- Creator:
- Benivieni, Antonio, 1533-1598
- Published / Created:
- 16 Apr 1590-25 Nov 1598.
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 728
- Image Count:
- 14
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript of Antonio Benivieni, 7 Letters to Tommaso Roffia
- Description:
- In Italian.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Benivieni, Antonio, 1533-1598.
- Subject (Topic):
- Italian letters and Manuscripts, Medieval
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > 7 Letters to Tommaso Roffia
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- Creator:
- Este, Ippolito d', 1509-1572
- Published / Created:
- 8 Mar 1542.
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 726
- Image Count:
- 2
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript of Cardinal Ippolito d'Este (1509-1572), Letters, in the hand of his secretary, to Paolo Giovio
- Description:
- In Italian.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Este, Ippolito d', 1509-1572.
- Subject (Topic):
- Letters and Manuscripts, Medieval
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Letters to Paolo Giovio
- Creator:
- Manuzio, Paolo, 1512-1574
- Published / Created:
- 1554-1559.
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 692
- Image Count:
- 27
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manusript on paper of 6 autograph letters of various sizes. The printer Paolo Manuzio (Paulus Manutius, 1512-1574), son of Aldus Manutius, wrote these letters to his benefactor Cardinal Rodolfo Pio di Savoia of Carpi (1500?-1564) in the hope of being appointed head of the Tridentine publishing house in Rome (which he indeed was 1561-1570).
- Description:
- In Italian., Script: Written in rapid Humanistica Cursiva., From several leaves triangular sections have been cut off, without loss of text., and Most letters show traces of the red wax seal.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Manuzio, Paolo, 1512-1574.
- Subject (Topic):
- Manuscripts, Medieval and Patronage, Ecclesiastical
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Letters to Rodolfo Pio di Savoia (Cardinal di Carpi).
- Creator:
- Podiani, Francesco, 1551-1621
- Published / Created:
- [before 1599]
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 1118
- Image Count:
- 186
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on paper of a comedia by Francesco Podiani
- Description:
- In Italian.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Podiani, Francesco, 1551-1621.
- Subject (Topic):
- Italian drama (Comedy) and Manuscripts, Medieval
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Li Fidi amanti
- Creator:
- Cortona, Giovanni Battista
- Published / Created:
- 1574.
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 655
- Image Count:
- 37
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on paper (thick) of Giovanni Battista Cortona, Libro di Abbaco, probably an autograph manuscript
- Description:
- In Italian., Watermark: anchor, var. Piccard, Ankerwasserzeichen?, V.102?., Script: Written by one hand in calligraphic Gothica Cursiva Libraria (Cancelleresca). The poem on f. A1r (art. 1) is in calligraphic Humanistica Cursiva Formata. A few titles in Capitalis., The decorative frames on ff. A1r and B1r are traced in brown ink. The upper half of the former contains a baroque cartouche in brown and red, containing a monogram apparently consisting of the letters A, K and M. Art. 2 opens with a flourished initial, art. 7 with a calligraphic initial, both in red., and No binding.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Cortona, Giovanni Battista.
- Subject (Topic):
- Abacus, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Italian literature, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Mathematics, Medieval
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Libro di abbaco
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1575]
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 693
- Image Count:
- 390
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on paper of mercantile statutes of Florence in three Books, revised by a committee of experts and promulgated by Grand Duke Francesco I de' Medici of Tuscany (1574-1587); the basis for the revision were the statutes of 1393 ("statuto vecchio") and those of 1496 ("statuto nuovo").
- Description:
- In Italian., Script: Copied by one scribe in sloping calligraphic Humanistica Cursiva., On the frontispiece f. r, a woodcut title-page with spaces for text (a handwritten title) left blank. The full-page woodcut represents the ruins and symbols of Rome with the god of the Tibre under a portico with five allegorical female figures., The paper of most pages is damaged by the corrosive ink., and Binding (repaired): ca. 1700. White parchment over pasteboard. Spine with four raised bands and handwritten title in ink: "Statut. / Florent. / M.S.". Bordeaux edges.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut, New Haven., and Florence (Italy)
- Subject (Topic):
- Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Manuscripts, Medieval, Statutes, and Politics and government
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Mercantile statutes of Florence
7.
