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Peregrina historia and Grammaticon
Title
Peregrina historia and Grammaticon.
Created
Italy, [ca. 1450]
Physical Description
ff. i + i + 70 + ii : paper ; 220 x 145 mm.
Language
Latin
Notes
Watermark: var. Briquet 6654 (?).
Script: Copied by one hand in Humanistica Cursiva Libraria under some Gothic influence (occasionally uncial d).
Pale red headings and explicit formulas. The scribe wrote guide-letters but the initials (height: 2 lines) are wanting.
Binding: Fifteenth century. Italian brown morocco over wooden boards bevelled at the inside, blind-tooled with rope interlace and other tools, with some gold. Remnants of two brass clasps attached to the rear cover. Rebacked. On the spine a paper label with the handwritten title "Historia di Publio [sic] Candido". Parchment pastedowns. On the yellow-coloured fore-edge the title "P. Candid*" is inscribed.
In Latin.
Record created by Beinecke staff.
Provenance
Purchased from Bernard M. Rosenthal, San Francisco, in August 1976, on the Edwin J. Beinecke Fund.
Access and use
Material is open for research.
Summary
Manuscript on paper of Pier Candido Decembrio (Petrus Candidus Decembrius, 1392/1399-1477), 1) Peregrina historia. 2) Grammaticon, a Latin grammar in two Books, dedicated to the Milanese lawyer Guarniero Castiglione.
Format
Archives or Manuscripts
Added to Catalog
December 01, 2010
References
Pier Candido Decembrio, Peregrina Historia and Grammaticon. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Cite as
Pier Candido Decembrio, Peregrina Historia and Grammaticon. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Subjects
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Genre/Form
Manuscripts, Medieval - Italy - 15th century.
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