SOLINUS, Caius Iulius (fl. 3rd century), Collectanea rerum memorabilium , in Latin, ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT ON VELLUM , [Naples, c.1475].
SOLINUS, Caius Iulius (fl. 3rd century), Collectanea rerum memorabilium , in Latin, ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT ON VELLUM , [Naples, c.1475]. 243 x 165mm. 188 leaves, COMPLETE , catchwords and illuminator’s instructions survive, ruled page: 145 x 75mm. FIFTY-ONE WHITE VINE INITIALS , one hundred and eighty small decorated initials, TWO FOLIATE BORDERS , one full-page interlaced with peacocks and rabbits with putti holding the coat of arms of FERDINAND I OF ARAGON, KING OF NAPLES (some oxidisation to putti in full-page border, else in pristine condition). 19th-century red velvet binding by Charles Lewis (spine lightly rubbed). Red slipcase. A PRISTINE HUMANIST MANUSCRIPT OF EXCEPTIONAL BEAUTY FROM THE NEAPOLITAN LIBRARY OF THE KINGS OF ARAGON. PROVENANCE : (1) Illuminated by Cola Rapicano and likely written by Giovanni Marco Cinico for FERDINAND I OF ARAGON, KING OF NAPLES (1423-1494): his coat of arms and emblems in the margins. Two copies of this Solinus text are listed in De Marinis: one, ‘Solinus de mirabilibus mundi, cubierto de pergamino’ is no 510 in a list of codices left in 1550 to the convent of San Miguel de los Reyes in Valencia by Ferdinand of Aragon, prince of Taranto, eldest son of the last Aragonese king of Naples Ferdinand III — in all likelihood this is Valencia, Biblioteca Històrica BH Ms. 614 (T. De Marinis, La biblioteca napoletana dei re d'Aragona , Milan, 1952, II, p.207). The second and most probable match with the present manuscript — ‘Solinus de mirabilibus mundi’ — is no 198 in an inventory from c.1508-1513 by Fabio Vigile of Spoleto found in codex Vaticanus lat. 7134, ff.255-259v, itself a copy of the lost original inventory of Aragonese codices sent to Lorenzo de’ Medici from Naples (T. De Marinis, II, p.197). (2) HENRY GEE BARNARD (1789-1858) of South Cave, his bookplate on upper cover. (3) ALLAN HAYWOOD BRIGHT , letter addressed to him. As with other manuscripts in this sale, it may be that Bright was gifted the present manuscript by Henry Yates Thompson (1838-1928): a Book of Hours now at the British Library and illuminated by Cola Rapicano (Yates Thompson 6) also belonged to Henry Gee Barnard before passing to Yates Thompson. The previous documented owner of Yates Thompson 6 was Gioacchino Guasconi (1438-1521), a Florentine representative of Lorenzo de’ Medici in the Kingdom of Naples. It seems possible, therefore, that the present manuscript may also have followed the same line of provenance from the Aragonese court to Florence and perhaps Guasconi and Lorenzo de' Medici, and then to Henry Gee Barnard and Yates Thompson. CONTENT : Solinus, Collectanea rerum memorabilium : dedication to Aventinus and list of chapters ff.1-6v, Chapters I-L, ff.7-188. The text of the manuscript is the Collectanea rerum memorabilium (also known as the De mirabilibus mundi , and, more straightforwardly Polyhistor ) of Caius Iulius Solinus. A chorographical catalogue of curiosities in the form of a potted history of the ancient world, borrowing from Pliny’s Naturalis Historia and Pomponius Mela’s De situ orbis , the work proved extremely popular throughout the middle ages and the Renaissance. ILLUMINATION : The illumination of this striking copy of the 3rd-century Latin grammarian and compiler Solinus’s Collectanea rerum memorabilium is attributable to Cola Rapicano the official illuminator to the Aragon court in Naples from 1451 to 1488. His earliest securely identified and documented work is the copy of Andrea Contario’s Obiurgatio in Platonis calumniatorum of 1471 (Paris, BnF, Ms lat.12947), written by Giovanni Marco Cinico with whom he collaborated on more than one occasion. Each chapter of the present manuscript is preceded by intricate white-vine initials of Florentine inspiration but Neapolitan execution so characteristic of Cola’s style, and the hooded-eyed, angular-buttocked little putti in the borders of the opening leaf of the text are clearly related to the lively protagonists in the BnF manuscrip
SOLINUS, Caius Iulius (fl. 3rd century), Collectanea rerum memorabilium , in Latin, ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT ON VELLUM , [Naples, c.1475].
