Phaedo
Found In:
11403216
Description
- Title
- Phaedo
- Creator
- Plato
- Contributor
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Bruni, Leonardo, 1369-1444.
Xenophon. - 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
-
In Latin.
Script: Written by a single scribe in a somewhat angular humanistic bookhand.
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.
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. - Provenance
- Purchased from L. C. Witten in 1954 by Thomas E. Marston.
- Extent
- ff. i + 77 + i : 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
- Related Resource Online
- View a detailed description.
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Translations
Manuscripts, Medieval Italy 15th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library - Material
- parchment ;
- Resource Type
- unspecified
- Subject (Geographic)
-
Connecticut
New Haven. - Subject (Name)
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Hieron I, Tyrant of Syracuse, -467 B.C. or 466 B.C.
Innocent VII, Pope, 1336-1406.
Niccoli, Niccolò, approximately 1364-1437.
Plato. - Subject (Topic)
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Biography
Dialogues, Greek
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval
Literature, Medieval
Manuscripts, Medieval
Philosophy, Ancient - Subjects
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Hieron I, Tyrant of Syracuse, -467 B.C. or 466 B.C.
Innocent VII, Pope, 1336-1406
Niccoli, Niccolò, approximately 1364-1437
Plato
Biography > To 500
Dialogues, Greek
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval
Literature, Medieval > Translations
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
Philosophy, Ancient
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
- Plato, Phaedo. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 9807584
- Object ID (OID)
- 11403216
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