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Available Online: https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p3w549
Title: [De navigatione]
Name: Cotrugli, Benedetto, -1468, Moro, Cristoforo, 1390-1471 (dedicatee), Venice (Republic : To 1797). Senato (dedicatee)
Date: 1465
Collection: Lawrence J. Schoenberg Collection (University of Pennsylvania)
Item Type: Text
Physical Format: codices (bound manuscripts), diagrams, treatises, Tables (Data), Manuscripts, Italian, Manuscripts, Renaissance, manuscripts (documents)
Description: Unattributed copy of Benedetto Cotrugli's treatise on ships and shipbuilding, composed in 1464-1465, including information on cartography, construction and use of the compass, types of ships, and meteorology and astronomy for use in navigation. Includes references to classical and medieval authors, which at the beginning of the manuscript are noted in the margins with red ink (f. 1v-4r). Dedicated to the doge (Cristoforo Moro, who served 1462-1471) and senate of Venice.
Extent: 84 leaves : parchment and paper, color illustrations ; 213 x 138 (152 x 70) mm bound to 222 x 152 mm
Language: Italian
Coverage: Early works to 1800
Note: Ms. codex., Title supplied by cataloger., Table of contents: 1. f.1r-3r: [Preface], Table of contents: 2. f.3v-27r: Descriptio totius orbis., Table of contents: 3. f.28r-47r: [Types of ships and roles of officers], Table of contents: 4. f.47r-72v: [Meteorology and astronomy], Table of contents: 5. f.72v-80v: [Maps and cartography], Foliation: Parchment and paper, ii (19th-century paper) + 84 + ii (19th-century paper); 1-4¹⁰ 5⁹(-1) 6⁹(-1) 7-8¹⁰ 9⁶; [1-84]; modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto., Layout: Written in 30 long lines; vertical bounding lines ruled in blind visible on some leaves., Script: Written in italic script., Decoration: 3 colored diagrams (world map surrounded by concentric circles and zodiac signs, f. 8r; world divided into temperature zones surrounded by concentric circles, f. 12r; benches for rowers, f. 30v); 1 ink diagram (compass points, f. 49v); 3 astronomical tables in black and red (f. 66r, 66v, 68v); 1 three-quarter white vine-stem border with a 10-line illuminated initial in gold on gold with blue vines (f. 1r); 3 illuminated initials, 4 to 6 lines in height, in gold with white vine-stem ornamentation and extensions (f. 28r, 47r, 72v); 2-line initials in red or blue at the beginning of chapters; some marginal notes (f. 1v-4r) and headings throughout in red., Binding: 19th-century English blind-tooled morocco, with marbled endleaves., Origin: Written in northeastern Italy, probably Venice, in 1464 (f. 19v) and 1465 (f. 66v)., Lawrence J. Schoenberg & Barbara Brizdle Manuscript Initiative., Italian, with a preface in Latin.
Relation: The Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle Manuscript Initiative Fund Home Page: http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017.12/366278, Digital facsimile for browsing (Colenda): https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p3w549, Digital facsimile for download (OPenn): https://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0001/html/ljs473.html, Collation model: http://repository.upenn.edu/sims_models/73, Video orientation: https://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017.12/100000479
Subject: Navigation -- Mediterranean Region -- Early works to 1800, Naval art and science -- Italy -- Venice -- Early works to 1800, Shipbuilding -- Italy -- Venice -- Early works to 1800, Astronomy -- Early works to 1800, Astronomy, Shipbuilding, Naval art and science, Navigation
Geographic Subject: Italy -- Venice, Mediterranean Region
Physical Location: Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Oversize LJS 473
Provenance: Formerly owned by Frederick North, fifth Earl of Guilford (armorial bookplate inside upper cover); sold as part of his collection at auction at Evans, 13 Dec. 1830, lot 563 (note on second flyleaf)., Formerly owned by English astronomer, mathematician, antiquarian, barrister, and numismatist John Lee (armorial bookplate inside upper cover); sold as part of his collection at auction at Sotheby's, 8 Nov. 1888, lot 266., Offered for sale at auction at Sotheby's, 10 July 1968, lot 283., Sold at auction at Sotheby's, 7 December 2004, lot 40, to Lawrence J. Schoenberg., Deposit by Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2011., Gift of Barbara Brizdle Schoenberg, 2019., North, Frederick, Earl of Guilford, 1766-1827, former owner., Lee, John, 1783-1866, former owner.
Rights: https://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
Bibnumber: 9948440913503681

IIIF manifest: https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/items/ark:/81431/p3w549/manifest

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Metadata

DS ID:: DS710
Shelfmark:: Oversize LJS 473
Title:: De navigatione

De navigatione
Author:: Cotrugli, Benedetto, -1468

Benedikt Kotruljević WIKIDATA
Place:: Venice?, Italy

Venice TGN

Italy TGN
Date:: after 1465

fifteenth century (dates CE) AAT
Language:: Italian, with a preface in Latin

Italian WIKIDATA

Latin WIKIDATA
Material:: parchment and paper, color illustrations

Parchment AAT

Paper AAT
Physical Description:: Extent: 84 leaves : parchment and paper, color illustrations ; 213 x 138 (152 x 70) mm bound to 222 x 152 mm
Former Owner(s):: North, Frederick, Earl of Guilford, 1766-1827

Frederick North, 5th Earl of Guilford WIKIDATA
Lee, John, 1783-1866

John Lee WIKIDATA
Note:: Ms. codex.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Foliation: Parchment and paper, ii (19th-century paper) + 84 + ii (19th-century paper); 1-410 59(-1) 69(-1) 7-810 96; [1-84]; modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto.
Layout: Written in 30 long lines; vertical bounding lines ruled in blind visible on some leaves.
Script: Written in italic script.
Decoration: 3 colored diagrams (world map surrounded by concentric circles and zodiac signs, f. 8r; world divided into temperature zones surrounded by concentric circles, f. 12r; benches for rowers, f. 30v); 1 ink diagram (compass points, f. 49v); 3 astronomical tables in black and red (f. 66r, 66v, 68v); 1 three-quarter white vine-stem border with a 10-line illuminated initial in gold on gold...
Binding: 19th-century English blind-tooled morocco, with marbled endleaves.
Origin: Written in northeastern Italy, probably Venice, in 1464 (f. 19v) and 1465 (f. 66v).
Formerly owned by Frederick North, fifth Earl of Guilford (armorial bookplate inside upper cover); sold as part of his collection at auction at Evans, 13 Dec. 1830, lot 563 (note on second flyleaf).
Formerly owned by English astronomer, mathematician, antiquarian, barrister, and numismatist John Lee (armorial bookplate inside upper cover); sold as part of his collection at auction at Sotheby's, 8 Nov. 1888, lot 266.
Offered for sale at auction at Sotheby's, 10 July 1968, lot 283.
Sold at auction at Sotheby's, 7 December 2004, lot 40, to Lawrence J. Schoenberg.
Deposit by Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2011.
Gift of Barbara Brizdle Schoenberg, 2019.
Keyword:: Manuscripts, Italian

Fifteenth century

Manuscripts, Renaissance

diagrams

Tables (Data)

treatises

codices (bound manuscripts)

Navigation

Mediterranean Region

Early works

Naval art and science

Italy--Venice

Astronomy

Shipbuilding
Institutional Record:: https://find.library.upenn.edu/catalog/9948440913503681
IIIF Manifest:: https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/items/ark:/81431/p3w549/manifest
Holding Institution:: University of Pennsylvania

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