Excerpts from Greek & Latin authors

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Title: Excerpts from Greek & Latin authors
Contributor: Filelfo, Francesco, 1398-1481.
Plautus, Titus Maccius.
Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, approximately 4 B.C.-65 A.D.
Terence.
Valerius Maximus.
Xenophon.
Published / Created: [between 1450 and 1500]
Publication Place: Italy
Abstract: Manuscript on paper (sturdy) of classical Orations, Lives, and Exempla, followed by Excerpts from Valerius Maximus, Excerpts from Xenophon (translated into Latin by Francesco Filelfo), Seneca's Tragedies, Comedies by Terence and Plautus, and other miscellaneous works
Description: In Latin.
Unidentified watermarks buried in gutter include hat, ladder, crossed arrows, cross bow.
Script: Written by two scribes: Scribe 1 (ff. 1r-152v) wrote in a careful humanistic script for text and modified capitals for headings; Scribe 2 (ff. 153r-167v) retained the overall format but used a less elegant style of writing.
Binding: Eighteenth century. Plain sheepskin case.
Provenance: Presented to Yale in 1931 by Thomas E. Marston.
Extent: ff. i + 171 + i : 255 x 183 (158 x 112) mm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: Latin

Genre: Early works to 1800
Manuscripts, Medieval Italy 15th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Material: paper ;
Resource Type: unspecified
Subject (Geographic): Connecticut
New Haven.
Subject (Topic): Biography
Classical literature
Latin drama (Comedy)
Exempla
Manuscripts, Medieval
Speeches, addresses, etc
Latin drama (Tragedy)
Subjects: Biography > To 500
Classical literature
Latin drama (Comedy)
Exempla > Early works to 1800
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
Speeches, addresses, etc
Latin drama (Tragedy)
Italy > 15th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library

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Citation: Excerpts from Greek & Latin Authors. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.