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@@ Property / title as recorded: De re militari]. / rank @@
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@@ Property / associated name as recorded @@
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@@ Property / material as recorded @@
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+Title supplied by cataloger.
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+Normal rank
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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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+Normal rank
@@ Property / note @@
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@@ Property / note @@
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@@ Property / note @@
+Script: Written in a humanistic bookhand in black ink with red rubrics.
+Normal rank
@@ Property / note @@
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+Normal rank
@@ Property / note @@
+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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@@ Property / note @@
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+Normal rank
@@ Property / note @@
+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...
+Normal rank
@@ Property / note @@
+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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@@ Property / note @@
+Call number: MS f Med.22.
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+Normal rank
@@ Property / note @@
+Former call number: MS G.38.21.
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@@ Property / note @@
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Latest revision as of 19:21, 10 October 2024

Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from Boston Public Library (8444673, MS f Med.22)

Language	Label	Description	Also known as
English	De re militari]. (DS3340)	Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from Boston Public Library (8444673, MS f Med.22)

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described manuscript

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28 November 2023

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title as recorded

De re militari].

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associated name as recorded

Vegetius Renatus, Flavius

role in authority file

name in authority file

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Barrois, Joseph, approximately 1785-1855

role in authority file

name in authority file

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Ashburnham, Bertram Ashburnham, Earl of, 1797-1878

role in authority file

name in authority file

Bertram Ashburnham, 4th Earl of Ashburnham

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Cockerell, Sydney Carlyle, Sir, 1867-1962

role in authority file

name in authority file

Sydney Cockerell

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genre as recorded

Manuscripts, Latin--Italy

term in authority file

Manuscripts, Latin

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Decorated initials

term in authority file

decorated initials

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Humanistic scripts

term in authority file

humanistic scripts

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Inscriptions

term in authority file

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Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)--Italy

term in authority file

Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)

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Embossed stamps

term in authority file

Embossed stamps

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Manuscripts, Medieval--Italy

term in authority file

Manuscripts, Medieval

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Velvet bindings

term in authority file

Velvet bindings

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subject as recorded

Rome--Army--Early works to 1800

term in authority file

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Manuscripts, Medieval--Massachusetts--Boston

term in authority file

Manuscripts, Medieval

Massachusetts--Boston

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Military art and science--Rome--Early works to 1800

term in authority file

Military art and science

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Military history, Medieval

term in authority file

Military history, Medieval

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Military art and science--History

term in authority file

Military art and science

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Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)--Massachusetts--Boston

term in authority file

Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)

Massachusetts--Boston

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language as recorded

In Latin

language in authority file

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production date as recorded

ca. 1450

15. century

production century in authority file

fifteenth century (dates CE)

1450^Gregorian

1450^Gregorian

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production place as recorded

Italy]

place in authority file

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physical description

Extent: 70 leaves : parchment ; 245 x 170 (148 x 93 mm), in box 28 cm

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material as recorded

parchment

material in authority file

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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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date last updated

4 December 2023

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https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/4168bm13f/manifest

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