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2.
- Creator:
- Aristotle
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1450]
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 151
- Image Count:
- 372
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- for Nuno de Guzman from the Latin
- Description:
- In Italian., Script: Text written in a well formed humanistic bookhand by a single scribe; the rubrics, in majuscules, by another scribe who used excessive punctuation., The decoration is by Gioacchino de' Gigantibus. A gold initial, 5-line, on f. 1r embedded in white vine ornament, extending into sides, top, and lower margin, filled in with green, red, and blue, with small section at regular intervals filled with gold; a green bird near the initial; in lower margin, an empty laurel wreath supported by putti filled later with a coat of arms (unidentified) in pen, now effaced; a few gold dots with hair-spray in brown ink. Other initials, gold, 5- to 4-line, on ff. 7r, 93v, 106v, 126r, 161v, in same manner, but with gold infilling., Significant stains in margins of first few leaves., and Binding: Eighteenth century. Edges gilt. Green calf with tan, gold-tooled label.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Aristotle.
- Subject (Topic):
- Ethics, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Italian literature, Literature, Medieval, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Philosophy, Ancient
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Ethica
- Published / Created:
- between 1400 and 1499.
- Call Number:
- Manuscript 58 vault
- Image Count:
- 112
- Resource Type:
- text
- Abstract:
- and their medical uses in Latin and
- Description:
- In Italian and Latin.
- Subject (Topic):
- Recipes, Manuscripts, Materia medica, and Medicine
- Found in:
- Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > Collection of medical receipts
4.
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1650]
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 717
- Image Count:
- 225
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- churches. 4) Latin proverbs and quotations in
- Description:
- In Italian., Script: Various scribes, mostly writing Humanistica Cursiva Currens difficult to decipher. Some parts are written by a more calligraphic hand, especially the original parts of artt. 4, 6 and 7., There is no decoration., The paper badly damaged by the acid ink, often impairing legibility. Some texts much faded., and Binding: Modern blue paper wrappers; on the spine a paper label with the printed inscription "ITALIAN MISCELLANY. MS. c. 1650".
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut, New Haven., and Senigallia (Italy)
- Subject (Topic):
- Christian literature, Italian poetry, Manuscripts, Medieval, Sermons, and Sermons, Italian
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Miscellany
- Creator:
- Guglielmo, da Saliceto, approximately 1210-1276 or 1277
- Published / Created:
- 1473.
- Call Number:
- Manuscript 54 vault
- Image Count:
- 734
- Resource Type:
- text
- Abstract:
- Latin and German (ff. 275r-278r). Ends with
- Alternative Title:
- Summa conservationis & curatione : [and] cyrurgia
- Description:
- In Latin and German.
- Subject (Topic):
- Materia medica, Medicine, Manuscripts, Medicine, Medieval, and Surgery, Medieval
- Found in:
- Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > Wilhelmi Placentini medici de Saliceto summa conservationis et curationis -- item Chirurgia
- Creator:
- Cotrugli, Benedetto, -1468, creator
- Published / Created:
- 1464.
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 557
- Image Count:
- 140
- Resource Type:
- text
- Abstract:
- ). After the prologue in Latin addressed to the
- Description:
- The author, born in Ragusa (Dubrovnik), was a businessman and humanist, from 1451 onwards in favour at the Court of Naples. His Della mercatura e del mercante perfetto, written in 1458, was for a long time considered his only surviving work. Our manuscript, written during his lifetime and no doubt under his supervision or by his hand, is the only existing manuscript of Della navigazione and it is unfinished, missing most of its illustrations and the end of the text., In Italian., Script: Written by one hand in Humanistica Cursiva close to Humanistica Textualis. Headings and opening words of chapters in pale red capitals., Heightening of majuscules and paragraph marks in pale red up to f. 10r. Space for 2- or 3-line initials at the opening of all chapters, the initials not executed. Illustration largely missing; the few that have been executed are crudely drawn., and Binding: Nineteenth century. Yellowish parchment over cardboard. Marbled paste-downs.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Cotrugli, Benedetto, d. 1468.
