- Creator:
- Bettini, Michele
- Published / Created:
- [between 1563 and 1600]
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 845
- Image Count:
- 68
- Resource Type:
- Archives or Manuscripts
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on paper of Michele Bettini (Sixteenth century), Commedia ovvero storia del Crocefisso. The unrecorded author was warden of the "Company of the Evangelist" in Rome, which used to stage edifying plays. The present play in verse (the Prologue only is in prose) was performed in1541 and in 1563. It deals with charity.
- Description:
- Binding: Contemporary paper cover, which is too small for the manuscript., Original foliation in Roman numerals. Corners and edges defective; the leaves waterstained., and Script: Copied by one hand in a careful Humanistica Libraria/Formata under Gothic influence.
- Subject (Name):
- Bettini, Michele
- Subject (Topic):
- Christian drama, Italian, Italian drama (Comedy), Italian poetry--16th century, Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven, and Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Commedia ovvero storia del Crocefisso
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