De officiis, etc
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10621940
Description
- Title
- De officiis, etc
- Creator
- Cicero, Marcus Tullius
- Published / Created
- [between 1450 and 1475; ca. 1500]
- Publication Place
- Italy
- Abstract
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Manuscript on parchment of Cicero, De officiis, with Antonius Geminianensis' oration in honour of Franceso Useppio, added circa 1500
- Description
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In Latin.
Script: main text copied by one hand in Humanistica Textualis, with gloss in small Humanistica Cursiva Currens. Antonius Geminianensis' oration is written in Humanistica Cursiva Libraria s. XV/XVI. The following moral maxims are in in Humanistica Cursiva s. XVI.
Pink headings in Capitalis. The opening words of each book after the initial are in alternately black and pink letters. Alternately red and blue 2-line plain initials (Capitalis).
Binding: French s. XIX/XX binding: blue morocco over pasteboard, the covers decorated with fillets in blind-tooling; spine with five raised bands and gold-tooled inscription “CICERO / DE / OFFICIIS”. - Provenance
- The manuscript belonged in the sixteenth century to a Quintilio Useppe or Useppio according to the inscription in Humanistica Cursiva on f. 67v: “Sylvia mi patria est, soboles Useppia fertur, / Nomine Quintilius doctor et ipse vocor”. Collection of Ambroise Firmin-Didot (1790-1876; his small oval red leather gold-tooled ex-libris pasted on the front pastedown; his sale, Paris, June 1882, lot 36. Tenschert, Leuchtendes Mittelalter, VI (Katalog XXXI), 1993-1994, lot 69, pp. 360-364, 2 pls. A few s. XX/XXI notes in German on this manuscript, written in pencil on the flyleaves. Sotheby sale, 3 Dec. 2002, Fifty Magnificent Illuminated Manuscripts, lot 25. Purchased with the income of the Altschul Fund.
- Extent
- ff. II + 67 + II : 230 x 165 mm.
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been completely digitized.
- Language
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Latin
Collection Information
- Repository
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Call Number
- Beinecke MS 1015
- Related Resource Online
- View a detailed description.
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Manuscripts, Medieval Italy 15th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library - Material
- parchment ;
- Resource Type
- unspecified
- Subject (Geographic)
-
Connecticut
New Haven. - Subject (Name)
- Cicero, Marcus Tullius.
- Subject (Topic)
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Latin essays
Manuscripts, Medieval - Subjects
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Cicero, Marcus Tullius
Latin essays
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
Italy > 15th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
- Citation
- Cicero, De Officiis, etc. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 9892767
- Object ID (OID)
- 10621940
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