Beinecke MS 149                                                       Italy, s. XV^^ex
Xenophon, De venatione, Lat. tr. Leonicenus Omnibonus

          ff. 1r-28v    [Incorrect title, in a later hand:] Xenophontis de
     Venatione Libellus Francisco Aretino Interprete Ad Malatestam Novellum
     [followed by dedicatory epistle to John Tiptoft:] [N]uper legebam
     princeps Illustrissime. Xenephontis de uenatione libellum in quo...[text begins:]
     [V]enatio et canes deorum inuentio fuit apollinis atque diane...Verum
     etiam foemine quibus haec deus tradidit. Ut diana athlanta procris et
     si qua alia fuit. Finis.

          Xenophon's De venatione translated into Latin by Leonicenus
     Omnibonus and preceded by a dedicatory epistle to John Tiptoft;
     Xenophontis philosophi et historici clarissimi opera...(Basil, 1534)
     pp. 217-32.

          Paper (highly polished; watermarks similar in design to Briquet
     Oiseau 12127), ff. i (paper) + 28 + i (paper), 210 x 140 (130 x 95) mm.
     Written in 22 long lines; frame-ruled in lead on one side of each
     bifolium, with horizontal bounding lines full across; prickings in
     upper and lower margins.
          I^^12, II^^16. Catchword (first gathering) in center of lower
     margin; first leaves of each quire signed with Roman numerals in lower
     right corner.
          Written in a well formed italic by a single scribe.
          Spaces left for rubrics and initials.
          Binding: s. xix. Paper case with paste paper sides. Rebound in
     Yale Conservation Studio in 1982.

          Written in Italy at the end of the 15th century; early provenance
     unknown. Belonged to C. F. G. R. Schwerdt (bookplate; see his catalogue
     Hunting Hawking Shooting [London, 1928] v. 2, p. 355); his sale
     (Sotheby's, 12 Mar. 1946, no. 2253) to Goldschmidt's, from whom it was
     acquired by David Wagstaff (bookplate); presented to Yale in 1946 by
     Mrs. David Wagstaff.

     secundo folio: [V]enatio et canes

     Bibliography: Faye and Bond, p. 35, no. 149.

     Barbara A. Shailor