De vita et moribus philosophorum

Description

Title: De vita et moribus philosophorum
Creator: Burlaeus, Gualterus, 1275-1345?
Published / Created: [between 1460 and 1470]
Publication Place: Padua or Bergamo
Abstract: Manuscript on parchment (hair side yellow and speckled) of Walter Burley, De vita et moribus philosophorum; an abridged translation that contains only 77 lives
Description: In Italian.
Script: Written in a humanistic hand both above and below top line by Johannes Nydenna de Confluentia, who would sometimes complete the final word of the final line of text (recto only) by writing the letters down between the outer vertical bounding lines.
Space left for decorative initial on f. 1r later filled with plain initial and a stylized sprig of flowers, in turquoise. Plain intials throughout text alternate in red and blue.
Binding: Nineteenth century, Italy. Tan calf, blind- and gold-tooled. Head and fore edge bluish green; lettering on tail edge. In panels on spine: "Detti de' filosofi/ MSS. in Perg./ Sec. XV".
Provenance: Belonged to Giuseppe (Joseph) Martini from whom it was acquired by H. P. Kraus, who sold it in 1956 to Thomas E. Marston.
Extent: ff. ii + 59 + i + ii : 162 x 115 (116 x 69) mm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: Italian

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): Burlaeus, Gualterus, 1275-1345?
Subject (Topic): Biography
Literature, Medieval
Manuscripts, Medieval
Philosophy, Ancient
Subjects: Burlaeus, Gualterus, 1275-1345?
Biography > Middle Ages, 500-1500
Literature, Medieval > Translations
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
Philosophy, Ancient
Italy > 15th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library

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Citation: Walter Burley, De Vita et Moribus Philosophorum. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.