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New Haven, CT, Yale University, Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library,  Beinecke MS 277
Description: ff. ii + 325 + ii - Nineteenth century. Brown calf spine, gold-tooled with decorated paper sides. - Belonged to Sir Thomas Phillipps (no. 11870). Purchased from L. C. Witten in 1956 by Thomas E. Marston; his gift to Yale in 1957. - Shailor, B. Catalogue of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, MS 277.
Notes:-Manuscript on paper (sturdy).
Number of Parts: 1 - Number of Images Available: 0
Direct Link: http://ds.lib.berkeley.edu/BeineckeMS277_47
Language: Greek; Latin Country: Italy Century: 15th
View a detailed description: http://brbl-net.library.yale.edu/pre1600ms/docs/pre1600.ms277.htm
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Part 1:
Description: - paper - similar to Briquet Chapeau 3387 and Harlfinger Chapeau 12. - 291 x 200 (210 x 115) mm.
Country: ItalyCardinal point:
Region: ItalyCity:
Assigned Date: [between 1450 and 1500]Searchable Date Range: 1450 - 1500
Dated by scribe: NoInscribed Date:
Document: NoNumber of Scribes:
Script: Written by three scribes: Scribe 1 wrote the Greek words in precise minuscule, using dark ink. Scribe 2 supplied the Latin equivalents for ff. 1r-56r in a delicate humanistic cursive; Scribe 3 supplied them for ff. 57r-323v in a more flamboyant calligraphic style of writing.
Notes: Intricate but faded headpiece (f. 1r) in red, with intertwining foliage left uncolored, accompanied by a 4-line initial with floral motifs. Small initials, in red, throughout text. Binding: Nineteenth century. Brown calf spine, gold-tooled with decorated paper sides.
Number of Texts: 1
Text 1:
Title: Lexicon Greco-Latinum.
Subjects: Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven.;
Language(s): Greek; Latin
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