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Beinecke MS 182 Spain, s. XV/XVI
Herodian, Sp. tr. Diego Guillen de Avila
1. f. 1r Title page, in a modern hand; ff. 1v-3v a prologue "en el que
se registra un dialogo entre la Reina Isabel de Castilla y el Marques
de Villena". f. 4r-v blank
2. ff. 5r-112r Siguise la epistola de angelo policiano al papa
ynocencio octabo et la traducion de la estoria de erodiano del griego
en latyn la qual diego Guillen de avila...traslado de latin a
Romance...[preface:] Capitulo primero. Estando yo agora en Roma agora
ha tres anos...[heading for Book I, f. 6r:] Libro primero de la ystoria
de errodiano...[text:] Aquellos que las cosas antiguas declararon a los
venjideros [?] y qui se estudiaron...al ymperio Romano siendo por todos
[?] declarado princeps. f. 112v blank.
Unpublished translation by Diego Guillen de Avila (active 1487-
1516), from Politian's Latin translation of Herodian.
Paper (sturdy; watermarks somewhat similar to Briquet Main 10793),
ff. i (paper) + 113 + i (paper), 300 x 205 (235 x 110) mm.; deckle
edges appear on some folios. Not ruled.
Bound too tightly for accurate collation. Catchwords (rare) below
written space, at right.
Written by three scribes, in gothic cursive (cortesana) script.
Scribe 1 (ff. 1v-3v) uses a large, sprawling hand; Scribe 2 (ff. 5r-
86v) a compact, regular one; Scribe 3 (ff. 87r-112r) a large and
sprawling one.
Binding: s. xix. Worn red velvet with 2 brass clasp-and-catch
fastenings.
Written in Spain in the late 15th or early 16th century. Early
provenance unknown. Bought from Park Bernet's (30 Nov. 1948, no. 348)
by Thomas E. Marston (bookplate); his gift to Yale in 1951.
Bibliography: Faye and Bond, p. 37, no. 182.
Barbara A. Shailor