SOLINUS, Caius Iulius (fl. 3rd century), Collectanea rerum memorabilium , in Latin, ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT ON VELLUM , [Naples, c.1475]. 243 x 165mm. 188 leaves, COMPLETE , catchwords and illuminator’s instructions survive, ruled page: 145 x 75mm. FIFTY-ONE WHITE VINE INITIALS , one hundred and eighty small decorated initials, TWO FOLIATE BORDERS , one full-page interlaced with peacocks and rabbits with putti holding the coat of arms of FERDINAND I OF ARAGON, KING OF NAPLES (some oxidisation to putti in full-page border, else in pristine condition). 19th-century red velvet binding by Charles Lewis (spine lightly rubbed). Red slipcase. A PRISTINE HUMANIST MANUSCRIPT OF EXCEPTIONAL BEAUTY FROM THE NEAPOLITAN LIBRARY OF THE KINGS OF ARAGON. PROVENANCE : (1) Illuminated by Cola Rapicano and likely written by Giovanni Marco Cinico for FERDINAND I OF ARAGON, KING OF NAPLES (1423-1494): his coat of arms and emblems in the margins. Two copies of this Solinus text are listed in De Marinis: one, ‘Solinus de mirabilibus mundi, cubierto de pergamino’ is no 510 in a list of codices left in 1550 to the convent of San Miguel de los Reyes in Valencia by Ferdinand of Aragon, prince of Taranto, eldest son of the last Aragonese king of Naples Ferdinand III — in all likelihood this is Valencia, Biblioteca Històrica BH Ms. 614 (T. De Marinis, La biblioteca napoletana dei re d'Aragona , Milan, 1952, II, p.207). The second and most probable match with the present manuscript — ‘Solinus de mirabilibus mundi’ — is no 198 in an inventory from c.1508-1513 by Fabio Vigile of Spoleto found in codex Vaticanus lat. 7134, ff.255-259v, itself a copy of the lost original inventory of Aragonese codices sent to Lorenzo de’ Medici from Naples (T. De Marinis, II, p.197). (2) HENRY GEE BARNARD (1789-1858) of South Cave, his bookplate on upper cover. (3) ALLAN HAYWOOD BRIGHT , letter addressed to him. As with other manuscripts in this sale, it may be that Bright was gifted the present manuscript by Henry Yates Thompson (1838-1928): a Book of Hours now at the British Library and illuminated by Cola Rapicano (Yates Thompson 6) also belonged to Henry Gee Barnard before passing to Yates Thompson. The previous documented owner of Yates Thompson 6 was Gioacchino Guasconi (1438-1521), a Florentine representative of Lorenzo de’ Medici in the Kingdom of Naples. It seems possible, therefore, that the present manuscript may also have followed the same line of provenance from the Aragonese court to Florence and perhaps Guasconi and Lorenzo de' Medici, and then to Henry Gee Barnard and Yates Thompson. CONTENT : Solinus, Collectanea rerum memorabilium : dedication to Aventinus and list of chapters ff.1-6v, Chapters I-L, ff.7-188. The text of the manuscript is the Collectanea rerum memorabilium (also known as the De mirabilibus mundi , and, more straightforwardly Polyhistor ) of Caius Iulius Solinus. A chorographical catalogue of curiosities in the form of a potted history of the ancient world, borrowing from Pliny’s Naturalis Historia and Pomponius Mela’s De situ orbis , the work proved extremely popular throughout the middle ages and the Renaissance. ILLUMINATION : The illumination of this striking copy of the 3rd-century Latin grammarian and compiler Solinus’s Collectanea rerum memorabilium is attributable to Cola Rapicano the official illuminator to the Aragon court in Naples from 1451 to 1488. His earliest securely identified and documented work is the copy of Andrea Contario’s Obiurgatio in Platonis calumniatorum of 1471 (Paris, BnF, Ms lat.12947), written by Giovanni Marco Cinico with whom he collaborated on more than one occasion. Each chapter of the present manuscript is preceded by intricate white-vine initials of Florentine inspiration but Neapolitan execution so characteristic of Cola’s style, and the hooded-eyed, angular-buttocked little putti in the borders of the opening leaf of the text are clearly related to the lively protagonists in the BnF manuscrip
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