(Q10954)
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Burgess, Edward Sandford, 1855-1928
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Burgess, Julia
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Manuscripts, Latin (medieval and modern)
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Rome--History--Conspiracy of Catiline, 65-62 B.C
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Guerre de Jugurtha, 111-105 av. J.-C--Ouvrages avant 1800
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111-62 B.C
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Rome--Histoire--65-62 av. J.-C. (Conjuration de Catilina)
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Manuscrits médiévaux--Oregon--Eugene
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Manuscripts, Medieval--Oregon--Eugene
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Conspiracy of Catiline (Rome : 65-62 B.C.)
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Jugurthine War, 111-105 B.C--Early works to 1800
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between 1401 and 1450.
15. century
1401Gregorian
1450Gregorian
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Extent: 181 leaves : paper ; 148 x 215 mm bound to 150 x 220 mm.
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Three inscriptions of ownership: 1. Jacobo Baptista, an Augustinian of Prato, in 1454. "The manuscript therefore is earlier by some years than the first printed editions (Anderson Co.)" of 1465 and 1470. 2. Typed label on cover in Italian: "1. Cicerone de officiiis. 2. Sallustio, Catilinaria et jugurtina. Ms. cart. Lat. del sec. XV, non num. in carattere gotico con numerose note marginali, in...
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Manuscript codex.
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Title devised by cataloger.
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Collation: Quires of 12. No signatures or catchwords. Penciled folio numbers.
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Origin: Italy.
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Layout: Single column, 25-26 lines per page, ruled in lead or graphite. Pricking at some outer margins, penciled ruling, wide margins. Numerous interlinear and marginal annotations.
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Script: Rounded semi-Gothic minuscule in brown ink, annotations in 15th c. bookhand, and some in italic cursive.
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Paper: Watermarked wire-laid rag paper, poorly sized (some ink bleed). Watermark: a long cross bisecting two circles arranged vertically.
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Decoration: Lombardic capitals in same ink as text; occasional sketches in margins (pointing hand, sword). Some spaces left for initial letters that were not executed.
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Binding: Half parchment, covers have tan paper diapered with crescents and dots in brown. 5 sewing stations, sewn in very heavy thread.
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Shelfmark: Eugene, OR, Special Collections and University Archives, University of Oregon, MS 032.
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With poems between the books.
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Extensive marginal notes. The "early annotations" on f. 1r include: Scribbles in red pencil; a smudged contemporary Latin cursive paragraph in brown ink, apparently a scribal colophon: "este liber est mei...Philipoa Castri"?; a geometric monogram in brown ink with the letters "A, S, S[?], N, L, E, V"; other assorted notes and doodles in brown ink. On f. 1v, four lines in a different hand in...
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On first flyleaf, pasted newsprint description from "Davis and Orioli, Booksellers, 24 Museum Street, London": "1. Cicero--De Officiis, Salus, Bellum Catilinarium, Bellum Jugurthinum, MS XVth Century, £8. 4t. 181 leaves of paper. Italian MS. legibly written in semi-Gothic letters; long lines, twnety-five to the page, with numerous interlineal and marginal annotations in a minute 15th c. hand...
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Inside front cover pasted label: written in black ink, "Description for Catalogue made by New York Co: American Art Association, Anderson Galleries Inc., 1936." Typed description: "CICERO AND SALLUS. De officiis (by Cicero); de conjuratione Catilinae, bellum Jugurthinum (by Sallust). Manuscript written on 181 leaves of paper, (8 1/2 by 5 3/4 inches), in rounded semi-gothic minuscules. Small...
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24 September 2023
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24 September 2023
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