Reference files of Albinia de la Mare: 'Correspondence, lectures, reviews, Horace manuscripts [in Vatican City,] B[iblioteca] A[postolica] V[aticana], Alberti, early humanistic script', 1965-2001 and n.d. [c.1990-2001]
Comprises:
Folder 1: 'Stephen Oakley, letters, notes', correspondence with Dr. Stephen Oakley, Emmanuel College, Cambridge, and related papers, 1995-1998, concerning Livy manuscripts, Curtius, Vitruvius, Porphirio and other subjects
Folder 2: 'V. Brown', correspondence with Professor Virgina Brown, Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies, Toronto, and related papers, 1995-1998, concerning Vergil manuscripts, Beneventan grammatical manuscripts and other subjects
Folder 3: 'Michael Reeve', correspondence with Professor Michael Reeve, Pembroke College, Cambridge, and related papers, 1988-2001, concerning Vegetius manuscripts and other subjects
Folder 4: 'Miscellaneous letters', correspondence and related papers, 1987-2000, concerning subjects including
- Florence, Biblioteca Riccardiana, MS. 2432, with image and description (Gloria Allaire)
- Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Ital. 568, and Niccolini book stamps (P. Stirnemann)
- Milan, Capitolo Metropolitano, Perg. C / 17 / 295 (paste-downs) (M. Ferrari)
- Naples, Biblioteca Nazionale, S. Martino aggiunti 86 (Pseudo-Palaemon, from Royal Aragonese library), with images (M. Rosellini)
- list of manuscripts stolen from Piacenza, Biblioteca Comunale Passerini-Landi in 1985, 'not yet recovered June 1991': Landi no. 1, a miscellany of classical authors; 15; 52; 55; 86, Sallust, volgarizzamento; 144; 185, Tibullus, Horace; Piastrelli no. 41; 43; 321; Fondo Comunale no. 251; 262; Fondo Frati no. 50
- Harvard, Houghton Library, Richardson 16, and Budapest, Orszagos Széchényi Könyvtár, Clmae. 438 (Maria Gabriella Beltrami)
- London, British Library, Add. 8873 and a proposed cataloguing project at Columbia University (R. Somerville)
- manuscripts copied by Luigi di ser Michaelis: Florence, Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, Plut. 34. 33; 37. 2; Conv. soppr. 119; Florence, Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale, Banco rari 215 (Pal. 320); London, British Library, Harl. 2648; Paris, Bibliothèque de l'Arsenal 811; Vatican City, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Pal. Lat. 1491; Venice, Biblioteca Marciana , Lat. Z. 231 (1572) (Xavier van Binnebeke)
- Oxford, Bodleian Library, Gr. Class. d. 148 (B. Crostini Lappin)
- Pietro del Monte manuscripts (Rundle)
- manuscripts of Vespasiano's Vite (Schiller)
- London, British Library, Add. 57911 (Suetonius) (description by Laura [Nuvoloni])
Folder 5: 'Horace Xeroxes and notes', papers relating to a review of M. Buonocore, Codices Horatiani in Bibliotheca Apostolica Vaticana (Bibliotheca Vaticana, 1992) by de la Mare, Jan 1994 and n.d. [c.1994]
Folder 6: 'Alberti Conference, Lecture notes', papers relating to 'L'Edizione Critica e il Commento di Tutti gli Scritti di Leon Battista Alberti, Quarto Convegno, Ecdotica, Codici, Copisti', San Gimignano, Feb 2001, Feb 2001 and n.d. [c.2001], including
- biographical notes on Alberti
- a detailed description of Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS. Canon. Misc. 172 (works of Alberti)
- handouts relating to lectures given by Lucia Bertolini (on 'la redazione volgare del De pictura' and 'la silloge fiorentina delle opere volgari': Florence, Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale, II. IV. 38, with images), Vuilleumier, Roberto Cardini, Elisabetta Arfanotti (on the script of Pietro Barozzi), and Carlotta Burroni, annotated by de la Mare
Folder 7: papers relating to a lecture, 'I primi anni della scrittura umanistica', given by de la Mare at the seminar, 'Il Rinnovamento Umanistico. La riforma della trasmissione del sapere. I. Scritture e libro. Da Petrarca ad Aldo', San Gimignano, 25-26 Jun 1999, 1988-1999, including
- draft of lecture and related images
- notes on Padua, Biblioteca Capitolare, MS. E. 4 (Pontifical of bishop Pietro Barozzi, scribe Antonio da Salla, 'documented')
- handouts relating to contributions to the seminar by other speakers
Folder 8: correspondence and papers, 1965-2001 and n.d. [c.1990], including
- 'Bartolomeo Sanvito Manuscripts: Revised Checklist, September 1987 with updating'
- notebook containing teaching notes and short notes on manuscripts in the Royal Collection of the British Library, in particular with references to the redating of Royal. 11 B. XIII; 11. D. II; 11. D. IX; and a longer note on 10 D. VIII; book-mark in Royal 11 D. VII; primitive leaf signatures; John Wyclif
Dates
- Creation: 1965-2001 and n.d. [c.1990-2001]
Extent
1 box (5 folders)
Language of Materials
- English
Shelfmark
MS. 18746/170
Former reference:
Archive A. C. de la Mare, sect. II., cont. LIII
Creator
- From the Collection: de la Mare | Albinia Catherine | 1932-2001 | librarian and palaeographer (Person)
Repository Details
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