Manuscript on parchment of Leonardo Bruni, Commentaria rerum graecarum (De principatu Graeciae), preceded by Bruni's letter to Angelo Acciaiuolo
Description:
In Latin., Script: Written in round humanistic bookhand by two scribes who use somewhat different physical formats. Scribe I) ff. 1r-16r, written above top line, with initials for paragraphs set apart from the text between outer vertical bounding lines. Scribe 2) ff. 16v-26v, written below top line and leaving blank the final line of written space., Two illuminated initials on ff. 1r and 2r, 5-line and 3-line, gold on blue, green and pale mauve ground with white vine-stem ornament and grey-green dots. On f. 1r vine-stem ornament on blue ground extends into inner margin (3-lines) to form partial border. Possibly by the same artist who executed the initials in Marston MS 257., and Binding: Twentieth century, Italy. Rigid vellum case with a green, gold-tooled label on spine: "L. Bruni De principatu graeciae. Sec. XV".
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut, New Haven., and Greece
Subject (Name):
Bruni, Leonardo, 1369-1444.
Subject (Topic):
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Latin literature, Medieval and modern, Manuscripts, Medieval, and History
Manuscript, on parchment, in unidentified of Harangues et oraisons des anciens. Contains examples of ancient speeches from famous events in both Greek and Roman history. Also includes the funerary speech of Perides [sic], several speeches attributed to Philip of Macedonia, Demosthenes, Alexander, Nero, and many others. Also includes a speech by Ottoman envoys to Rhodes (dated to 1522) and an ultimatum of Suleiman I (1494-1566) to Philippe Villiers de l'Isle-Adam
Description:
In French., Script: Gothica Semihybrida Formata (Bastarda)., Layout: ff. 2-57 single column of 40 lines; ff. 58-165 sincle column of 41 lines., Decoration: Line-fillers in the shape of a red or blue horizontal stroke heightened with liquid gold. Paragraph marks in liquid gold on a square red or blue background. 4- or 5-line painted initials. On the second front flyleaf verso full-page frontispiece: in an imitation wooden frame a room is depicted, in which twelve men are engaged in discussion., Binding: Original green velvet binding over pasteboard, spine with four raised bands; two velvet straps attached to the front board closing over pins in the rear board with two enamelled brass clasps with the arms of François II, duc de La Rochefoucauld, and his wife Anne de Polignac; gilt edges., and The original foliation in Roman numbers, at right in the upper margin of the rectos, is incomple.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut, New Haven., Italy, and Greece
Subject (Topic):
Manuscripts, Medieval, Speeches, addresses, etc., Greek, Speeches, addresses, etc., Latin, Church history, and History
BEIN 1971 1143: With this is bound Orosius, Paulus. Ital. tr. Guerini. Pavlo Orosio tradotto di latino in volgare. [Toscolano, 15--], Signatures: [german cross]⁸a-z⁸A-R⁸S⁴., and Colophon: Stampato in Veneggia per Giouann' Antonio de Nicolini di Sabbio. A instantia di M. Marchio Sessa. Anno Domini MDXXXIII.
Manuscript fragment on parchment of Quintus Curtius Rufus' Historiae Alexandri Magni
Description:
In Latin., Script: written in rounded gothic bookhand (gothico-humanistica)., and Decoration: 1-line initials are brown capitals; there are brief notes on the text written in the margin in a cursive humanistic script of the fifteenth century; punctuated with the punctus.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut, New Haven., and Greece
Subject (Name):
Alexander, the Great, 356 B.C.-323 B.C. and Curtius Rufus, Quintus.
Subject (Topic):
Manuscripts, Medieval, History, and Historiography
Simōnidēs, Kōnstantinos, approximately 1820-approximately 1867
Published / Created:
circa [1850?]
Call Number:
Osborn d543
Container / Volume:
Box
Image Count:
3
Resource Type:
text
Abstract:
Autograph manuscript forgery by Kōnstantinos Simōnidēs, of an unidentified text by Homer, on parchment, circa 1850
Description:
Kōnstantinos Simōnidēs (approximately 1820-approximately 1867), Greek forger of ancient manuscripts., In ancient Greek., and Stored rolled in a wooden matchbox for Congreve matches manufactured by I. N. E., Germany, with printed label and striker, circa 1850; box lid missing.
Subject (Geographic):
Greece.
