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Miscellany
Title
Miscellany.
Created
Italy (Sinigallia), [ca. 1650]
Physical Description
ff. ii + 102 + ii : paper ; 190 x 125 mm.
Language
Italian
Notes
Script: Various scribes, mostly writing Humanistica Cursiva Currens difficult to decipher. Some parts are written by a more calligraphic hand, especially the original parts of artt. 4, 6 and 7.
There is no decoration.
The paper badly damaged by the acid ink, often impairing legibility. Some texts much faded.
Binding: Modern blue paper wrappers; on the spine a paper label with the printed inscription "ITALIAN MISCELLANY. MS. c. 1650".
In Italian.
Record created by Beinecke staff from catalog description by Albert Derolez.
Provenance
Purchased on the Edwin J. Beinecke Fund.
Access and use
Material is open for research.
Summary
Manuscript on paper of 1) Poem warning against sin. 2) Sermons. 3) Notes on Christian, historical and other subjects, sermons, commonplaces, recipes etc. This is followed by notes on the churches and other buildings of the city, and the relics kept in the churches. 4) Latin proverbs and quotations in alphabetical order. The sources as far as indicated are the Bible, the Church Fathers, a few Christian authors of the Middle Ages, pagan authors and philosophers. 5) Notes on monuments in Sinigallia. 6) Latin verses in honor of the Virgin. 7) Text of epitaphs in churches at Sinigallia, dated 1600-1602, in which the family names have been replaced by "N." With historical notes, astronomical tables, and a list of herbs.
Format
Archives or Manuscripts
Added to Catalog
February 09, 2011
References
Miscellany. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Cite as
Miscellany. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Subjects
Subjects (Local Yale)
Genre/Form
Commonplace books - Italy - 17th century.
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