Epigrammata, 1475 - 1499
Abstract
A collection of epigrams, usually in elegiac couplets, concerning Patrizi's friends, family, political matters, and verses inspired by classical authors.
Dates
- Creation: 1475 - 1499
Extent
1 volumes
Language of Materials
Latin
Greek, Modern (1453-)
Custodial History
Written in Italy at the end of the fifteenth century. This manuscript was no. 99 in the library of the monastery of S. Michele di Murano in Venice, where it was described by G. B. Mittarellius, Bibliotheca codicum manuscriptorum monasterii S. Michaelis Venetiarum prope Murianum (Venice, 1789) coll. 669-670, 852-854. Later provenance unknown. In the possession of Ludwig Bertalot and his heirs.
Author
- Patrizi, Francesco
Other related names
- Monastery of S. Michele di Murano, former owner
- Bertalot, Ludwig former owner
- Bertalot, Ludwig, heirs of, former owners
- Bertalot, Ludwig, heirs of, donors
- Gordan, Phyllis Goodhart, owner
- Gordan, John Dozier Jr., owner
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Given by the heirs of Ludwig Bertalot to Phyllis Goodhart Gordan and John Dozier Gordan, Jr.
Physical Description
Marginal notations in several fifteenth- and sixteenth-century hands, including some in Greek (including a citation on f. 41v from Odyssey 10. 304-5 which Patrizi paraphrases in the facing epigram).
Paper support (watermarks: Briquet Oiseau 12204), ff. i + 101 + ii.
Parchment; two leather ties on back cover; one on front, with the hole for the other tie visible. On spine in ink: "FRAN: PA[ ] Epig." This title is partially covered by a paper label on which "FRANC./ PATRI-/ CII/ EPIGRA-/MATA" has been lettered in ink. Lower on spine in ink: "268".
265 x 168 (180 x 105) mm.
Written in 28 ruled lines, with double horizontal and vertical bounding lines, full length, in hardpoint. Ruled on a board.
Humanistic cursive, written by a single scribe.
Poem titles in red. Spaces for initials left open, guide letters plainly visible.
Modern foliation.
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