New Haven CT, Yale University, Beinecke Library (US)
: Zi +4016
ISTC No.ic00504000
AuthorCicero, Marcus Tullius
TitleEpistolae ad familiares
Imprint[Venice] : Johannes de Spira, [before 18 Sept] 1469
Formatf°
Languagelat
SubjectRhetoric
Keywordsphilosophy; letter collections; philosophy-political
Periodclassical
Description of Copy
Copy Id02125037
Holding InstitutionNew Haven CT, Yale University, Beinecke Library (US)
ShelfmarkZi +4016
Notecreated by Beatrice Alai
Size of leaves332 × 230 mm
Copy FeaturesComplete
Support material (book)Parchment
Provenance
1469 -
1500
AreaItaly
Time period1469 - 1500
Provenance TypeDecoration
Method of acquisitionunknown
Decoration Note14 gold initials (7 ll) with white vine-scroll on a green, blue, and red ground, with extensions forming a partial border (fol. 1r); the style is likely venetian (see: L. Armstrong, Venetian incunables in Cambridge collections. Modes of hand-illumination, in The Cambridge illumination, ed. by S. Panayotova, London 2007, pp. 233-243; F. Toniolo, L'arte del libro. Manuzio e il libro illustrato a Venezia tra Quattrocento e Cinquecento, in Aldo Manuzio - il Rinascimento di Venezia, ed. by G. Beltramini, G. Gasparotto, Venezia 2016, pp. 91-105); shield of arms of the Priuli family within a laurel wreath decorated with red laces and flanked by gold balls in the bas-de-page of the first folium.
IlluminationsYes
Ornamental lettersYes
Coat of armsYes
RubricationYes
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Provenance
1469 -
1500
AreaEurope
Time period1469 - 1500
Provenance TypeManuscript Notes
Notedates approximate
Method of acquisitionunknown
Ms. notes (frequency)A few
Location in BookThroughout
Extraction of keywordsYes
Reading marks (underlining and pointing hands)Yes
Lecture notesYes
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Provenance
1469 -
1500
PlaceVenezia (Geonames ID: 3164603)
AreaItaly
Time period1469 - 1500
Provenance TypeCoat of Arms
Notedates approximate; coat of arms: Palato d'oro e d'azzurro di sei pezzi; col capo di rosso (see: "Dizionario storico blasonico delle famiglie nobili e notabili italiane estinte e fiorenti", vol. II, compilato dal Comm. G.B. di Crollalanza, edito presso la direzione del giornale araldico, Pisa 1890, pag. 380).
Method of acquisitionunknown
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Provenance
1701 -
1800
AreaItaly
Time period1701 - 1800
Provenance TypeBinding
Method of acquisitionunknown
Binding notered leather, gold decoration (border only, no centre), gold labelled spine
Binding date18th cent.
Binding typeBoards
Board materialPaper
Cover materialLeather
FurnitureNo
Binding statusRebound
Binding Dimensions331 × 222 × 37 mm
TitlingTooled
ToolingGold
EdgesUncoloured
Writing on edgesNone
GaufferedNo
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Provenance
1850 -
1950
Time period1850 - 1950
Provenance TypeManuscript Notes
Note"15th book printed at Venice the 1st edition having 125 ll. The 2nd edition has 135 ll and the colophon reads differently. A. T. White"
Method of acquisitionunknown
Ms. notes (frequency)A few
Location in BookThroughout
CommentsYes
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Provenance
1850 -
1914
PlaceNew York (Geonames ID: 5128581)
AreaNew York
Time period1850 - 1914
Provenance TypeExlibris
Notestart date approximate
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Provenance
1887 -
1965
AreaUnited States
Time period1887 - 1965
Date of evidence1965
Provenance
1965 -
PlaceNew Haven (Geonames ID: 4839366)
AreaConnecticut
Time period1965 -
Provenance TypeExlibris
Stamp
Shelfmark
Documentary Evidence
Method of acquisitionBequest
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand
Other Information
CompletenessThe enumeration of provenance evidence is considered complete
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