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28. Virtues and vices, exempla
- Published / Created:
- [between 1400 and 1425]
- Call Number:
- Marston MS 80
- Image Count:
- 310
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- 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. 5) Extracts about virtues and vices derived primarily from Gregory the Great, Dialogi. 6) Exempla drawn from Walter Burley, De vita et moribus philosophorum. Arts. 7-18: collection of epitaphs
- Description:
- In Latin., Watermarks, in gutter: similar to Briquet Monts 11854 and unidentified mountain (?)., Script: Written by a single scribe in semi-cursive gothic bookhand, above top line. Arts. 8-18 added by one or more contemporary hands., 2-line plain initials, paragraph marks and headings, in red, throughout; some marginalia in red., Folio 151 damaged, with loss of text., and Binding: Nineteenth century, Italy (?). Limp vellum case made from a document; text not legible, but docketing note visible under ultra-violet light on upper cover: "N. 167".
- 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
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Virtues and vices, exempla
29. Bellum Catilinae and Bellum Iugurthinum, with scholia
- Creator:
- Sallust, 86 B.C.-34 B.C.
- Published / Created:
- [between 1400 and 1425]
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 358
- Image Count:
- 348
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on parchment (trimmed) of 1) Unidentified preface. 2) Sallust, Bellum Catilinae. 3) Unidentified scholia on Sallust, Bellum Catilinae. Although the commentary of Beinecke MS 358 belongs to the medieval school tradition rather than to the Renaissance tradition, neither the text of this article or of art. 5 below resembles closely any medieval texts currently known. 4) Sallust, Bellum Iugurthinum. 5) Unidentified scholia on Sallust, Bellum Iugurthinum
- Description:
- In Latin., Script: Written in batarde, with scholia in a smaller version of the same hand., One miniature, 12-line, f. 74v, a T-O mappa mundi, in a red and gold frame, slightly waterstained at the edges. One 4-line initial, f. 3r (pink), and one 3-line initial, f. 57r (blue), both with white highlights, filled with red and blue ivy on gold against a gold ground. Twenty 2-line initials, gold, filled with pink and blue against pink and/or blue grounds, square or irregular, with white filigree. Capitals stroked in yellow, red or blue between ff. 1r and 26v; in yellow for the remainder of the text. Borders were perhaps added later (between 1425 and 1450) on folios with initials only; between ff. 1r and 57r, flowering vines, gold, green and blue with gold dots in lines above, below or in written space; blue and gold acanthus mixed with flowering vines, red, pink, blue, and green with gold ivy in line above written space and in inner margin within rulings for scholia; on a few folios, outer vertical bounding line reinforced in red with small acanthus terminals. Between ff. 57v and 162v pink, blue and/or green acanthus, with flowering vines, pink, blue and green, with gold ivy and dots, disposed as above; on f. 85v vertical bounding line repainted as a green stem with lopped off stalks. Lemmata underlined in red., and Binding: 18th-19th centuries. Limp vellum case with title in ink. Rodent damage.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Catiline, approximately 108 B.C.-62 B.C. and Sallust, 86 B.C.-34 B.C.
- Subject (Topic):
- Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Jugurthine War, 111-105 B.C., Latin literature, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Scholia
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Bellum Catilinae and Bellum Iugurthinum, with scholia
30. Epigrammata ex sententiis Sancti Augustini, etc
- Creator:
- Prosper, of Aquitaine, Saint, approximately 390-approximately 463
- Published / Created:
- [between 1400 and 1425]
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 15
- Image Count:
- 230
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on parchment of Prosper Aquitanus, Epigrammata ex sententiis Sancti Augustini. With Johannes Shepey, Sermones
- Description:
- In Latin., Script: Written in various styles of Anglicana, with some portions in gothic bookhand, by four scribes. Scribe 1) ff. 1r-10r; Scribe 2) ff. 10v-30r; Scribe 3) ff. 31r-107v; Scribe 4) f. 75r to the top of 76r (perhaps to supply text missing from the exemplar)., Blue initials with elaborate red, blue, and black penwork borders that almost totally encompass the written space on ff. 1r and 31r (trimmed along upper and outer edges); similar initials in blue with red penwork designs extending entire length of folio introduce each new section of text., and Binding: Nineteenth century. Brown sheepskin, blind- and gold-tooled. Rebacked.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Augustine, of Hippo, Saint, 354-430. and Prosper, of Aquitaine, Saint, approximately 390-approximately 463.
