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Collection ID: 0053 | Metadata type: TEI | TEI XML | Data

MS V.a.102 Latinae linguae elegantiarum compendium ... etc. manuscript, ca. 1455.

Title

Latinae linguae elegantiarum compendium ... etc. manuscript, ca. 1455.

Authors

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Call number

MS V.a.102
(Washington DC, USA, Folger Shakespeare Library)

Alternate identifiers

Publisher

Folger Shakespeare Library

Language

Latin

Origin

Text was copied by Cristoforo Schioppo of Verona, and probably produced in Italy, near the end of the 15th century; ca. 1455
Place
Italy

Summary

Contains Elegantiolae, Dati's popular manual on the grammar and style of Latin, attributed in manuscript to Lorenzo Valla; a section of text from Orosius's Histories against the Pagans; and a short treatise on punctuation.

Notes

Extent

Leaves ii (paper) + 44 + i (paper);; 230 x 145 mm

Collation

1 (2), 2-5 (10), 6 (2)

Signatures

Verso of last leaves of signatures 2-4 marked A-C.

Support

Parchment

Binding

Bound in diced Russia calfskin leather by R.P. Chilliat, ca. 1810, with gold tooling including the spine and turn-ins; with marbled endpapers and gilt edges.

Layout

  • Written in 27 long lines (dimensions of written space: 145 x 85 mm)̤; above line; ruled in lead: pricks for vertical lines, horizontal lines traced in ink; marginal notes in green and purple ink throughout.
  • Decoration

    Title page has a marble edifice, with the inscription: Laurentii Vallae viri clarissimi latinae linguae elegantiarum compendium (leaf 2r); Coat of arms of the Schioppo family of Verona, with two putti (leaf 3r); Blue, red, green and gold major initials on leaves 3r and 30r; Alternating blue and red initials throughout 2nd work.

    Script

  • Italian Humanistic Cursive script, late 15th century.
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    Section: Contents of work written on second front endleaf: Laurentii Valla Elegantiarum linguae Latinae liber / Orosius de situ regionum / De punctandi genere.

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