De oratore ; Orator ; Brutus (DS12101) (Q52093)
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Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from Cornell University (3964034, Archives 4600 Bd. Ms. 123 +, https://catalog.library.cornell.edu/catalog/3964034)
- Opera rhetorica. Selections
| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
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| English | De oratore ; Orator ; Brutus (DS12101) |
Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from Cornell University (3964034, Archives 4600 Bd. Ms. 123 +, https://catalog.library.cornell.edu/catalog/3964034) |
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Opera rhetorica. Selections
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Cicero, Marcus Tullius, 106 B.C.-43 B.C.
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15th century
15. century
1450Gregorian
1500Gregorian
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Extent: 237 leaves : parchment, ill. ; 262 x 173 (165 x 100) mm. bound to 274 x 182 mm.
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Ms. codex.
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Fol. 234v ends with a note in a cursive hand: "Ex emendatissimo codice Johannis Lamole Bon[oniensis] viri eruditissimi transcripsit hunc Alesius Germanus, et ad eundem postea emendatus est."
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Fol. 236r has a note in a later hand: "Colonia Augusta Verona nova Gallieniana. ... Epigramma vetustum supra portam geminam bursari urbis Veronensis."
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Most of the rubrications are badly faded; they appear in the margins.
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The folios in front and back are perforated with wormholes.
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Layout: Written in 29-30 long lines; frame-ruled in dry point.
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Script: Humanistic round.
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Decoration: Illuminated with decorative initials of white interlace tendrils and goldleaf. Frontispiece has foliate decoration in bottom margin, flanking an escutcheon for a coat of arms, left blank.
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Binding: 19th cent., red morocco with gold tooling.
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Origin: Written in Italy, 15th century.
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Provenance: Possibly identical with a manuscript owned in 1862 by Didot (cf. Paris, B.N. MS n.a. fr. 10768). Purchased in 1885 from Maisonneuve & Co., Paris, by George Lincoln Burr for A.D. White.
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Former shelfmark: MSS Bd. Rare P C563 A3 +
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Related shelfmark: MS B.2 (De Ricci)
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3 September 2024
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3 September 2024
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