Ovid and Pseudo-Ovid
- Creator:
- Ovid, 43 B.C.-17 or 18 A.D
Sappho - Published/Created:
- Northern Italy,
[between 1450 and 1500] - Physical Description:
- ff. i + 6 + i : paper 210 x 140 mm.
- Notes:
- Script: Copied by one hand in Humanistica Cursiva under Gothic influence and of low quality.
Blank space for a heading above art. 2; red final note on f. 6r. Red stroking of all majuscules. Gothic plain initials in red, 4-line at the head of art. 1, 2-line at the head of art. 2. Large guide letters at the left of the initials.
On the originally blank f. 6v a later hand has written notes in a very rapid Gothica Cursiva most difficult to decipher.
Binding: Twentieth century. Quarter binding, white parchment and brown paper. Red edges pertaining to a preceding binding. - Abstract:
- Manuscript on paper of Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid, 43 BC-AD 17), Heroides, 15 (Sappho Phaoni), and Epistola Phaonis ad Sappho, a response by an anonymous humanist to Heroides.
- Topics:
- Epistolary poetry, Latin (Medieval and modern)
Latin letters
Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library - Topics:
- Ovid,--43 B.C.-17 or 18 A.D
- Language:
- Latin
- Genre:
- Manuscripts
Rubrics - Format:
- Text
- Content Type:
- Archives or Manuscripts
- 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.
- Access Restrictions:
- Public
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 780
- Orbis Record:
- 9883275
- Yale Collection:
- Beinecke Library
- Digital Collection:
- General Collection, BRBL, Yale University
- oid pointer:
- 10512366
- Citation:
- Ovid and Pseudo-Ovid. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
- Extent of digitization:
- Complete work digitized.
- OID:
- 10512091
- PID:
- digcoll:3782734
