De scientia venandi per aves, etc
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Description
- Title
- De scientia venandi per aves, etc
- Alternative Title
- Moamin
- Published / Created
- [between 1450 and 1475]
- Publication Place
- Italy
- Abstract
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Manuscript on parchment (fine, smooth) of 1) Prologue. 2) Moamin, De scientia venandi per aves, translated into Latin by Theodorus of Antioch. Although the prologue states that there are four treatises composed by Moamin, the fourth (Quartus naturam et medicamen qutrupedum [sic] cum quibus uenamur) is omitted in this manuscript. 3) Treatise of Dancus rex. 4) Treatise of Guillelmus falconarius. 5) Four anonymous descriptions of types of falcons. Produced probably for Ferdinand II of Aragon (arms on f. 1r).
- Description
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In Latin.
Script: Written by a single scribe in elegant round humanistic script below top line.
One miniature, f. 1r, five falcons sitting on a perch in a niche, with a 6-line initial, blue and light green, with green and blue acanthus, against gold, framed in red, with white dots; full border, pink and blue flowers on stems with pink, orange and green leaves and gold dots spiraling around a pink and gold bar; framed in gold and inhabited by birds, putti, four of the putti in lower margin supporting a coat-of-arms. 5-line initials, gold, filled with blue or crimson with flowers in white, on irregular grounds, crimson or blue with flowers in white, and hair-spray extensions with crimson and blue leaves, flowers and gold trefoil leaves or dots. 2-line initials, gold, filled with crimson or blue against irregular crimson or blue grounds with white filigree. Rubrics throughout.
Binding: Nineteenth century. Red goatskin, gold-tooled with "Cetreria" on spine. Gilt edges with lettering on fore-edge. - Provenance
- Belonged to Sir Thomas Phillipps (no. 2253). Sold to C. A. Stonehill from whom it was purchased and presented to Yale (October 1946) by William Robertson Coe.
- Extent
- ff. i + i + 66 + i : 262 x 175 (168 x 101) mm.
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been completely digitized.
- Language
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Latin
Collection Information
- Repository
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Call Number
- Beinecke MS 446
- Related Resource Online
- View a detailed description.
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Early works to 1800
Translations
Manuscripts, Medieval Italy 15th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library - Material
- parchment ;
- Resource Type
- unspecified
- Subject (Geographic)
-
Connecticut
New Haven. - Subject (Topic)
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Falconry
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval
Literature, Medieval
Manuscripts, Medieval - Subjects
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Moamin
Falconry > Early works to 1800
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval
Literature, Medieval > Translations
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
Italy > 15th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
- Citation
- Moamin, De Scientia Venandi Per Aves. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 9692077
- Object ID (OID)
- 32345812
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