Cicero — 15th century, middle; Italian, Central (?)
MS. Add. C. 139
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Description
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Title
Cicero — 15th century, middle; Italian, Central (?)
Shelfmark
MS. Add. C. 139
Place of origin
Italian, Central (?)
Date
15th century, middle
Language
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Support
parchment
Hands
Humanistic script. (Pächt and Alexander ii. 258, pl. XXIII)
Decoration
Fine initials. fol. 2r Type initial C(icero) Subject Gold 8-line initial with white-stem interlace.
Fine border. Type full border Subject White-stem interlace with two seated putti and two grotesques. In the lower margin two putti with halos and wings support an erased coat of arms.
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Title
Letters of Cicero
Shelfmark
MS. Add. C. 139
Summary
Letters of Cicero:
(fol. 2). To Brutus (book i) 18 letters. The rubric, the only one in the volume, is 'M. T. Ciceronis ad Acticum Epistolarum liber primus incipit. Lege feliciter.'.
2 (fol. 16v). To Quintus his brother (three books): with some disturbance of the order in book 2.
(fol. 50). To Octavius, the letter ascribed to Cicero.
(fol. 53). To Atticus (the 16 books).
(fol. 276v). A letter from Plutarch to Trajan, beg. 'Modestiam tuam noueram', followed by two pieces, added in a rather later hand, (1) a short account of Cornelia, the mother of the Gracchi, and (2) a supposed letter from her to Gaius Gracchus beg. 'Verbis conceptis').
Some of the Greek words have been filled in, and some marginal notes added
Date
written in the 15th century in Italy
Language
Latin
Physical facet
On parchment; with some illuminated capitals and one border, with erased coat of arms
Physical extent
279 Leaves
Custodial history
A late 17th cent. slip pasted on fol. 1v states that Paulus Manutius owned the book.
On fol. 1 'Ex libris MSS... Baptiste Pinellj fer[entini?] sacre theologie professoris qui die 27 [?] Martij 1497 obijt.'.
Catalogue of the ... collection of Splendid Manuscripts ... formed by M. Guglielmo Libri 1859 no. 246*
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Collection contents
Letters of Cicero
