Manuscript on paper of 1) Juvenal, Satirae V.56-XVI (lines 29-94 of Satire XV are interpolated between lines 293 and 294 of XIV). 2) Persius, Prologue followed by Satirae I-V.59; V.149-191
Description:
In Latin., Watermarks: similar to Briquet Echelle 5904, 5908 and Harlfinger Fleche 12., Script: Written by a single scribe in humanistic script. Marginal notes and corrections in several hands., Plain decorative initials with vine work designs, outlined in ink but not painted, mark the beginning of satires. Initial of each verse stroked with red (much faded). Spaces left for headings., and Binding: 19th-20th centuries. Vellum non-adhesive binding.
Manuscript on paper of 1) Juvenal, Satirae I-XVI. 2) Persius, Prologue followed by Satirae I-VI.
Description:
In Latin., Watermarks: similar to Briquet Tete de boeuf 14873., Script: Written in humanistic script by a single scribe., Six illuminated initials in blue or green, 6- to 5-line on gold rectangular grounds (ff. 1r, 20r, 32v, 45v, 59r, 76r); smaller initials, in blue, for the remaining satires., and Binding: Sixteenth century (?). Vellum stays and vellum reinforcement of own end leaves. Resewn on three slit straps bound in wooden boards covered in brown leather, blind-tooled, with two catches on the upper board. Too heavily restored to tell much about the binding.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Juvenal.
Subject (Topic):
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Satire, Latin
Manuscript on paper (watermarks: trimmed and buried in gutter) of Juvenal, Satirae I-IV, in the English translation of Jo Billinge and Sir Thomas Hewitt. The text of the translation is accompanied by Latin footnotes, some drawn from the scholia uetustiora
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In English., Written by a single scribe in a neat running hand., and Binding: Nineteenth century. Blind-tooled calf.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Juvenal.
Subject (Topic):
Latin literature, Manuscripts, Medieval, Satire, Latin, and Scholia
Manuscript on paper of Juvenal, Satirae I-XVI (with XVI preceding XV).
Description:
In Latin., Watermarks similar to Harlfinger Huchet 18, 21, 22., Script: Written in humanistic cursive script by one person; some marginal and interlinear glosses on first two satires., Spaces left for initials and headings., and Binding: 19th-20th centuries. Vellum case.
Manuscript on paper of 1) Juvenal, Satirae I-XVI. 2) Unidentified commentary on the sixteen satires of Juvenal. This extensive commentary, written in the same hand as the text, draws upon some of the earlier scholia as well as works of later scholars. 3) Miscellaneous passages on the nature of tragedy, satire, comedy, plus a short life of Juvenal
Description:
In Latin., Watermarks similar to Briquet Tete de boeuf 14874., Script: Written by a single scribe in a well spaced informal batarde for the main text and in a very small cramped batarde for surrounding notes., Crude illuminated initial, 9-line, on f. 1r; red initials, 3-line, at beginning of remaining satires. First letter of each verse stroked in red (ff. 13r-61r); some lines underlined in red., and Binding: Twentieth century. Cloth boards.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Juvenal.
Subject (Topic):
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Manuscripts, Medieval, Satire, Latin, and Scholia
In Latin., Watermarks: similar to Briquet Lettre A 7918., Script: Written in a poorly formed humanistic script by a certain Benedictus., Initials, 5- to 3-line, in red, at beginning of each satire; initials stroked in red, for first letter of each verse., and Binding: 18th-19th centuries. Vellum case, with "Satyre Iuvena Saphon Carmin M.S." on spine, in gold.
Manuscript on paper (sturdy) of 1) Juvenal, Satirae I-XVI (with XVI preceding XV). 2) Persius, Prologue followed by Satirae I-VI. 3) Miscellaneous sententiae, all unidentified. 4) Excerpts from Seneca. 5) Antonio Beccadelli, Carmen de hermaphrodita. 6) Short dialogue between a nun and a cleric
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In Latin., Watermarks: similar to Briquet Couronne 4639-40 and unidentified bird., Script: Written in humanistic script by a single scribe. Marginal and interlinear notes in several contemporary hands., One original initial, in red, on f. 1r; all other initials appear to be later additions, some drawn in lead., Most leaves mended in lower outer corner., and Binding: Nineteenth century. Narrow brown calf spine with traces of gold tooling, small vellum corners and purple paper sides. Much rubbed and worn.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Juvenal.
Subject (Topic):
Didactic literature, Latin, Latin poetry, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Satire, Latin
Manuscript on parchment (shiny) of Juvenal, Satirae I-XVI. Many lacunae in text, but missing passages often added in by 15th-century hands
Description:
In Latin., Script: Written by a single scribe in a small bookhand; interlinear glosses and scholia by same scribe in a cramped and abbreviated script, ff. 2 and 4 in two sizes of humanistic bookhand., Red initial, 4-line, infilled with modest arabesque motifs; spaces left for other initials at beginning of each satire; rubrication for scholia on ff. 2. Simple drawing of racecourse in circus appears on f. 9r., and Binding: 18th-19th centuries (?). Brick-red goatskin, blind-tooled.