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28 November 2023
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Cynthia, seu, Elegarium libri tres].
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Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and Modern)--Italy
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Manuscripts, Medieval--Italy
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Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and Modern)--Massachusetts--Boston
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Manuscripts, Medieval--Massachusetts--Boston
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Elegiac poetry, Latin (Medieval and modern)--Italy
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between 1476 and 1483].
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Extent: 52 leaves : parchment, ill. ; 240 x 175 (140 x 95) mm
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Ms. codex.
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In Latin.
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Bibliographic record created by BPL staff based on description by Dr. Lisa Fagin Davis.
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Secundo folio: MARCI ANTONII ALDEGATI...
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Collation: Parchment, fol. iii (first two later paper, third (former pastedown) and fourth contemporary parchment) + 51 + ii (later paper) ; i2 1-510 ; vertical catchwords in lower right corner, final verso of each quire. Modern pencil arabic foliation, upper outer corner each page, beginning on i2, thus reaching 51.
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Layout: Single column, 22 lines. Bounding and writing lines ruled in blind.
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Script: Written in a humanistic bookhand in brown ink with original red rubrics.
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Decoration: fol. 2: full-page border of blue tight interlace on gold background surrounding a blue-interlace Q on gold background, text incipit above and to the right in gold on salmon; 4-line blue initial, fol. 4v; 7-line interlace in color(s) with white filigree on gold leaf background throughout, 30 in all. Gold leaf quite thick, with some gesso bleeding through.
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Binding: 18th-century vellum over pasteboard, gilt-stamped red leather label on spine, "M. Aldegat./ Mant./ Carmina Latina/ Cod. M."
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Origin: Possibly written in Ravenna.
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Provenance: With colored endpapers used for Matteo Luigi Canonici. Unidentified inscription (Matteo Luigi?) on f. 1v. Rev. Walter Sneyd (his sale at Sotheby's, 16 December 1903, lot 20) (SDBM 8830); L'Art Ancien (cat. 37, no. 1) (SDBM 10379). "Josiah H. Benton Fd / Nov 22, 1954 / 009" written in pencil on fly leaf opposite fol. 1.
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Immediate source of acquisition: Purchased in 1954 from W. H. Schab (cat. 20, no. 1, pl.) (SDBM 11672).
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Call number: MS f Med.126.
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Former call number: MS 1548.
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Bibliography: Zoltán Haraszti, "Notable Purchases," BPLQ VII (1955): 76-77. Guglielmo Bottari, Marcantonio Aldegati, poeta latino del Quattrocento (Palermo, 1980), 20 (describing this manuscript).
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4 December 2023
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