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PREVIOUS Comment on this Record    NEXT New Haven, CT, Yale University, Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library,  Beinecke MS 242 Description: ff. iii + 20 + iii - 18th-19th centuries (?). Limp vellum wrapper, with the title on spine and "Aelianus Angeli Vergecij" on cover. - 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 242. Notes:-Manuscript on paper of Aelian, De instruendis aciebus. The scribe attempts to establish the correct text from a defective exemplar. For example, on f. 2v there is a note, in red, referring the reader to the proper portion of the text on f. 7v. There are several such corrections as well as marginal notes giving variant readings. Number of Parts: 1 - Number of Images Available: 0 Direct Link: http://ds.lib.berkeley.edu/BeineckeMS242_47 Language: Greek Country: Italy Century: 16th View a detailed description: http://brbl-net.library.yale.edu/pre1600ms/docs/pre1600.ms242.htm View in the Beinecke's Digital Library: http://brbl-dl.library.yale.edu/vufind/Search/Results?lookfor=Beinecke_MS_242&type=CallNumber&sort=title Part 1: Description: - paper - Harlfinger Couronne 25 from two manuscripts copied in Venice by Camillus Venetus, and dated 1561 and 1562. - 217 x 146 (150 x 85) mm. Country: Italy Cardinal point: Region: Italy City: Assigned Date: [ca. 1560] Searchable Date Range: 1560 - 1560 Dated by scribe: No Inscribed Date: Document: No Number of Scribes: Script: Written in a highly calligraphic Greek minuscule by Angelus Vergecius. Notes: Decorative floral headpiece and initial, in red, on f. 1r; headings and marginal notations, in red. A number of beautifully executed diagrams, in black and red, often extend well into the margins. Binding: 18th-19th centuries (?). Limp vellum wrapper, with the title on spine and "Aelianus Angeli Vergecij" on cover. Number of Texts: 1 Text 1: Author: Aelian 3rd cent. Title: De instruendis aciebus. Subjects: Aelian, 3rd cent.; Charts, diagrams, etc.; Greek literature.; Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven.; Strategy.; Language(s): Greek

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