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Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from Boston Public Library (8444673, MS f Med.22)
| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
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| English | De re militari]. (DS3340) |
Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from Boston Public Library (8444673, MS f Med.22) |
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28 November 2023
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De re militari].
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Vegetius Renatus, Flavius
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Barrois, Joseph, approximately 1785-1855
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Ashburnham, Bertram Ashburnham, Earl of, 1797-1878
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Cockerell, Sydney Carlyle, Sir, 1867-1962
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Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)--Italy
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Rome--Army--Early works to 1800
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Manuscripts, Medieval--Massachusetts--Boston
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Military art and science--Rome--Early works to 1800
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Military art and science--History
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Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)--Massachusetts--Boston
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ca. 1450
15. century
1450Gregorian
1450Gregorian
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Extent: 70 leaves : parchment ; 245 x 170 (148 x 93 mm), in box 28 cm
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Ms. codex.
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Title supplied by cataloger.
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Bibliographic record created by BPL staff based on description by Dr. Lisa Fagin Davis.
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Secundo folio: Incipit prologus primi libri.
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Collation: Parchment, fol. ii (paper and vellum) + 70 + ii (paper) ; 1-710 ; vertical catchwords in lower right corner, final verso of each quire. Contemporary Roman numerals in red ink, upper right corner of each recto, begins with "I" on fol. 2, so reaches LXIX instead of LXX.
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Layout: One column, 26 lines. Bounding and writing lines in light plummet.
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Script: Written in a humanistic bookhand in black ink with red rubrics.
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Decoration: 3-line blue or red epigraphic capitals opening each book; 14-line initial "P" on fol. 1 in gold with white-vine infill on colors, armorial medallion in lower margin in same scheme.
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Binding: 19th-century red velvet over pasteboards, paper pastedowns and endleaves, title gilt on leather spine-label, "VEGETIUS/DE RE/ MILITARI/ M.S. IN/ MEMBRANIS," all edges gilt. Housed in a tan cloth clamshell box.
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Origin: Written in Italy in the mid-15th century.
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Provenance: Effaced arms of early owner in a medallion in the lower margin of fol. 1, effaced object (a tower?) on azure to which are attached two ribbons argent; scraped inscription in the upper margin of fol. 1, not legible under ultra-violet light but possibly 17th-century; owned by Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Barrois (1784-1855), his 1849 sale (no. 102, with Ashburnham's green Barrois-collection...
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Immediate source of acquisition: Ashburnham sale, Sotheby's London, 10 June 1901, lot 599 (lot number written inside front cove) to Sydney Cockerell for the Boston Public Library (BPL bookplate inside front cover, embossed on fol. 1, Cockerell's notes inside front cover).
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Call number: MS f Med.22.
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Former call number: MS G.38.21.
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Bibliography: Zoltan Haraszti, "Medieval Manuscripts in the Library," More Books III (1928): 67 (this description pasted inside front cover)
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4 December 2023
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