Digital Medieval Manuscripts at Houghton Library
Bibliography for Harvard University, Houghton Library,
MS Riant 79
This bibliography was compiled by Julia Schlozman, Justin Stover and Joshua O’Driscoll.
Please be advised that some links may require Harvard ID and PIN.
HOLLIS
P. Riant. “Inventaire sommaire des manuscripts relatifs à l’histoire et à la géographie de l’Orient Latin.” Archives de l’Orient Latin II (Paris: E. Leroux, 1881-4), 131-204. MS cited 202.
Listed as “Guillaume Postel, Histoire des expéditions de Gaulois en Asie” in an inventory of manuscripts relating to the Latin Orient owned by Riant.
Available online (Link). HOLLIS
L. de Germon et L. Polain. Catalogue de la Bibliothèque de feu M. le Comte Riant. Paris: A Picard, 1896-99. MS cited in v. II, part I, p. LIX, no. 79.
Brief description of manuscript’s contents, as well as notes on the physical properties and approximate date of the manuscript.
Available online (Link). HOLLIS
Seymour de Ricci, with the assistance of W. J. Wilson. Census of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the United States and Canada. New York: H. W. Wilson, 1935-1940. (Reprint 1961). MS cited vol. 1, p. 1007.
Brief description, containing much of the same information as in the Riant catalogue, as well as an additional brief note on provenance. HOLLIS
Paul Oskar Kristeller, Iter Italicum: A Finding List of Uncatalogued or Incompletely Catalogued Humanistic Manuscripts of the Renaissance in Italian and other Libraries. London: Warburg Institute; Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1963–97. MS cited in v. V, p. 230.
Accessible through Iter: Gateway to the Middle Ages and Renaissance, a “subscribers only” database. To search the database, connect to: Iter Italicum and search by Houghton Library, Riant Collection. (Link) HOLLIS