Subject (Name):
Simōnidēs, Kōnstantinos, approximately 1820-approximately 1867. and Homer
Subject (Topic):
Forgeries, Forgers, Forgery of manuscripts, and Manuscripts, Greek
Manuscript on paper (sturdy, polished). Pages 99-170 contain Sermons and Lives of Saints for December 20 to February 2. Notations within the codex concerning the appropriate time for reading each item (e.g., "at the table") suggest that the collection was intended to be read aloud in a monastery
Description:
In Greek., Watermarks consisting of a hat surmounted by six-pointed star, with countermark of cloverleaf plus the letter P and unidentified letter., Script: Written by a single scribe in a bold and carefully executed minuscule., Large initials, 7- to 5-line, skillfully drawn in red with many floral appendages, occur at the beginning of each sermon. Long rubricated incipits and small initials throughout the codex., Most pages are water- and wax-stained; some leaves have been repaired, others remain torn., and Binding: Twentieth century. Brick-red goatskin, blind- and gold-tooled by the same binder as MS 241.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Orthodoxos Ekklēsia tēs Hellados.
Subject (Topic):
Christian hagiography, Manuscripts, Medieval, Monasticism and religious orders, and Sermons
Manuscript on paper (sturdy). Pages 9-1315 contain Sermons and Lives of Saints for March 25 through August 29. The manuscript is composed of three parts; the second two serve to complete a text that was either unfinished or damaged
Description:
In Greek., Watermarks: anchor within a circle and surmounted by a six-pointed star, all three parts with assorted countermarks., Script: Part I (pp. 1-1315, skips 399): Executed by a single scribe in large bold minuscule. The scribe of Part II notes on p. 1315 that this portion was completed by Cyrillus in 1585 at the monastery of St. Simon Petras, with the subvention of Constantinus. Cyrillus' own signature occurs on p. 1323. Part II (pp. 1315-323): Written by a single scribe in a smaller, more calligraphic minuscule than Part I. Part III (pp. 1324-1334): Executed by a single scribe who signed and dated the section on p. 1334: Ioasaph, 15 January 1651., Part I: Intricate headpiece of vine-tendrils within rectangular blocks, outlined in black and filled with red, yellow, and pale gold (p. 9). Large initials, 10- to 8- line, of similar design and colors, appear for each new text together with narrow headpieces. Some instructions for the rubricator remain along upper and lower edges. Part II: Simple headpiece in black and red (p. 1316); one ornamental initial, 5-line, sprouting floral motifs on same page, in red. 2-line initials in gold. Part III: Headpiece of plaited design, in red and burnt orange (p. 1324); single decorative initial, 9-line, at beginning of text., and Binding: Nineteenth century. Half bound in purple calfskin with watered cloth sides. "Lectionary. Greek MS. Mt. Athos 1555" on spine.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut, New Haven., and Athos (Greece)
Subject (Name):
Orthodoxos Ekklēsia tēs Hellados.
Subject (Topic):
Christian hagiography, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Manuscripts, Medieval, Monasticism and religious orders, and Sermons
An album of illustrations by various artists, probably compiled by a member of the Mordaunt family. The album contains views of coastlines and ports including Port Eliot, home of Mordaunt friends the Eliots of Port Eliot, in the Parish of St. Germans, Cornwall, drawings of ruins, rural scenes with livestock, and a pencil portrait of a girl aged about 10.
Description:
Charles Mordaunt (1771-1823), 8th Baronet, was a member of Parliament representing the constituency of Warwickshire. A Catholic and Whig, he married Marianne, daughter of William Holbech of Farnborough Hall, Warwickshire in 1807; the couple lived at Walton where they raised one son and two daughters: John Mordaunt (1808-1845), Mary Mordaunt Acland (ca. 1811-ca. 1851), and Emma Acland (1813-)., Title devised by cataloger., Drawings are dated from 1815 to 1829 and laid on 29 leaves of various colored paper. Two undated watercolors are signed by Lady Marianne Mordaunt; two other illustrations are initialled S.C.E., possibly Susan Caroline Eliot who was born in 1801. The pencil portrait is signed "M.E. by Miss Masters, 1824." A pencil sketch of a ruin on a cliff is signed F.J. as are two other watercolors with another three unsigned views. Other drawings are signed C.E.W (1824 and 1828) or C.W. Another drawing is signed "M.H. 1829"., Signed and dated drawings include: the William Tell in the market place of Altdorf, Canton of Uri, Switzerland, and Bound in original dark blue grained calf, initialled ‘T.[or C.]S.M.’ on front board, dated 1833 at foot of spine. Armorial bookplate initialled C.J., 1919, on front pastedown; later pencil book label of J.D. Derry, 1947, on first leaf.
