Beinecke MS 499               Italy, s. XVII
Chronicles of Pisa

1.  ff. 1r-44r  [Heading:]  Pisa fu edifichata da lo re pelonope di romania.
[text:]  Sichondo che noi ritrouiamo nellantiche istorie anti scritture...li
buoni pisani i grandi minacci e la mala intentione de fiorentini.  f. 44v-45r
blank

     Chronicle of Pisa.  Beinecke MS 499 follows approximately the text published
in G. D. Manzi, ed., "Chronicon Pisanum ab urbe condita ad a. 1342," Stephani
Baluzii tutelensis miscellanea novo ordine digesta et non paucis ineditis
monumentis...(Lucca, 1761) v. 1, Appendix, pp. 448-56, but contains some
material (e.g., ff. 42r-44r) not in printed text, and some sections of MS 499
are arranged in a different order of presentation.

2.  ff. 45v-169r  [Note, f. 45v:]  Questi Annali che seguno apparisano fatti
da un certo Rinieri Sardi Cittadino Pisano...[text, f. 46r:]  In principio creo
Iddio Cielo e Terra e tutte quelle cose che per lui furon fatte e ordinate...il
dogio al ducha di melano la citta di genoua et si fu in domenicha.  Amen.
Amen.  ff. 169v-170v blank except for the contents written in pencil on f. 170r

     Chronicle of Pisa, covering the years from creation to 1400, with the
Chronicle of Ranieri Sardo beginning at 1355; the final paragraph, dealing with
1422, was added by a later continuator after Sardo's death.  O. Banti, ed.,
Cronica di Pisa di Ranieri Sardo, Fonti per la storia d'Italia 99 (Rome,
1963) pp. 1-299; MS 499 not used.

     Paper (deckle edges; watermarks:  unidentified sun within circle, in gutter),
ff. 1 (paper) + 170 + i (paper), 284 x 213 (ff. 1-44:  250 x 160; ff. 46-169:
250 x 175) mm.  Single vertical bounding lines ruled in hard point.
     Collation impossible due to tight binding; catchwords for every leaf, recto
and verso.
     Binding:  s. xix.  Vellum spine and fore-edge strip, with gold tooling on
spine and dark red label:  "Cronica Pisano./ 1342/ Annali di Pisa./ 1422/ MS."
Marbled paper sides.

Written in Italy in the 17th century; early modern provenance unknown. Belonged
to Frederick North, 5th Earl of Guilford (1766-1827; armorial bookplate; label
missing from spine; no. 181 in Cochrane's catalogue, number in pencil inside
back cover) from whom it was acquired by Sir Thomas Phillipps (no. 6377).
Purchased from A. G. Thomas in May 1970 as the gift of Edwin J.
Beinecke.

Barbara A. Shailor