- Subject (Topic):
- Epigrams, Latin, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Manuscripts, Medieval, Scholia, Sermons, and Theology, Doctrinal
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Epigrammata ex sententiis Sancti Augustini, etc
31. Carmina aurea, etc
- Creator:
- Pseudo-Pythagoras
- Published / Created:
- [between 1400 and 1410]
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 247
- Image Count:
- 202
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on parchment of 1) Pseudo-Pythagoras, Carmina aurea. 2) Hierocles, Commentary on Pythagoras
- Description:
- In Greek., Script: Written by a single copyist whose writing becomes more compact and more abbreviated in the latter portion of the codex., Initials for headings and text are lacking., and Binding: Nineteenth century. Dark blue goatskin, gold-tooled and with the arms of Henry Drury. Bound by C. Lewis (worked 1800-40).
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Pseudo-Pythagoras. and Pythagoras.
- Subject (Topic):
- Greek poetry, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Scholia
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Carmina aurea, etc
32. Pharsalia
- Creator:
- Lucan, 39-65.
- Published / Created:
- 1402.
- Call Number:
- Marston MS 29
- Image Count:
- 285
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on paper of Lucan, Pharsalia. With commentary, verse summary, and verse argumenta of each book
- Description:
- In Latin., Watermarks: unidentified bull's head concealed by script., Script: Written by a single scribe in well spaced gothic bookhand, above top line. Marginalia in several contemporary hands., Crudely executed penwork initials in red, f. 1r only; spaces for decorative initials at beginning of each book have sketches in brown ink (contemporary?) or are left unfilled. Headings in red. Some guide letters for decorator., and Binding: Fifteenth century, Italy. Vellum stays in and outside the quires. Original sewing on three tawed skin, slit straps which are laced through tunnels in the edges of wooden boards to channels on the outside and pegged. Plain, wound endbands are sewn on tawed skin cores laced or laid in grooves on the outside of the boards. Quarter bound with brown leather, probably a later addition, as perhaps are the clasp straps. Two leaf-shaped catches and inscription in ink on the lower board: "Lucanus [?]". Front pastedown and flyleaf from a lectionary (Italy, 1050-1100); back flyleaf and pastedown from a homiliary (Northern Italy, 950-1000); on the pastedown, a homily on submission to the will of God, probably a continuation of the same text as on the flyleaf.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut, New Haven., and Rome
- Subject (Name):
- Lucan, 39-65.
- Subject (Topic):
- Epic poetry, Latin, Manuscripts, Medieval, Scholia, and History
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Pharsalia
33. Satirae
- Creator:
- Persius
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1400]
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 800
- Image Count:
- 38
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on parchment of Persius, Satirae 1.22-6, with argumenta added in the 15th century
- Description:
- In Latin., Script: copied by one hand writing Italian Gothica Hybrida Libraria, with a preference for round r and d with relatively short shaft., Paragraph marks in red. All the majuscules, those at the opening of the verses and the others, are heightened with dark yellow. The Satires open with a 2-line flourished initial (a 3-line flourished initial for Satire 6) with marginal extensions, alternately in red with purple penwork and blue with red penwork., and Binding: 20th-21st century. Plain brown leather over cardboard. Yellowish paper endleaves.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Persius.
