Phaedo
Found In:
11403216
Description
- Title
- Phaedo
- Creator
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Bruni, Leonardo, 1369-1444
Plato
Xenophon - Contributor
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Hieron--I,--Tyrant of Syracuse,--d. 467 or 466 B.C
Innocent--VII,--Pope,--1336-1406
Niccoli, Niccolò,--ca. 1364-1437
Plato - Published / Created
- [ca. 1440-50]
- Publication Place
- Florence,
- Abstract
-
Manuscript on parchment of 1) Plato, Phaedo, translated into Latin by Leonardo Bruni and preceded by his prefatory letter to Pope Innocent VII. 2) Xenophon, Hiero (Tyrannus), translated into Latin by Leonardo Bruni and preceded by his prefatory letter to Niccolo Niccoli.
- Description
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Binding: Between 1800 and 1810, Italy. Rigid vellum case with the title gold-tooled on a label on the spine: "Leon. Aret. Opus". Gilt edges and faint lettering on the head edge.
Decorated in the early style of Gioacchino de' Gigantibus. On f. 1r a partial border in upper, lower and inner margins, white vine-stem ornament on blue, green and dark pink with grey dots on blue grounds, blue dots on pink grounds, and gold balls. In lower border, medallion framed by gold interlace bands and supported by two putti wearing red necklaces, with a coat of arms, now erased, on green ground. Four illuminated initials, 7- to 5-line, in gold, framed in yellow, on blue, green and red grounds, with dots as above. Initial on f. 1r, inhabited by standing putto wearing a red necklace, is joined to the border. Other initials have vine-stem decoration extending into the margins and terminating with groups of three gold balls. Headings and names of interlocutors in red.
Purchased from L. C. Witten in 1954 by Thomas E. Marston.
Script: Written by a single scribe in a somewhat angular humanistic bookhand. - Extent
- ff. i + 77 + i : parchment ; 225 x 152 (148 x 85) 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
- Marston MS 78
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Format
- mixed material
- Genre
- Manuscripts
- Resource Type
- Archives or Manuscripts
- Subject (Name)
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Hieron--I,--Tyrant of Syracuse,--d. 467 or 466 B.C
Innocent--VII,--Pope,--1336-1406
Niccoli, Niccolò,--ca. 1364-1437
Plato - Subject (Topic)
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Biography--To 500
Dialogues, Greek
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval
Literature, Medieval--Translations
Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Philosophy, Ancient
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
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Plato, Phaedo. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Shailor, B. Catalogue of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Marston MS 78.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 9807584
- Object ID (OID)
- 11403216
- More Information
- https://pre1600ms.beinecke.library.yale.edu/docs/pre1600.mars078.htm
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