Vita Bruti (DS9911) (Q43737)
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Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens (.b18621430, https://catalog.huntington.org/record=b1862143, mssHM 1029)
- Brutus
| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
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| English | Vita Bruti (DS9911) |
Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens (.b18621430, https://catalog.huntington.org/record=b1862143, mssHM 1029) |
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Brutus
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Guarino, Veronese, 1374-1460
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Drury, Henry, 1778-1841
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Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, 1792-1872
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Brutus, Marcus Junius, 85 B.C.?-42 B.C.
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Dion, approximately 408 B.C.-354 B.C.
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between 1440 and 1460
15. century
1440Gregorian
1460Gregorian
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Extent: ff. 24 : paper ; 200 x 275 mm
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Title supplied by cataloger.
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Support: Paper.
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Script: Cursive with some humanistic features.
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Layout: 1-212. Catchword in center lower margin. 36 long lines in quire 1, 34 in quire 2; horizontal rules in ink, vertical double bounding lines in lead; the written space placed towards the center of the page with 45-50 mm. margins at either side.
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Span folios: ff. 1-24v.
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Other Decoration: 5-line plain initial in the ink of the text, f. 1, followed by the first line in display capitals; pale red-brown rubrics on f. 1, on the last note on f. 23v and the note on f. 24v. Notes added on f. 23v in a humanistic script are: Omnia prius experiri consilio quam armis sapientem decet et cetera; Vincat honestas commoda propria et iustitia ac leges humanos coherceant...
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Acknowledgments: We thank Dr. A. C. de la Mare for kindly identifying the person who added notes in the margins.
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Assigned Date: s. XVmed.
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Input into Digital Scriptorium by: C. W. Dutschke, 7/30/2012.
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Written in Italy in the mid-fifteenth century; it possibly once also included a Life of Alexander. Belonged to the Rev. Henry Drury (1778-1841), with his signature in the upper right hand corner of the first flyleaf; his sale, London, 19 February 1827, n. 3464 to Sir Thomas Phillipps. Phillipps n. 3377 and his pressmark on the front pastedown; Phillipps sale, Sotheby's, 10 June 1896, n. 959 to...
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22 July 2024
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22 July 2024
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