with bull's head surmounted by crown, printed in red and black throughout., 35 lines in 2 columns, headline in red, Canon in 25 lines, one column; Gothic letter in black and red; black musical notations on red printed staves., Full-page woodcut by Venetian artist (Essling crucifixion cut VII), appearing for first time in this missal. Two-quarter woodcut border of Renaisance ornament on incipit-page. Publisher's device on title page printed in red (inked over in black by hand). Red-printed Lombards. White-on-black woodcut intials, many historiated., The only incunable Missal published by Giunta in octavo format., and BAC Leaf Collection no. 0861: Imperfect: leaf CIX, with woodcut of Christ on the Cross with Mary and St. John. From a collection of fifteenth- and sixteenth-century printed leaves compiled by Frederick Werther, with his enumeration stamped in ink.
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
Anno. M. cccc. lxxxi. Quarto Idus dece[m]bris [10 December 1481]
Call Number:
Beinecke MS 622
Image Count:
122
Resource Type:
text
Alternative Title:
Expositio in artem veterem Porphyrii et Aristotelis and Praeclarissimi viri Gualterii Burlei Anglici sacre pagine professoris excellentissimi super artem veterem Porphyrii et Aristotelis expositio sive scriptum feliciter incipit
Description:
BEIN Beinecke MS 622: Rubrication and large initial in blue (a1r), BEIN Beinecke MS 622: Provenance: Inscription of the Premonstratensian abbey of Weissenau, Baden-Württemberg: Monasterij Augiae Minoris. Purchased on the Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund., BEIN Beinecke MS 622: Binding: Brown pigskin over pasteboard, the covers framed with a gold-tooled fillet. Rebacked. Spine with five raised bands and 19th-century red leather label with gold-tooled inscription in Gothic letters "Gualt. Burley 1481"., BEIN Beinecke MS 622: Number 1 of 2 items bound together. Item extent: 1 item (ii + 119 + 48 + ii leaves)., Signatures: a-n⁸ o-p⁶ q⁴ (a1 and q4 blank)., Title from incipit at head of a2r., Imprint details from colophon on q3v., Burley's commentary on Aristotle's and Porphyrys' works on logic., and Initial spaces.
Publisher:
Arte ac impensa Ioannis herbort Alemani ... impressum uero uenetiis
Subject (Name):
Aristotle, Aristotle., Porphyry, approximately 234-approximately 305., and Gilbert, de La Porrée, approximately 1075-1154.
Subject (Topic):
Criticism and interpretation, Philosophy, Ancient, and Logic
BEIN Zi +4226: Capital spaces. Rubricated throughout. Manuscript quiring, mostly cut away. Fol. 201 and 206 (sig. [x₃,₈]) wanting and supplied in contemporary manuscript. Bound in old stamped sheepskin over wooden boards, with brass clasps, center and corner pieces, and chain-fastening in back cover. and BEIN Zi +4226: All bosses, one clasp-hook and its catch, and the chain-fastening are wanting. Manuscript note on fol. 1a: "Hic liber est mo[na]sterij s[an]c[t]e Elizabeth in Kunkada p[ro]pe Brixina[m]." For fuller description see collation leaf in volume.