- Subject (Topic):
- Astronomy, Medieval, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Italian literature, Manuscript maps, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Navigation
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > De navigatione
- Creator:
- Averroës, 1126-1198
- Published / Created:
- 1450-1499.
- Call Number:
- Manuscript 15 vault
- Image Count:
- 144
- Resource Type:
- text
- Abstract:
- Averroës' Latin Tractatus or Epitome in
- Alternative Title:
- Trattato di fisica
- Description:
- In Italian., Title from closing rubric., Script: humanist minuscule., Decoration: 2-line red initials. Rubrication., Layout: 2 columns of 30 to 40 lines., and Binding: modern brown leather half-binding over brown and green marbled paper (over pasteboard). Spine title in gold-tooling: Trattato di medicina in volgare.
- Subject (Topic):
- Medicine, Arab, Medicine, Medieval, Medicine, and Manuscripts
- Found in:
- Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > Liber tractatus Averoys ... [etc.]
- Published / Created:
- 1573.
- Call Number:
- Manuscript 42 vault
- Image Count:
- 332
- Resource Type:
- text
- Abstract:
- A manuscript, in a multitude of unidentified hands, on paper, containing a collection of medical and dietetic recipes. Also contains a section of unidentified elegiac poetry, including a few couplets attributed to Hesiod. Introduction, conclusion, and many other sections of the text wanting
- Alternative Title:
- Italian and Latin ; finished 20 December 1573
- Description:
- In Italian and Latin.
- Subject (Topic):
- Diet, Materia medica, Medicine, and Manuscripts
- Found in:
- Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > Collection of medical and dietetic recipes
- Published / Created:
- 1626.
- Call Number:
- GEN MSS VOL 1141
- Container / Volume:
- Box
- Image Count:
- 5
- Resource Type:
- text
- Abstract:
- Manuscript volume, in the hand of an unidentified nun at the monastery of Scala Coeli in Genoa, containing copies of Italian translations from the Revelationes, Sermo Angelicus, and other texts from the Liber Caelestis of Saint Bridget. On the colophon, the scribe identifies herself as a professed nun of the Order of Saint Bridget, and states that the work was completed on July 26, 1626. The manuscript also includes circa 27 contemporary devotional engravings placed throughout the text, many with identifiable artists and publishers from Italy, France, the Netherlands, and elsewhere. The engravings depict Christian figures, including the Blessed Virgin Mary, Jesus Christ, John the Baptist, the archangel Michael, and various saints; and scenes from the New Testament, including from the lives of the Blessed Virgin Mary and Jesus Christ
- Description:
- into Latin. They are collectively known as
- Subject (Geographic):
- Italy., Italy, and Sweden
- Subject (Name):
- Bridget, of Sweden, Saint, approximately 1303-1373., Bridget, of Sweden, Saint, approximately 1303-1373, Jesus Christ, John, the Baptist, Saint, Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint, and Michael (Archangel)
- Subject (Topic):
- Devotion to, Devotion, Nuns, Saints, and Religious life and customs
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Le Visioni di Santa Brigida di Suuetia : Cauate da i libri delle sue diuine reuelationi : manuscript
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1435]
- Call Number:
- Mellon MS 6
- Image Count:
- 45
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on paper of a private compilation. The two well known works entered into the codex deal with magical properties ascribed to certain gems and the supernatural significance of the carving of stones. Together with these formal texts are found other extremely varied materials: procedures for restoring wine which has suffered various accidents, for making glass of different colors, for the early ripening of grapes, for making an ass bray loudly, for frightening dogs, and so forth
- Description:
- In Latin and Italian.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Topic):
- Alchemy, Magic, and Manuscripts, Medieval
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Alchemical miscellany