De evangelica praeparatione, 1425 - 1475
Abstract
This is an Italian manuscript from the mid-fifteenth century, which contains Eusebius' De evangelica praeparatione, translated by George of Trebizond.
Dates
- Creation: 1425 - 1475
Extent
1 volumes
Language of Materials
Latin
Custodial History
Written in Italy ca. 1450. Early provenance unknown. Late ownership inscription on front pastedown: "Alice M. Taylor" together with library shelf numbers in lead: "AR I 52" and "76 G". On back parchment endpaper in two 15th-century hands: "Quod Aristoteles fuerit nacione judeus libro quarto capite tertio" and "A creacione mundi usque ad annum incarnationis domini fuerunt anni 3793; secundum ebraicam veritatem ab ipso autem anno usque ad annum domini 1500. Si auferas 33, remanent 1467, si istos addas invenies annos 5260." On rear f. ir in a modern hand in lead: "223 hojas (96 vitela)". Sold by Maggs (catalogue entry Dec. 1948) to Howard L. Goodhart (bookplate).
Authors
- Eusebius, of Caesarea, Bishop of Caesarea, approximately 260-approximately 340
- George, of Trebizond, 1396-1486, translator
Other related names
- Taylor, Alice M., former owner
- Maggs Brothers, bookseller
- Goodhart, Howard Lehman, former owner
- Goodhart, Howard Lehman, donor
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Given by Howard Lehman Goodhart to Bryn Mawr College in Nov. 1951
Physical Description
Previously Goodhart 79.
Paper support, with outer and inner parchment bifolia (watermarks: ff. 1-63 similar to Briquet Char 3528, ff. 64-end similar to Briquet Monts 11859), ff. iii (paper, i=front pastedown) + 223 + i (parchment) + ii (paper bifolium, ii=back pastedown)
Late nineteenth-century quarter calf on paper boards.
ii+224+ii; 282 x 208 mm bound to 286 x 214 mm.
Single column, thirty-five to thirty-eight lines, double vertical and single horizontal bounding lines in lead; written area: 119 x 105 mm.
Humanistic script, written by a single scribe with finding aids and headings in red.
Fourteen 5- to 12-line gold initials on a deep blue, red, and green cusped ground outlined in black and white with intertwined white vinestems. On ff. 1r and 3r the cusped ground and vinestems extend for several lines down the inner margin forming a partial inner border. Between ff. 10r and 22r there are four 3- to 4-line gold initials on shaped blue and magenta grounds with white pen-work decoration.
Modern foliation in pencil, upper right, recto.
Genre / Form
Geographic
Temporal
Topical
Find It at the Library
Most of the materials in this catalog are not digitized and can only be accessed in person. Please see our website for more information about visiting or requesting repoductions from Bryn Mawr College Library
Bryn Mawr College Library
101 N. Merion Avenue
Bryn Mawr 19010 USA US
610-526-6576
SpecColl@brynmawr.edu
