11.
- Creator:
- Martial
- Published / Created:
- [between 1450 and 1500]
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 64
- Image Count:
- 400
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on parchment of Martial, Epigrams. The codex was misbound; the epigrams are out of order. Excerpts from the critical commentary of Domizio Calderini (Professor of Rhetoric at Rome in 1470) surround the text on ff. 1r-24v and 165r-193r. With an unidentified prose text outlining the development of civilization
- Description:
- In Latin., Script: Written by one scribe in a neat italic for the text and a less formal hand for the commentary and for the unidentified text on ff. 193r-194v., Gold initials, 5-line, on blue, dark red and green grounds, with white and gold highlights, mark the beginning of each book. Small, plain initials, alternating red and blue, for each epigram. Commentary and titles, in various shades of red., Final folios creased and rubbed; some loss of marginal text due to trimming and wear., and Binding: 18th-19th centuries. Vellum case, blind-tooled.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Martial.
- Subject (Topic):
- Epigrams, Latin, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Manuscripts, Medieval, Scholia, and Verse satire, Latin
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Epigrams