Newberry Library, VAULT Case MS 102

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS18226

Shelfmark:

VAULT Case MS 102

Title:

De commodis literarum atque incommodis ad Carolum fratrem; accedit corographia urbis Romae antiquae

Chorographical text

Author:

Alberti, Leon Battista, 1404-1472

Leon Battista Alberti WIKIDATA

Place:

Italy

Italy TGN

Date:

between 1425 and 1475

fifteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

In Latin

Latin WIKIDATA

Material:

paper, diagrams, tables

Paper AAT

Physical Description:

Extent: 28 leaves : paper, diagrams, tables ; trimmed to 273 x 191 (191 x 125) mm

Note:

Manuscript codex.
Title from printed incipit fol. 1r.
Collation: Paper (watermark of cardinal's hat, cf. Briquet, 3387), fol. 28 ; 110 212 36 ; catchwords present.
Layout: Written in 32 long lines beginning on the second ruled line
Script: Written in humanistic cursiva media; occasional marginal notes in humanistic cursiva currens.
Decoration: fol. 1r, 1v, 25r, and 25v, simple blue, red, and violet initials 2 lines high; fol. 25, diagrams similar to those of the printed text in violet and ink of text.
Origin: Written in Italy in the middle of the 15th-century.

Keyword:

humanistic scripts

humanistic cursive

Limp bindings

Vellum bindings

manuscripts (documents)

illuminated manuscripts

Italy--Rome

Antiquities

Voyages and travels

Early works

Humanism

City planning

Rome (Empire)

Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)

Institutional Record:

https://i-share-nby.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01CARLI_NBY/i5mcb2/alma991891098805867

IIIF Manifest:

https://collections.newberry.org/IIIF3/Presentation/Manifest/2KXJ8ZSR6G4D0

Holding Institution:

Newberry Library