Leaf from the Comedies of Terence in the hand of Giuliano d'Antonio da Prata

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Title:
Leaf from the Comedies of Terence in the hand of Giuliano d'Antonio da Prata
Title (alt.):
Incipit Echira
Title from incipit: Echira
First line of text: Acta ludis romanis sex Iulio cesare CN cornelio edilibus
Creator:
Terence
Former owner:
Abbe, Dorothy
Contributor:
Giuliano d'Antonio, da Prata, active ca. 1475
Date:
[ca. 1475]
Format:
Manuscripts
Genre:
Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)
Early manuscript fragments
Latin drama (Comedy)
Location:
Boston Public Library
Rare Books Department
Collection (local):
Medieval and Early Renaissance Manuscripts (Collection of Distinction)
Places:
Italy
Extent:
1 leaf : parchment ; 251 x 177 (169 x 115) mm.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/nc581d06b
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Place of origin:
[Florence]
Language:
Latin
Table of Contents:
Incipit Echira ; Acta Ludis romanis sex Iulio cesare
venit datum irigladiatores: populus conuolat
Notes:
Ms. leaf.
Title devised by cataloger.
Place, date and scribe based on Gwara's identification of another leaf from the same codex.
Origin: Written in Florence, Italy ca. 1475.
Notes (acquisition):
Source of acquisition: Received by BPL in 2000 from Dorothy Abbe.
Notes (object):
Script: Humanistic bookhand.
Layout: 1 column, 30 lines, frame-ruled in dry point.
Decoration: Headings in rubricated capitals; 4-line section initials in blue.
Binding: Housed in a folder.
Notes (bibliography):
Bibliography: Gwara, Scott. A census of medieval manuscripts in South Carolina Collections, p. 61.
Identifier:
06_01_016612-06_01_016613
Call #:
MS q Med. 270
Barcode:
39999087970065