- Creator:
- Benivieni, Girolamo, 1453-1542
- Published / Created:
- [between 1500 and 1550]
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 352
- Image Count:
- 2
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on paper (one leaf) of Three poems. MS 352, f. 88 from a larger volume, may be Benivieni's working copy, since words and verses have been added and deleted throughout; all three columns on both recto and verso have been struck out. The three poems were once thought to be the autograph works of Lorenzo de' Medici
- Description:
- In Italian., Script: Written in a vigorous notarial script., Leaf is mutilated and has been repaired extensively., and Boxed.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Benivieni, Girolamo, 1453-1542.
- Subject (Topic):
- Italian poetry and Manuscripts, Medieval
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Three poems
- Published / Created:
- 1513.
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 381
- Image Count:
- 37
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on parchment of a Ducale issued in the name of Leonardo Loredan, doge of Venice (1438-1521), giving instructions to Andrea Marcello as Governor of Dulcigno (now Ulcinj, Yugoslavia). The document is dated 8 August 1513, and signed by "Victor Blanchus Secretarius," the same individual who signed Beinecke MS 104, a Venetian ducale dated 1515. On ff. 12v-13r is a directive from the Venetian Council of the X, signed by Rafael Iordannis, regarding Andrea Marcello, captain of Dulcingo, and the payment of custom duties; followed by a yearly and quarterly outline of salaries owed, in a different but contemporary hand, signed Zune (Giovanni) Spineli [?].
- Description:
- In Latin and Italian., Script: Written in elegant italic., One full border (f. 1r), flowers and swirling leaves extending from a vase in lower right corner, gold on a dark purple ground, executed in a style related to Benedetto Bordone; two inset panels at top of folio (framed by thick gold bands), the upper containing the lion of St. Mark stepping out of water and holding an open book, dolphins, and a castle on a cliff in the background, the lower an inscription in gold majuscules on blue ground. In lower margin the Marcello arms (azure a bend wavy or) against a landscape., 2-line initials, on f. 1r only, gold on green and on red grounds respectively. 1-line initials, red, for ff. 1v-10r., and Binding: 19th-20th centuries. Rigid vellum gold-tooled.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut, New Haven., and Venice (Italy)
- Subject (Topic):
- Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Politics and government
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Venetian document
- Creator:
- Osório, Jerónimo, 1506-1580
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1600]
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 30
- Image Count:
- 172
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on paper of Jeronymo Osorio, Della nobilta civile, translated into Italian by Bernardo Gandino
- Description:
- In Italian., Watermarks: unidentified angel similar to Briquet 662, but with BFF as countermark., Script: Written in a calligraphic italic script by Bernardo Gandino of Treviso, with frequent corrections., and Binding: 19th-20th centuries. Paper case with decorated paper sides. Bookblock detached.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut, New Haven., and Italy.
- Subject (Name):
- Osório, Jerónimo, 1506-1580.
- Subject (Topic):
- Italian literature, Literature, Medieval, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Nobility
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Della nobilta civile
- Creator:
- Giustiniani, Bernardo, 1408 or 1409-1489
- Published / Created:
- [between 1500 and 1550]
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 510
- Image Count:
- 148
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on paper of Bernardo Giustiniani (Bernardus Iustiniani, 1408-1489), Vita Beati Laurentii Iustiniani, translated into Italian by the Venetian Niccolo Manerbi (Malherbi, 1422-81).
- Description:
- St. Laurence Giustiniani (1381-1456) was the first patriarch of Venice. The author of this biography was his nephew., In Italian., Watermark: anchor in circle, closest to Briquet 471 (1527)?., Script: Written by one scribe in an unusually bold, angular and decorated Southern Gothica Textualis Formata., Red headings. Heightening of the majuscules in dark yellow. Red plain initials, 2 lines, at the opening of the chapters. Flourished red paragraph marks. A flourished initial in red with blue penwork, with extension the height of the text area in the left margin, on f. 1r., Many pages are deteriorated by the acidity of the ink., and Binding: Original blind-tooled half brown leather over wooden boards; two clasps (?) attached to the front cover. Spine with three raised bands and gold-tooled title "VITA DI S. LOREN. IUSTI". Endpapers with coloured floral pattern.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Giustiniani, Bernardo, 1408 or 1409-1489. and Lawrence Justinian, Saint, 1381-1456.
- Subject (Topic):
- Devotional literature, Italian, Literature, Medieval, and Manuscripts, Medieval
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Vita beati Laurentii Iustiniani