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| | New Haven, CT, Yale University, Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library,
Beinecke MS 245 | | Description: ff. i + i + 37 + i - Nineteenth century. Blue edges. Tan calf, blind- and gold-tooled, with title on spine. - Belonged to Frederick North, 5th Earl of Guilford (1766-1827) and to Sir Thomas Phillipps (no. 7488). Purchased from Laurence Witten with funds from the Jacob Ziskind Charitable Trust in 1957. - Shailor, B. Catalogue of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, MS 245. | | Notes:-Manuscript on parchment of Aristotle, Mechanica. | | Number of Parts: 1 - Number of Images Available: 0 | | Direct Link: http://ds.lib.berkeley.edu/BeineckeMS245_47 | | Language: Greek Country: Italy Century: 15th | | View a detailed description: http://brbl-net.library.yale.edu/pre1600ms/docs/pre1600.ms245.htm |
| | Part 1: | | Description: - parchment - 208 x 128 (112 x 66) mm. | | Country: Italy | Cardinal point: | | Region: Italy | City: | | Assigned Date: [ca. 1450] | Searchable Date Range: 1450 - 1450 | | Dated by scribe: No | Inscribed Date: | | Document: No | Number of Scribes: | | Script: Written in Greek minuscule, compact and neat, with a large admixture of uncial forms; tops of letters hang from ruled lines. | | Notes: On f. 1r, title in red minuscule by original scribe. Author and title in Latin, brown ink, by a later scribe. 5-line initial in red, with simple floral designs. Initials within text sometimes set outside bounding lines, enlarged and elaborated slightly. Numerous diagrams of geometrical figures in margins. Binding: Nineteenth century. Blue edges. Tan calf, blind- and gold-tooled, with title on spine. | | Number of Texts: 1 |
| | Text 1: | | Author: Aristotle. | | Title: Mechanica. | | Subjects: Aristotle.; Classical literature.; Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven.; Physics--Early works to 1800.; | | Language(s): Greek | |
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