Epistolae ad familiares

Description

Title: Epistolae ad familiares
Creator: Cicero, Marcus Tullius
Published / Created: [between 1450 and 1500]
Publication Place: Germany
Abstract: Manuscript on paper (sturdy) of Cicero, Epistolae ad familiares. Marginal and interlinear notes accompany the text of each letter (except for that to P. Vatinius appearing on ff. 26v-27v which was copied twice, apparently in error). Written probably for use as a school text (vocabulary lists on ff. 4 and 9).
Description: In Latin.
Watermarks: unidentified letter P in gutter.
Script: Written by a single scribe in gothic cursive, with a smaller script for glosses.
Simple initials in red at the beginning of each letter; titles preceded by paragraph marks, and underlined, in red.
Binding: 19th-20th centuries. Vellum case; spine fragile and splitting.
Provenance: Bought from Stonehill's by Henry Fletcher who presented it to Yale in 1946.
Extent: ff. i + 32 + i : 214 x 149 (162 x 95) mm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been partially digitized.
Language: Latin

Genre: Manuscripts, Medieval Germany 15th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Material: paper ;
Resource Type: unspecified
Subject (Geographic): Connecticut
New Haven.
Subject (Name): Cicero, Marcus Tullius.
Subject (Topic): Latin letters
Manuscripts, Medieval
Scholia
Subjects: Cicero, Marcus Tullius
Latin letters
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
Scholia
Germany > 15th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library

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Citation: Cicero, Epistolae ad Familiares. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.