Script: Written by a single scribe in a neat humanistic bookhand.

One gold initial (f. 1r), 7-line, filled and surrounded by white-vine ornament, on a dark blue, dark red, and dark green ground, with pale yellow dots; extends into inner and upper margins. In lower margin an unidentified coat of arms (or, on a chief azur a parrot vert beaked gules) in a laurel wreath; accompanied by gold balls, hair-sprays, and simple floral patterns. Four initials, 6- to 4-line, in blue with red penwork designs or red with purple; plain capitals alternating red and blue throughout.

Binding: Nineteenth century. Brown goatskin, gold-tooled.

In Italian.

Record created by Beinecke staff from catalog description by Barbara Shailor.

Shailor, B. Catalogue of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, MS 76.

Agogo Mago, Libro Medesynal delli Spariueri. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.

Italian literature > 15th century.

Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven.

Medicine > Early works to 1800.