- Title
- Aesop's fables and other secular works in Italian : manuscript, [ca. 1380] ; Seneca Æsop et al ; Vita Sancti Eustachii. Italian ; Catonis disticha. Italian
- 1380
- Italy
- 112 leaves, bound ; 27 cm.
- Italian
- Manuscripts, Medieval-Italy-1350-1400.
Drawings-Italy-15th century.
Rules (layout features)
Straps (fasteners)
Marginal illustrations. - Books and documents
- 1. Uno libro il quale chompuose Senacha [Seneca] per detto di molti saui filosofi sopra le quatro virtu chardinali (ff. 1r-6v) -- 2. Il libro disopo [Aesop] (7r-61r) -- 3. Il libro degli ammestramenti i quali ci dice Chato (Dionysius Cato, Disticha de moribus ad filium; 61v-70r) -- 4. La chartula che mando Santo bernardo a Rinaldo dove amestra che dispregiamo il mondo per atquistare la grolia (sic) di [Dio] (70v-78r) -- 5. La pistola la quale santo Bernardo mando a uno chavaliere dove nammaestra di chonservare glonori e beni temporali con piacere e grazia dell'altissimo Idio (78r-80v) -- 6. Il libro che fecie Il sauio Albertano [Albertano of Brescia], Nel quale namaestra sopra il parlare (81r-88v) -- 7. Legend of St. Eustachius, beginning "N el tempo che Troiano [Trajan, sic] Imperadore di Roma istaua in Roma e adoraua Glidoli ...' (89r-97v) -- blank (98-109r) -- 17-line poem on the lending of books (109v) -- blank (110r) -- notes in Hebrew (110v-112r) -- medical recipe (112v).
- Eustace
- Ff. 1-97 are written in an upright carolingian-like hand in brown ink. Initial letters are in red and blue with pen-work decoration.
Aesop's fables are illustrated with 64 marginal drawings in pen and ink, added in the 15th century.
Bound in contemporary brown leather, rebacked, with brass bosses and remains of 2 clasps.
In a tray case, 30 cm.
Also available in an electronic version.
Microfilm available in the Houghton Reading Room (reel 53 no. 5). - MS Typ 479. Houghton Library, Harvard University.
- Digital Medieval Manuscripts at Houghton Library
- Houghton Library, Harvard University
- 990098391290203941
- Title
- Aesop's fables and other secular works in Italian : manuscript, [ca. 1380] ; Seneca Æsop et al ; Vita Sancti Eustachii. Italian ; Catonis disticha. Italian
- Date
- 1380
- Place of Origin
- Italy
- Extent
- 112 leaves, bound ; 27 cm.
- Language
- Italian
- Genre
- Manuscripts, Medieval-Italy-1350-1400.
Drawings-Italy-15th century.
Rules (layout features)
Straps (fasteners)
Marginal illustrations. - Digital Format
- Books and documents
- Contents
- 1. Uno libro il quale chompuose Senacha [Seneca] per detto di molti saui filosofi sopra le quatro virtu chardinali (ff. 1r-6v) -- 2. Il libro disopo [Aesop] (7r-61r) -- 3. Il libro degli ammestramenti i quali ci dice Chato (Dionysius Cato, Disticha de moribus ad filium; 61v-70r) -- 4. La chartula che mando Santo bernardo a Rinaldo dove amestra che dispregiamo il mondo per atquistare la grolia (sic) di [Dio] (70v-78r) -- 5. La pistola la quale santo Bernardo mando a uno chavaliere dove nammaestra di chonservare glonori e beni temporali con piacere e grazia dell'altissimo Idio (78r-80v) -- 6. Il libro che fecie Il sauio Albertano [Albertano of Brescia], Nel quale namaestra sopra il parlare (81r-88v) -- 7. Legend of St. Eustachius, beginning "N el tempo che Troiano [Trajan, sic] Imperadore di Roma istaua in Roma e adoraua Glidoli ...' (89r-97v) -- blank (98-109r) -- 17-line poem on the lending of books (109v) -- blank (110r) -- notes in Hebrew (110v-112r) -- medical recipe (112v).
- Subjects
- Eustace
- Notes
- Ff. 1-97 are written in an upright carolingian-like hand in brown ink. Initial letters are in red and blue with pen-work decoration.
Aesop's fables are illustrated with 64 marginal drawings in pen and ink, added in the 15th century.
Bound in contemporary brown leather, rebacked, with brass bosses and remains of 2 clasps.
In a tray case, 30 cm.
Also available in an electronic version.
Microfilm available in the Houghton Reading Room (reel 53 no. 5). - Cite As
- MS Typ 479. Houghton Library, Harvard University.
- Series
- Digital Medieval Manuscripts at Houghton Library
- Repository
- Houghton Library, Harvard University
- Record ID
- 990098391290203941
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