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1. Fasti christianae religionis
- Creator:
- Lazarelli, Ludovico
- Published / Created:
- [between 1490 and 1500]
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 391
- Image Count:
- 508
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- ) Calendar of moveable feasts in 1476 and
- Description:
- In Latin., Script: Written in well formed humanistic script below the top line., Eighteen miniatures, the final six sketched in but unfinished, by an accomplished artist whose identity remains uncertain. The miniatures are usually framed in a pink or mauve egg-and-dart molding and a thin gold band. Dedicatory inscription in gold Roman letters on a marble-patterned panel appears on f. 7r. One historiated initial, below inscription, 10-line, of the author at work: gold, edged in black, against a purple and pink quartered ground with pink and purple filigree; all framed in green. In lower margin, supported by putti, is the coat-of-arms of Ferdinand of Aragon, King of Naples., Four initials all'antica, ff. 1r, 70r, 102r, 222v, 14- to 7-line, gold, black, purple, pink, orange and green with flowers and acanthus. Ten white-vine initials, ff. 45r, 58r, 88v, 115r, 137v, 155v, 170v, 182r, 200r and 213v, 10- to 8-line, colors as above. Numerous 4- to 2-line initials, gold, darkly edged in black, on orange-, pink-, and blue-flecked grounds, with guide-letters; some with faces drawn in interior. 2- and 1-line initials, gold, red, and blue with acanthus serifs. 1-line paragraph marks red or blue. Running titles in yellow, red, and blue. Rubrics in margins in red, blue, and purple. KL monograms, 3-line, yellow, red, and blue., and Binding: Nineteenth century. Worn red velvet case.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Lazarelli, Ludovico.
- Subject (Topic):
- Calendars
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Fasti christianae religionis