[Poetical miscellany]

Timespan:

16th century

Date:

1600

Description:

Collection of poems.

Language:

Italian

Provenance:

Formerly owned by Henry Chandon de Briailles (bookplates, inside upper cover).; Sold by Laurence Witten (New Haven, Conn.), 1955.

Subject:

Italian literature -- 16th century; Italian literature; Italian poetry -- 16th century; Italian poetry

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

codices (bound manuscripts); poems; Manuscripts, Italian; Manuscripts, Renaissance; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

85 leaves : paper; 211 x 153 (225 x 205) mm bound to 222 x 161 mm

Rights:

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Notes:

Ms. codex.; Title supplied by cataloger (Zacour-Hirsch).; Foliation: Paper, i (contemporary paper) + 85 + i (contemporary paper); [1-85]; modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto.; Layout: Written in 14 lines of verse.; Script: Written in a cursive script by a single hand.; Binding: Contemporary Italian gilt morocco with gauffered page edges. Lower cover has a medallion with a red fleur-de-lis design. Upper cover medallion also had a design but it has largely been worn away; it appears to have included an animal and a book.; Origin: Written in Italy, ca. 1600 (Zacour-Hirsch). Notes of Neda Westlake (on file in Library) suggest ca. 1580.; Generally in good condition. Cover wearing and splitting at hinges. Some evidence of worm damage, especially on inside lower cover.; Italian.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Codex 259