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In Europam
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Title
In Europam.
Created
Germany, [between 1475 and 1500]
Physical Description
ff. iii + 88 + iii : paper ; 310 x 215 mm.
Language
Latin
Notes
Watermark: similar to Briquet 14573? (1487; variants: 1465-1485).
Script: Written in Gothica Semihybrida Libraria/Currens by at least two hands.
The red heading on f. 2r is in a large Gothica Semihybrida Libraria. Dark red heigthening of the majuscules from f. 2r up to f. 5r. Apart from two plain initials in the same colour the text is undecorated.
Binding: Twentieth century. Half red morocco, the boards covered with marbled paper. On the flat spine the gold-tooled inscription "AENEAS SILVIUS - EUROPA". Yellow edges.
In Latin.
Record created by Beinecke staff from catalog description by Albert Derolez.
Provenance
Purchased from Bernard M. Rosenthal, San Francisco, 22 August 1975, on the Edwin J. Beinecke Fund.
Access and use
Material is open for research.
Summary
Manuscript on paper of Aeneas Silvius Piccolomini (Pope Pius II, 1405-1464), In Europam. Dedicatory epistle to Cardinal Antonius Cerdanus (Antonio de la Cerda, 1390-1459), bishop of Lerida. It appears that the author wrote a continuation to the Liber augustalis of Benvenutus de Rambaldis from Imola (1320-1387/88), which gave him the idea to compose a history of Europe during the first years of the reign of Emperor Frederic III (1440-1493). Several leaves lost and replaced between ff. 21-30.
Format
Archives or Manuscripts
Added to Catalog
December 13, 2010
References
Pope Pius II, In Europam. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Cite as
Pope Pius II, In Europam. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
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Genre/Form
Manuscripts, Medieval - Germany - 15th century.
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