[Epistolae latinae]

Name:

Bonfadio, Jacopo, -1550; Hesius, Ricardus

Timespan:

Early works to 1800

Date:

1598

Description:

A collection of 24 model letters in Latin, several dated 1598. These letters are numbered 1-26, with 11 and 19 missing. Later additions of 6 letters in Latin by Ricardus Hesius dated 1603 and 1604 at the end (f. 23v-29v), and 7 Italian letters copied in spaces between Latin letters, including 2 dated 1612 and a copy of a 1541 letter by Jacomo Bonfadio (f. 14v).

Language:

Latin; Italian

Provenance:

Sold by Libreria Nironi & Prandi, 1953.

Subject:

Latin letters, Medieval and modern -- Early works to 1800; Italian letters -- Early works to 1800; Letter writing -- Early works to 1800; Letter writing; Italian letters; Latin letters, Medieval and modern

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

manuscripts (documents); codices (bound manuscripts); Manuscripts, Latin; Manuscripts, Italian; Manuscripts, Renaissance; Manuscripts, European

Physical Description:

31 leaves : paper; 207 x 138 (167 x 105) mm bound to 210 x 140 mm

Rights:

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

Ms. codex.; Title supplied by cataloger (Zacour-Hirsch).; Foliation: Paper, 31; [1-31]; modern foliation in pencil, lower right recto.; Layout: Written in 29-30 long lines with vertical bounding lines in lead.; Script: Written in several cursive hands (one hand for the original 24 letters, f. 1r-23r; two hands for the Hesius letters, f. 23v-28r and 29r-29v; and one hand for the Italian letters, scattered from f. 12v to f. 31v).; Binding: Contemporary paper boards (Zacour-Hirsch).; Origin: Written in Italy (Zacour-Hirsch) between 1598 (f. 6v, 7r, 11r, 16r, 21r, 22r) and 1612 (f. 12v, 19v).; Latin and Italian, with a few words in Greek.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Codex 853