- Creator:
- Beccadelli, Antonio, 1394-1471
Pius II, Pope, 1405-1464 - Published / Created:
- 1493
- Call Number:
- Marston MS 171
- Image Count:
- 232
- Resource Type:
- Archives or Manuscripts
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on paper of 1) Antonio Beccadelli (Panormita), De dictis et factis Alphonsi V, with a letter of Pope Pius II and his commentary on the text. The text of Panormita alternates with the commentary of Pius II throughout. 2) Pope Pius II, In orationem pro suscipiendo in Turcos bello. 3) Antonio Beccadelli, Triumphus Alphonsi regis. 4) Pope Pius II, Oratio in triumphum Alphonsi. 5) Pope Pius II, Oratio ad Alphonsum Aragoniae.
- Description:
- Binding: Date? A pieced-together binding with a brown sheepskin spine and early wooden boards covered with suede-like skin. Traces of one fastening, the catch on the upper board. Worm holes in text block repaired. Residue of rectangular label on upper board., Purchased in 1957 from Leo S. Olschki of Florence by L. C. Witten, who sold it in 1958 to Thomas E. Marston., Red initial outlined in black ink, 3-line, on f. 1r. Plain red initials, with either decorative dots or knobs, 2- to 1-line, throughout. Headings in red., Script: Written in small gothic bookhand by a single scribe; first word(s) of each major section of text written in majuscules., and Watermarks: unidentified Tete de boeuf, plainly visible but not located in Briquet or Piccard.
- Subject (Topic):
- Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven, Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library, and Speeches, addresses, etc., Latin (Medieval and modern)
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > De dictis et factis Alphonsi V, etc.
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- Creator:
- Pius II, Pope, 1405-1464
- Published / Created:
- [circa 1460].
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 914
- Image Count:
- 48
- Resource Type:
- Archives or Manuscripts
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on paper of an oration by Pope Pius II in support of the candidature of Ferdinand I of Aragon for the throne of Naples and Sicily.
- Description:
- Binding: 20th century: plain parchment over pasteboard., Script: copied by a single hand writing a small Gothica Hybrida Libraria/Currens under Humanistic influence. Heading in pale brown ink. Opening word in capitals and marginal captions in pale red ink. 3-line pale red initial on f. 1r., and The present manuscript was probably copied soon after the oration was held at the council of Mantua in 1459. The Pope had requested the help of the Christian rulers for a crusade against the Turks. The King of France Charles VII refused his support unless the Pope would favour the candidature of René of Anjou to the trone of Naples and Sicily against the pretensions of Ferdinand I of Aragon. In the present oration, the Pope explains why he regrets to deny René's claim and supports Ferdinand.
- Subject (Geographic):
- France--History--15th century
- Subject (Name):
- Ferdinand--I,--King of Naples,--1423-1494 and Pius--II,--Pope,--1405-1464
- Subject (Topic):
- Letters, Papal, Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven, and Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Responsio ad oratores regis Francorum