Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
Folger Shakespeare Library Digital Image Collection
Source Creator:
Magno, Alessandro, 1538-1576, attributed name.
Source Title:
Account of Alessandro Magno’s journeys to Cyprus, Egypt, Spain, England, Flanders, Germany and Brescia [manuscript], 1557-1565.
Source Created or Published:
1557-1565
Physical Description:
fol. 167 verso - 168 recto
Source Call Number:
V.a.259
Digital Image File Name:
2795
Digital Image Type:
FSL collection
Hamnet Bib ID:
243918
Hamnet Holdings ID:
309015
HAMNET CATALOG RECORD:
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Creator (Hamnet):
Magno, Alessandro, 1538-1576, attributed name.
Title (Hamnet):
Account of Alessandro Magno's journeys to Cyprus, Egypt, Spain, England, Flanders, Germany and Brescia [manuscript], 1557-1565.
Physical Description (Hamnet):
[2], 246 leaves : ill. ; 20 x 15 cm.
Notes (Hamnet):
In Italian.
Notes (Hamnet):
The author was a Venetian merchant and in this volume he describes in some detail with occasional illustrations: life on board ship, the places he visits, the topography, the customs of the people, their history, besides his own business, prices of merchandise, etc. The account of London includes a description of bear and horse baiting; that of Brescia a fiesta and its tournament.
Notes (Hamnet):
The attribution of the authorship to Magno suggests itself from several references, e.g. one on leaf 81. See F.L. Lane's article in A.H.R., April 1940. "Raccolta dal ... Francesco Attar nobile Ciprio" suggests Attar as another, or possibly a part, author, (leaf 58v).
Notes (Hamnet):
Manuscript end in the middle of a sentence.
Notes (Hamnet):
A fair copy?
Notes (Hamnet):
End papers made in Amalfi.
Notes (Hamnet):
See: Voyage à Chypre, description de cette île et d'autres voyages jusquáu retour à Venise . . . / Alessandro Magno ; mémoire présenté en vue du diplôme de l'E.P.H.E. par Wilfred Naar, 1999 (D913 .M34 1999), which is a transcription and translation of Folger Shakespeare Library Manuscript V.a.259 from Italian into French, with critical material in French.
Citations (Hamnet):
Ricci, S. de. Medieval and Renaissance mss., 1317.1
Provenance (Hamnet):
Walter Sneyd MS.
Subject (Hamnet):
Cyprus -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800 -- Manuscripts.
Subject (Hamnet):
Egypt -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800 -- Manuscripts.
Subject (Hamnet):
Spain -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800 -- Manuscripts.
Subject (Hamnet):
Great Britain -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800 -- Manuscripts.
Subject (Hamnet):
London (England) -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800 -- Manuscripts.
Subject (Hamnet):
Brescia (Italy) -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800 -- Manuscripts.
Subject (Hamnet):
Venice (Italy) -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800 -- Manuscripts.
Subject (Hamnet):
Holy Roman Empire -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800 -- Manuscripts.
Subject (Hamnet):
Sports -- 16th century -- Manuscripts.
Subject (Hamnet):
Manuscripts, Italian -- 16th century.
Subject (Hamnet):
Drawings -- 16th century -- Manuscripts.
Associated Name (Hamnet):
Attar, Francesco.
Associated Name (Hamnet):
Sneyd, Walter, 1809-1888, former owner.
Call Number (Hamnet):
V.a.259

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