Ciceronis vita. Demosthenis vita (DS18258) (Q74467)
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Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from Newberry Library (992664338805867, VAULT Case MS 97.3, https://i-share-nby.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01CARLI_NBY/i5mcb2/alma992664338805867)
- Vita Ciceronis seu Cicero Novus
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Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from Newberry Library (992664338805867, VAULT Case MS 97.3, https://i-share-nby.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01CARLI_NBY/i5mcb2/alma992664338805867) |
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Vita Ciceronis seu Cicero Novus
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Bruni, Leonardo, 1369-1444
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Bembo, Bernardo, 1433-1519
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Marston, Thomas E
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Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)
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approximately 1450
15. century
1450Gregorian
1450Gregorian
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Extent: 78 leaves : parchment, illustrations ; 153 x 95 (97 x 55) mm
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Manuscript codex.
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Title from supplied by cataloger; title in Saenger: Cicero Novus, Vita Demosthenis.
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Leonardo Bruni's translation and expanded version of Plutarch's Cicero and Demosthenes.
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Collation: Parchment, fol. 78 (modern foliation begins with second leaf); 12 2-810 94 102; catchwords in lower right margins.
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Layout: Written in 22 long lines beginning on first ruled line; ruled in hard point.
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Script: Written in humanistic cursiva formata; omitted portion of text added in violet ink in margins by the scribe and by Bernardo Bembo.
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Decoration: Two illuminated initials.
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Origin: Written in northern Italy in about 1450, probably for Bernardo Bembo of Venice.
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Copy formerly owned by Bernardo Bembo, with his signature (partially obliterated) on inside of back cover and a few marginalia in the text.
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Bookplate of Thomas Edward Marston, formerly number 178 in the Marston library, New Haven, Connecticut; acquired by Thomas Edward Marston from C. A. Stonehill in 1958; Bequeathed to Yale University; sold at Sotheby's, 9 December 1974, lot 46, plate 8.
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14 February 2025
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14 February 2025
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