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Facta et Dicta Memorabilia.
- Title
- Facta et Dicta Memorabilia.
- Author
- Valerius Maximus
- Publication
- Rome, Italy, approximately 1475.
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Not available - Please for assistance. | Text | By appointment only | Spencer Coll. MS. 20 | Schwarzman Building - Print Collection Room 308 |
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- Description
- 197 leaves, bound : parchment , ink, manuscript, illuminations; 339 x 231 mm
- Alternative Title
- Valerii Maximi Factorum ac Dictorum Memorabilium Liber I ad Tiberium Caesarem
- Subject
- Didactic literature, Latin > Early works to 1800
- Exempla > Early works to 1800
- Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern) > Italy > 15th century
- Illumination of books and manuscripts
- Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern) > New York (State) > New York
- Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)
- Didactic literature, Latin
- Exempla
- Genre/Form
- Manuscripts – Italy – 15th century.
- vellum (parchment)
- illuminated manuscripts.
- Note
- Layout: Written in 29 long lines, ruled in drypoint. Prickmarks and catchwords/quire signatures visible. Gatherings of ten except for the eighth, which has 8 folios, and the twentieth (and final) which has 9 folios.
- Decoration: Ornate frontispiece with images of the author, classical figures, etc. Some initials contain human or grotesque figures. 4-line to 6-line gold, red and blue initials on elaborately decorated fields. Some border designs. 1-line red, gold and blue initials.
- Scribes: Bartolomeo Sanvito and Antonio Sinibaldi.
- Script: Humanistic; rustic capitals.
- Artist: Gaspare da Padova (Master of the Vatican Homer)
- Produced ca. 1480-85. Sanvito, who copied the epigraphic capitals for the headings of the books and the rubrics at the beginnings of the chapters (and possibly the small chapter initials) worked with Gaspare da Padova in Rome during the 1460s-1480s.
- Access (note)
- Restricted use.
- Indexed In (note)
- The Splendor of the Word. (ed.) J. G. Alexander, J. H. Marrow, L. F. Sandler (NYPL / Harvey Miller, 2005)
- Census of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts. Seymour de Ricci. (Wilson Co., New York, 1937)
- Cite As (note)
- NYPL. Spencer Collection MS. 20
- Language (note)
- In Latin.
- Provenance (note)
- Written for Cardinal Giovanni d'Aragona (1456-1485); may have passed after his death to his father, King Ferdinand I of Naples. Robert S. Holford Collection. Sir George L. Holford collection.
- Binding (note)
- Bound in 18th century Italian brown calf with gold tooling.
- Call Number
- Spencer Coll. MS. 20
- OCLC
- 1337866662
- Author
- Valerius Maximus, author.
- Title
- Facta et Dicta Memorabilia.
- Imprint
- Rome, Italy, approximately 1475.
- Type of Content
- textstill image
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Access
- Restricted use. Requires permission for access.
- Indexed In:
- The Splendor of the Word. (ed.) J. G. Alexander, J. H. Marrow, L. F. Sandler (NYPL / Harvey Miller, 2005), n. 83.Census of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts. Seymour de Ricci. (Wilson Co., New York, 1937), p. 1339, no. 20.
- Cite As:
- NYPL. Spencer Collection MS. 20
- Language
- In Latin.
- Provenance
- Written for Cardinal Giovanni d'Aragona (1456-1485); may have passed after his death to his father, King Ferdinand I of Naples. Robert S. Holford Collection. Sir George L. Holford collection.
- Binding
- Bound in 18th century Italian brown calf with gold tooling.
- Source of description
- Part of the description used is from Digital Scriptorium 1.0.
- Connect to:
- Place of Publication
- Italy Rome
- Added Author
- Sanvito, Bartolomeo, 1433-1511, scribe.Sinibaldi, Antonio, 1443-1528, scribe.Gaspare, da Padova, active 1467-1493, illuminator.New York Public Libary. Manuscript. Spencer Coll. MS 20.
- Research Call Number
- Spencer Coll. MS. 20