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New Haven, CT, Yale University, Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Marston MS 48

Description: ff. i + 249 + i - Nineteenth century, Italy. Rigid vellum case; paper label with title on spine: "Excerpta De Vetustioribus script. Latinis et Grecis, Saecul. XV". - Purchased from H. P. Kraus in 1956 by Thomas E. Marston. - Shailor, B. Catalogue of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Marston MS 48.

Notes:-Manuscript on paper of excerpts from works of Greek and Roman history and philosophy (Greek works translated into Latin); religious tracts; and Italian strambotti.

Number of Parts: 1 - Number of Images Available: 0

Direct Link: http://ds.lib.berkeley.edu/MarstonMS48_47

Language: Latin; Greek; Italian Country: Italy Century: 15th

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Part 1:
Description: - paper - 290 x 107 (ca. 240 x 85) mm.
Country: Italy	Cardinal point:
Region: Italy	City:
Assigned Date: [after 1457]	Searchable Date Range: 1457 - 1457
Dated by scribe: No	Inscribed Date:
Document: No	Number of Scribes:
Script: Written by a single scribe in a neat humanistic script with many cursive elements; later additions by several hands.
Notes: Watermarks, in gutter: unidentified hunting horn, crossbow, animal (?); in outer margin, trimmed: unidentified mountain in a circle surmounted by cross. Headings and initials often highlighted in red or ochre; some paragraph marks in same colors. Binding: Nineteenth century, Italy. Rigid vellum case; paper label with title on spine: "Excerpta De Vetustioribus script. Latinis et Grecis, Saecul. XV".
Number of Texts: 1


Text 1:
Title: Humanistic commonplace book.
Subjects: Education, Humanistic.; Literature, Medieval--Translations.; Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven.; Strambotto.;
Language(s): Latin; Greek; Italian
Notes: In Latin, with Greek headings and Italian poems.



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