Blanks between ff. 62-63 [4],112-113 [3] not included in modern foliation. Not digitized. and Water staining at top edge. Some discoloration but minimal loss of text.
Subject (Name):
Catholic Church--Liturgy
Subject (Topic):
Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven, Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library, and Missals
Manuscript on parchment of Michael Glomer, Panegyricus in Cosmum Medicem (Cosmo I de' Medici, Duke of Florence, 1537-1574), with a prologue and an introductory poem in 10 verses.
Description:
Binding: Nineteenth century. Quarter binding, brown leather and blueish marbled paper in a diagonal pattern over cardboard. Gold-tooled spine with gold-tooled inscriptions: "GLOMER / PANEGYRI" , "M.S. / MEMBR / DEL / S. XVI", and a crown above the initials "F.S". Gilded edges. and Script: Copied by a single scribe writing Humanistica Cursiva Formata. Headings in large calligraphic Capitalis. Artt. 1 and 3 open with a 2-line initial (Capitalis) in blue; art. 2 with a 1-line of the same type and in the same colour. The heading on f. 2r opens with a similar blue capital.
Subject (Name):
Glomer (?), Michael and Medici, Cosimo de',--1389-1464
Subject (Topic):
Laudatory poetry, Latin (Medieval and modern), Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven, and Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library