- Creator:
- Vegetius Renatus, Flavius
- Published / Created:
- [between 1450 and 1500]
- Call Number:
- Marston MS 102
- Image Count:
- 172
- Resource Type:
- Archives or Manuscripts
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on parchment of Vegetius, Epitome rei militaris.
- Description:
- Binding: Eighteenth century, England or France. Bound in olive green goatskin gold-tooled with a "broken cable" border and decorated edges. Probably bound by Richard Wier (active in London and Toulouse to ca. 1792). Decorated edges. Title on spine: "Vegetius De Viris Il"., Purchased from C. A. Stonehill in 1953 by Thomas E. Marston., Script: Written in small gothic bookhand by a single scribe., and Three illuminated initials, 3-line, at the beginning of the Prologue (f. 1v), Bk. 3 (f. 29v), Bk. 4 (f. 58r), blue or mauve with white filigree against gold ground thinly edged in black. Initials filled with stylized leaves, blue and mauve with white filigree. Black inkspray with spiky gold leaves and small blossoms in pink or blue extend into the margins to form partial borders. Numerous small initials, 2-line, gold, on mauve and blue ground with white filigree. Running headlines in red and blue; headings in red. Paragraph marks alternate red and blue. Initials stroked with pale yellow.
- Subject (Name):
- Vegetius Renatus, Flavius
- Subject (Topic):
- Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Latin literature, Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven, Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library, and Military art and science--Early works to 1800
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Epitome rei militaris
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