(Q52099)
Statements
De officiis ; De amicitia ; De senectute ; Paradoxa
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Opera philosophica. Selections
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Cicero, Marcus Tullius, 106 B.C.-43 B.C.
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ca. 1450
15. century
1425Gregorian
1475Gregorian
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Extent: 96 leaves : paper ; 243 x 171 (165 x 100) mm. bound to 251 x 177 mm.
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Ms. codex.
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Fols. 52, 79v-82v, 89-96 are blank but ruled.
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Original foliation appears in the lower left corner of the verso side, although many of the numerals have been trimmed away. The foliation begins anew with f. 53 and reaches "26" on f. 78v (the last full page of De senectute). Thereafter the only fully discernible numeral is "45", which appears on f. 87v.
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A note on f. 30v in a modern hand (in ink traced over pencil) observes that some of the folios have been bound incorrectly, and the modern foliation has taken the error into account: hence, the folios are numbered 1-30, 36-40, 31-35, 41-96. (This corresponds with the original foliation.) The same note was begun in pencil on f. 36r (the page facing f. 30v) but was then erased (imperfectly...
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Written by A. Archipresbyter Conchensis (f. 51v).
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Layout: 39 long lines; ruled.
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Script: Gothic textual.
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Decoration: Illuminated initials with gold leaf and sprays of foliate decoration in the borders appear at the beginning of each book. Red and blue fourished intials throughout.
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Binding: 15th cent., Spanish wooden boards and stamped calf; remains of brass clasps on cover. The spine is broken; a label running along its length, now partly illegible, reads "...Tullius de Offic."
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Origin: Probably written in Spain, ca. 1450.
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Provenance: Arms of first owner (quarterly: 1-4 argent three fesses azure, 2-3 or (?) a tree vert). Obtained in Paris in winter of 1885-86 by George Lincoln Burr for A.D. White. Received by the White Library in 1891.
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Former shelfmark: MSS Bd. Rare P C564 A4
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Related shelfmark: MS B.5 (De Ricci)
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3 September 2024
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3 September 2024
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