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: Binding: 19th-20th centuries. Vellum case; spine fragile and splitting.
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.
Watermarks: unidentified letter P in gutter.
Extent: ff. i + 32 + i : paper ; 214 x 149 (162 x 95) mm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been partially digitized.
Language: Latin

Format: text
Genre: Manuscripts
Resource Type: Archives or Manuscripts
Subject (Topic): Latin letters
Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Scholia

Access: Public
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Citation: Cicero, Epistolae ad Familiares. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Shailor, B. Catalogue of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, MS 92.

Orbis Record: 9800078
Object ID (OID): 10269844
More Information: https://pre1600ms.beinecke.library.yale.edu/docs/pre1600.ms092.htm