Romuleon]. (DS3344) (Q16814)
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Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from Boston Public Library (8444677, MS f Med.25)
| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | Romuleon]. (DS3344) |
Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from Boston Public Library (8444677, MS f Med.25) |
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28 November 2023
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Romuleon].
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Benvenutus, de Imola, -1387 or 1388
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Labbey-de-Billy, Nicholas Antoine, 1753-1825
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Ashburnham, Bertram Ashburnham, Earl of, 1797-1878
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Barrois, Joseph, approximately 1785-1855
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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--History--Republic, 265-30 B.C--Historiography
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Manuscripts, Medieval--Massachusetts--Boston
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Rome--History--Empire, 30 B.C.-476 A.D--Historiography
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Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)--Massachusetts--Boston
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between 1425 and 1450
15. century
1425Gregorian
1450Gregorian
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Extent: 153 leaves : paper ; 300 x 224 (225 x 170) mm bound to 31 cm
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Ms. codex.
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Bibliographic record created by BPL staff based on description by Dr. Lisa Fagin Davis.
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Secundo folio: Anibal ex indigatione...
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Collation: Paper, with watermarks as follows: three round-peaked mountains within a circle, similar to Briquet 11851; scissors similar to Briquet 3682 (associated with Genoa); and the letter "M," similar to Briquet 8353 (associated with Genoa and Florence), vellum guards on innermost bifolia ; fol. i (paper) + 153 ; 1-1410 1510+2 (fol. 151-152 are tipped-in singletons, 162 (final leaf) used as...
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Layout: Two columns, 48 lines. Bounding and writing lines in light plummet.
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Script: Written in a humanistic cursive in brown ink with rubrics in brown ink in margin.
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Decoration: Sentence initials stroked yellow; books begin with 2- to 4-line red epigraphic capitals with brown filigree penwork, those on fol. 1 and 11 slightly larger; chapters begin with 2-line epigraphic capitals. Brown and/or red penwork birds on fol. 34, 58, 64 and 93v, nota bene marks throughout.
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Binding: 18th-century mottled paper over pasteboard, vellum spine, title handwritten in Italian: "ROMUL/EON/ [ ]entone/ storia/ Romana/ Manoscritto." Front flyleaf and pastedown are contemporary with the present binding; final flyleaf and conjugate pastedown are original.
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Origin: Written in northern Italy in the second quarter of the fifteenth century (the paper stock is localizable to that region during that period)
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Provenance: Purchased in Italy by Nicolas-Antoine Labbey de Billy (1735-1825), his round armorial stamp on fol. 1 ("Bibliotheca Billiana"). Labbey de Billy moved to Italy after the French revolution, where his manuscript collection was sold in Besançon in 1826. The French notes on fol. i may be in his hand. Owned by Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Barrois (1784-1855), his 1849 sale (no. 482) to Bertram...
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Immediate source of acquisition: Purchased at the Ashburnham sale, Sotheby's London, 10 June 1901, lot 523 (lot number written inside front cover) to Sydney Cockerell for the Boston Public Library (BPL bookplate inside front cover, embossed on fol. 1 and 2, Cockerell's notes inside front cover).
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Call number: MS f Med.25.
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Former call number: MS G.31.70.
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Bibliography: Zoltan Haraszti, "Medieval Manuscripts in The Library," More Books III (1928): 67. On Labbey de Billy, see A. Caston, Catalogue des incunables de la Bibliothèque de Besançon (Besançon, 1893): 5-6, note 4; see also Catalogue des livres et manuscrits de la bibliotheque de feu M. Labbey de Billy (Besancon: Charles Deis, 1826)
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4 December 2023
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