Cicero; Italy (partly Florence), early 15th century
MS. Lat. class. d. 37
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Description
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Title
Cicero; Italy (partly Florence), early 15th century
Shelfmark
MS. Lat. class. d. 37
Place of origin
Italian (fols. 1r-34r, Florence)
Date
1413 (fols. 1r-34r: finished at Florence 13th January 1412 (Florentine style)); after 1421 (fols. 38r-69v)
Language
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Support
parchment, white and of good quality (foll.1–37)
Physical extent
i (modern paper) + 69 + i (modern paper) leaves
Hands
Humanist script, three main hands, fols. 1–37 of the style of Poggio
Decoration
Fine initials in early humanist style, yellow on red, blue, green and pink grounds with white vine interlace.
Binding
18th(?)-cent. Italian plain parchment cased-binding with two pairs of fore-edge ties; using a fragment of a 13th-cent. leaf of a glossed Decreatals MS as a spine-lining; the spine inscribed 'M T CI | CERO | AD QM | ET ALIA | 16. | M.'
Acquisition
Bought at Sotheby's, 6 Dec. 1954, lot 23.
Provenance
18th-century notes: ‘M. T. C. 2’ (fol. 1r) & ‘M. T. CI/ CERO/ AD Q.M / ET ALIA / 16./M.’ (spine)
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