(Q6484)
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Rhetorica ad Herennium.
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Ascherson, Charles Stephen, 1877-1945
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Manuscripts, Medieval--Kansas--Lawrence
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[between 1401-1415]
15. century
1401Gregorian
1415Gregorian
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Extent: 82 leaves : parchment, illuminations ; 309 x 219 (165 x 95) mm bound to 320 x 225 mm
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Title from spine (added later): "Cicero Rhetorica Ms Saec XIV"
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Manuscript codex
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Collation: ii (parchment) + 82 (parchment) + ii (parchment): 1-8¹⁰ + 9².
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Foliation: Two sets of modern foliation in pencil: in lower left corner (2-84; begins with 2 on folio 1r and ends on first back flyleaf) and in upper right corner (1-82). The description follows the modern foliation in pencil in upper right corner.
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Catchwords: Horizontal catchwords at center on folios 10v, 20v, 30v, 40v, 50v, 60v, 70v, 80v.
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Layout: Written in 23 long lines, below top line. Ruled in light brown/red ink, with inner and outer vertical bounding lines in lead.
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Script: Written by a single hand in Gothic rotunda.
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Decoration: A 5-line foliate initial E with a three-quarter foliate border on folio 1r; 1- to 3-line initials in red with red penwork, blue with red penwork, plain red or plain blue; paragraph marks in alternating red and blue; empty shield on folio 1r; space left for decoration on folio 12v.
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Binding: Modern. Bound in 1931 by Douglas Cockerell & Son for Charles Stephen Ascherson. Debossed binder's name in middle of tail edge of inside back cover: "D. C. & Son 1931." Bound in full brown leather with two concentric gold- and blind-tooled frames and a circle in middle. Five raised bands. Green endbands. Parchment doublures on inside covers are lifting.
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Origin: Probably written in Italy in the early fifteenth century.
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Former shelfmark: MS BK Z17
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Shelfmark: Lawrence, University of Kansas, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, MS E17
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In good condition except for some minor water damage on the fore-edge, especially in the last three quires. The beginnings of books are signaled by a later hand in upper margins ("liber secu[n]dus" on folios 12v and 13r; "lib[er] [tertius]" on folios 33v and 34r; "lib[er] [quartus]" on folio 48r). Very few contemporary corrections, possibly by the scribe themself.
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Early history of the manuscript is unknown. From the collection of Charles Stephen Ascherson: his bookplate pasted on inside of front cover, reading "Ex Libris C. S. Ascherson" in capital letters. The manuscript was purchased by Ascherson at the 1931 Sotheby's sale: purchase recorded on upper part of bookplate in pencil: "Sotheby London [?] 17.2.1931." The manuscript was later offered for sale...
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5 September 2023
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5 September 2023
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