Epistola ad Nepotes de utilitate studii in libros gentilium] / (DS18256) (Q74461)
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Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from Newberry Library (992648438805867, VAULT Wing MS ZW 1 .4b, https://i-share-nby.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01CARLI_NBY/i5mcb2/alma992648438805867)
| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
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| English | Epistola ad Nepotes de utilitate studii in libros gentilium] / (DS18256) |
Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from Newberry Library (992648438805867, VAULT Wing MS ZW 1 .4b, https://i-share-nby.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01CARLI_NBY/i5mcb2/alma992648438805867) |
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Basil, Saint, Bishop of Caesarea, approximately 329-379
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Allen, Henry Ellis, 1808-1874
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Ricketts, C. L. 1859-1941
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Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)
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approximately 1450
15. century
1450Gregorian
1450Gregorian
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Extent: 29 leaves : paper ; 157 x 104 (111 x 69) mm
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Manuscript codex.
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Title from printed catalog.
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Collation: Parchment (southern preparation), fol. 29 (foliated 1-27, beginning with the third leaf, fol. 1-2, later additions; fol. 1, grafted on old stub) ; 110 (-1-3; 2-3 replaced with blanks) 2-310 ; formerly part of a larger codex ; quires numbered on verso of last folio in middle of lower margin, "Xm-XIIm" ; quires 1-9 missing since manuscript was bound in the 18th century ; horizontal...
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Layout: Written in 20 long lines; ruled in hard point
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Script: Written in humanistic semi-curisva in brown ink; "f's" and "s's" descend below line; occasional use of cursive form of "g" and of hanging short terminal "s"' fol. 1r, headings in violet in rustic capitals, elsewhere also in violet but in script of text; index notes of proper names in violet in script of text in outer margin.
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Decoration: fol. 1r (7 lines high) and fol. 2v (5 lines high): two gold initials with white vine stem on grounds of green, blue, and magenta
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Origin: Written in Italy in the middle of the 15th century.
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Armorial bookplate: Henrici Alani.
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Sold by Henry Ellis Allen's son, Samuel Allen, Sotheby's January 30, 1920 (lot 6), bought by Bernard Quaritch.
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Former owner: C. L. Ricketts.
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Forms part of the C. L. Ricketts Calligraphy Collection at the Newberry Library.
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14 February 2025
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14 February 2025
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