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Petrus Paulus Vergerio, Plutarch, Basil the Great — 1474; Italian, Padua

MS. Canon. Misc. 87

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Title

Petrus Paulus Vergerio, Plutarch, Basil the Great — 1474; Italian, Padua

Shelfmark

MS. Canon. Misc. 87

Place of origin

Italian, Padua

Date

1474

Language

Latin

Contents

Petrus Paulus Vergerio Liber de ingenuis moribus
Plutarch De liberis educandis
Basil the Great Ad adolescentes

Form

codex

Support

parchment

Physical extent

80 fols.

Hands

Written in humanistic script in 1474 by Bart. Squara at the age of 14, fol. 79v.

Decoration

Good historiated border.

Good initials.

Acquisition

Purchased by the Bodleian in 1817

Provenance

Matteo Luigi Canonici, 1727–1805

Giuseppe Canonici , -1807

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Title

P. P. Vergerius, etc.

Shelfmark

MS. Canon. Misc. 87

Summary

Petrus Paulus Vergerio, Liber de ingenuis moribus

Plutarch, De liberis educandis (tr. Guarinus Veronensis)

Basil the Great, Ad adolescentes (tr. Bruni)

Date

1474

Language

Latin

Physical extent

1 volume

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Collection contents

Canonici Manuscripts

Canonici Miscellaneous

P. P. Vergerius, etc.

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  • Vergerio, Pietro Paolo, 1370-1444

  • Plutarch

  • Canonici, Giuseppe (d. 1807)

  • Canonici, Matteo Luigi, 1727-1805

  • Basil, Saint, Bishop of Caesarea, approximately 329-379

  • Guarino, Veronese, 1374-1460

  • Bruni, Leonardo, 1369-1444

  • Squara, Bart., fl. 1474

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