Commentaria ad Rhetoricam Ciceronis. (DS1434) (Q8712)
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Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from University of Pennsylvania (9958752123503681, Oversize Ms. Codex 1629)
| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | Commentaria ad Rhetoricam Ciceronis. (DS1434) |
Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from University of Pennsylvania (9958752123503681, Oversize Ms. Codex 1629) |
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Commentaria ad Rhetoricam Ciceronis.
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Perutii, Monterillus, 14th century
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Foyle, William A. 1885-1963
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Cosson, Charles Alexander, baron de
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Cosson, Claude Augustin, baron de, 1877-
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San Giovanni e Paolo (Church : Venice, Italy)
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1342.
14. century
1342Gregorian
1342Gregorian
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Extent: 52 leaves : parchment ; 278-289 x 205 (223-235 x 157-167) mm bound to 295 x 213 mm
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Ms. codex.
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Origin: Written in northern Italy, perhaps Venice or Bologna (Les Enluminures), in 1342 (colophon, f. 34v).
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Title from inscription added in lower margin of first page in an early modern hand (f. 1r); commentary also known as Plena et perfecta, from its incipit (f. 1r).
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Script: Written in Gothic script by at least 2 hands, one that of Monterillus Perutii (Peruzzi?; colophon, f. 34v; new hand begins, f. 35r), with marginal notes in additional hands.
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Binding: 19th-century limp parchment (Les Enluminures); the parchment flyleaves are probably from the original binding.
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Layout: Written in 2 columns of 58 to 71 lines; frame-ruled in lead.
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Foliation: Parchment, ii (modern paper) + i (14th-century parchment) + 52 + i (14th-century parchment) + ii (modern paper); 1¹² 2¹⁰ 3¹² 4⁸ 5¹⁰; 1-52, early modern foliation in ink, upper right recto. Gatherings signed 1-4, 6, in roman numerals, upper center first recto (f. 1r, 13r, 23r, 35r, 43r); contemporary gathering (letter) and leaf (arabic numeral) signatures faintly visible on many...
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Incipit: Plena et perfecta locutio triplici comparatur adminiculo (f. 1r); explicit: ... dudum ipse et hospites sui sederent (f. 52v).
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Decoration: 14-line initial in red ink, with red infill and black penwork (f. 1r); 2-line initials, underlining of lemmata, and paragraph marks in red throughout; some initials in marginal notes touched with red; occasional manicules (for example, f. 1r, 1v, 5v).
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Formerly owned by William A. Foyle (Beeleigh Abbey, Essex; leather bookplate inside upper cover).
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Possible ownership inscription: Bertholinus, written by a 14th- or 15th-century hand on the possible original binding (parchment flyleaf following text, verso).
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Sold by the Dominican convent of San Giovanni e Paolo to Baron Charles Alexander de Cosson (1846-1929) in 1876 (armorial bookplate inside upper cover; note on first flyleaf); later owned by his son, Baron Claude Augustin de Cosson.
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Sold at auction as part of Foyle's collection at Christie's, 11 July 2000, lot 78.
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Sold by Les Enluminures (Paris and Chicago), 2012.
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Formerly owned by the Dominican convent of San Giovanni e Paolo, Venice (note dated 1876, first flyleaf).
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Sold at auction as property of the late C. A. de Cosson at Sotheby's, 27 Mar. 1950, lot 30, to William A. Foyle (catalog description, first flyleaf).
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19 September 2023
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19 September 2023
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