- Subject (Topic):
- Manuscripts, Medieval, Scholia, and Verse satire, Latin
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Satirae
34. De caelo; Porphyry, Isagoge; etc
- Creator:
- Aristotle
- Published / Created:
- [between 1300 and 1400]
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 234
- Image Count:
- 416
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on paper (no watermarks), divided into five distinct parts. Part I: Aristotle, De caelo. Part II: Aristotle, De incessu animalium, with marginal notes drawn from Michael of Ephesus; De longitudine vitae; De iuventute. Part III: Porphyry, Isagoge, with marginal notes. Part IV: Aristotle, Categories. Part V: Aristotle, De interpretatione, with marginal commentary of Michael of Ephesus; Analytica priora; Analytica posteriora. With Scholia to Galen, De naturalibus facultatibus, De locis affectis, De elementis secundum Hippocratem
- Description:
- In Greek., Script: Part I (ff. 1r-51v): Written in a rather careless Greek minuscule by two scribes: Scribe 1, ff. 1r-16v; Scribe 2, ff. 17r-51v. Some marginal and interlinear notes by a later hand. Part II (ff. 52r-80v): Written in minuscule, large and rather careless, by Scribe 2 of part I; marginal and interlinear notes by same hand. Part III (ff. 81r-88v): Written in Greek minuscule, small and very neat (tops of letters close to but not touching ruling), by Scribe 3; marginal and interlinear notes in red by original scribe; notes in brown by a different hand. Part IV (ff. 89r-129v): Written in minuscule, large and rather careless, by Scribe 4, who adds flourishes in the margins; a few marginal notes by a later hand. Part V (ff. 130r-198v): Written in minuscule by several scribes: Scribe 5 (ff. 130r-176r), a small neat hand; Scribe 6 (ff. 177r-198v), a large and progressively more careless hand; f. 176v by a small, neat later hand. A few notes in margins by a later hand., Part I: Diagrams, labelled by the original scribe: syllogisms, consisting of geometrical figures and other groups of curved or straight lines. One simple 2-line initial in red; line-fillers and heading also in red. Part II: Contains a few diagrams of syllogisms. Title in red crossed out and rewritten in blackish-brown; one 2-line initial in red. Part III: Four-line initials in red, with floral ornaments; red also used for headings, notes of original scribe, and diagrams of syllogisms. Part IV: Many diagrams of syllogisms with labels by the original scribe; some doodles in the margins. Part V: Spaces left for initials within the text were never filled., Water damage on ff. 9r-16v and ff. 161-174; Parts I and III eaten by worms. The pattern of the damage suggests that the parts of the manuscript were not originally bound together., and Binding: 18th-19th centuries. Brown calf blind- and gold-tooled. Cloth label attached to the spine reads "ARISTOTELIS OPERA VARIA G. M-S."
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Aristotle. and Michael, of Ephesus.
- Subject (Topic):
- Classical literature, Manuscripts, Medieval, Scholia, and Science, Ancient
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > De caelo; Porphyry, Isagoge; etc
35. Commentarius in Boethium
- Creator:
- Trivet, Nicholas, 1258?-1328
- Published / Created:
- [between 1350 and 1400]
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 198
- Image Count:
- 124
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on parchment (thick, mottled) of Nicolas Trevet, Commentarius in Boethium
- Description:
- In Latin., Script: Written in neat round gothic by one scribe who also made corrections to the text., Large initial, f. 1r, in red, with black penwork designs (worn). Plain initials and paragraph marks, in red, throughout. Spaces left for rubrics., Several folios, including first and last, are illegible in sections due to rubbing., and Binding: Nineteenth century. Brown, hard-grained goatskin, blind- and gold-tooled.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Boethius, -524. and Trivet, Nicholas, 1258?-1328.
- Subject (Topic):
- Manuscripts, Medieval, Philosophy, Medieval, and Scholia
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Commentarius in Boethium
36. Divina commedia
- Creator:
- Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321
- Published / Created:
- [between 1385 and 1400]
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 428
- Image Count:
- 177
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on parchment of 1) Dante Alighieri, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata. 2) Bosone de' Raffaelli da Gubbio, "Capitolo" on the Divine Comedy, in 64 terzine. 3) Iacopo Alighieri, "Divisione" of the Divine Comedy in 50 terzine (thus of the B group).
- Description:
- In Italian., Script: Written in round gothic script., Very fine initials and borders. Three historiated initials, each with a personification with attributes. Each initial with a full border of fleshy acanthus, blue, orange, olive green, pink, grey and gold, with tooling; birds in lower margin of ff. 1r and 54r; on f. 1r a coat-of-arms, in lower margin: azure, a chevron or, between two roses in chief argent, a mount of 6 in base argent, probably of the Bini family, Florence. 3-line initials, red or blue, with mauve or red penwork with long intricate flourishes often extending the length of the page. Opening text of Inferno adjacent to the initial of f. 1r in display capitals with penwork panels in brown ink. Capitals on the beginning of each stanza stroked in yellow. Rubrics throughout., and Binding: Sixteenth century. Sewn on five double supports attached to wooden boards. The spine is square with well defined bands and red and green endbands. Covered in dark brown goatskin, blind-tooled in mudejar style in two sets of concentric frames; DO.IOAN.DE gold-tooled in the center of one, BORGA in the other. Trace of two fastenings. Gilt edges. Restored.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321. and Dominicans
- Subject (Topic):
- Manuscripts, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Italian poetry, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Scholia
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Divina commedia