Olynthica tertia, etc

Description

Title: Olynthica tertia, etc
Creator: Demosthenes
Contributor: Aeschines.
Anaximenes, of Lampsacus.
Bruni, Leonardo, 1369-1444.
Published / Created: [ca. 1415-20]
Publication Place: Florence
Abstract: Manuscript on parchment (speckled on hair side) of Greek works translated into Latin by Leonardo Bruni: 1) Demosthenes, Olynthica tertia. 2) Aeschines, Epistola senatui populoque Atheniensi. 3) Anaximenes of Lampsacus, Epistola Philippi ad Athenienses. 4) Aeschines, Oratio contra Ctesiphontem. 5) Demosthenes, Oratio pro Ctesiphonte (De corona).
Description: In Latin.
Script: Written in an expert humanistic bookhand characterized by prominent approach and finishing strokes. The headings in red are by a different scribe.
One very fine illuminated initial, 12-line, in gold on vibrant blue ground with white vine-stem ornament. The stems of the initial are divided into compartments and filled with penwork decoration in red, blue and green on parchment ground. Four small initials, 6- to 5-line, gold on vibrant blue ground with white vine-stem ornament. Headings in red.
Binding: Nineteenth century, France or Italy. Brown calf blind- and gold-tooled, with shells and caducei in the blind-tooled borders. Edges red.
Provenance: Belonged to Sir Thomas Phillipps. Purchased from Lathrop C. Harper in 1948 by Thomas E. Marston.
Extent: ff. ii + 97 + ii : 234 x 158 (165 x 83) mm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: Latin

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): Demosthenes.
Subject (Topic): Greek letters
Literature, Medieval
Manuscripts, Medieval
Speeches, addresses, etc., Greek
Subjects: Demosthenes
Greek letters
Literature, Medieval > Translations
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
Speeches, addresses, etc., Greek
Italy > 15th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library

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Citation: Demosthenes, Olynthica Tertia, etc. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.