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...
Description:
In Latin and Italian.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut, New Haven., and Venice (Italy)
Subject (Topic):
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Politics and government
Manuscript on parchment of an outline map of Europe, Africa, Asia, the surrounding seas and the islands including Iceland, Greenland, and "Vinland," which resembles the coastline of northern North America, with identifying legends. Known as the "Vinla...
Manuscript fragment on parchment of Macer Floridus, Viribus herbarum. Composed of one incomplete bifolium containing lines 1369-1387, 1395-1413, 1420-1438,1445-1464 of the 1832 edition edited by L. Choulant
Description:
In Latin.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Macer, Floridus.
Subject (Topic):
Herbs, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Medicine, Medieval
Manuscript on paper (coarse, thick) of 1) Commentary on selections from Seneca the Elder, Controversiae, beginning imperfectly in I.3. 2) 300 exempla. 3) Gualterus Angelicus, Fabulae. 4) More than 100 extracts about the Virgin Mary, and other topics. ...
Description:
In Latin.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Burlaeus, Gualterus, 1275-1345?, Gregory I, Pope, approximately 540-604., Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint., and Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, approximately 55 B.C.-approximately 39 A.D.
Subject (Topic):
Conduct of life, Epitaphs, Exempla, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Scholia
Manuscript on paper (rough, brown; trimmed; no watermarks) of the Life of Josephus, which was perhaps an appendage to his Antiquitates. This codex appears to be one of the earliest surviving authorities for the autobiography of Josephus
Manuscript on parchment of Jacopo Zeno, Vita Caroli Zeni. With a dedicatory preface to Pope Pius II. This manuscript is of special importance because it contains the complete work
Description:
In Latin.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Zeno, Carlo, 1334-1418. and Zeno, Jacopo, 1417-1481.
Subject (Topic):
Biography, Crusades, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, and Manuscripts, Medieval
Manuscript on paper of Iacobus Zeno (d. 1481), De vita et moribus Nicolai Albergati
Description:
Niccolo Albergati (1375-1443) became bishop of Bologna in 1417 and cardinal in 1426. See about him Dizionario biografico degli Italiani, v. 1 (Rome, 1960), pp. 619-621.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Albergati, Nicolò, 1375-1443. and Zeno, Jacopo, 1417-1481.
Subject (Topic):
Biography, Latin literature, Medieval and modern, and Manuscripts, Medieval
