1. Add MS 8799
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 8799
- Title:
- COLLECTION OF HUMANISTIC HISTORICAL TEXTS; 3rd quarter of 15th cent. Latin. The collection includes Poggio Bracciolini, De varietate Fortunae, Books 1-3 (art. 1, ff. 2-51v), Matteo Palmieri, Liber de temporibus (art. 2, ff. 52-109), Agostino Dati, Historia Senensis (art. 3, ff. 110-157v), and a letter from Morbassan neber Gessi to Pope Clement VI (art. 4, ff. 158-159). The MS. is listed in Palma di Cesnola, nos. 343-346, p. 24, and briefly described in P. O. Kristeller, Iter Italicum, iv (19...
- Scope & Content:
- Bindings ITALIAN: Original 15th-cent. wooden boards with late 18th-early 19th cent. decorated paper covers and remains of quarter leather binding, detached: 3rd quarter 15th cent.: Map scale 1:GU. Siena, Italy: History: Chronicles: Collection of humanistic historical texts: 3rd quarter 15th cen...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, Italian, and Latin
- Date Range:
- 3rd quarter of the 15th century
- Extent:
- 1 item