De amicitia, Paradoxa Stoicorum
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Description
- Title
- De amicitia, Paradoxa Stoicorum
- Creator
- Cicero, Marcus Tullius
- Published / Created
- [between 1425 and 1450]
- Publication Place
- Italy
- Abstract
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Manuscript on paper of 1) Cicero, De amicitia. 2) Cicero, Paradoxa Stoicorum
- Description
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In Latin.
Watermarks: similar in design to Piccard Schere III.918-19.
Script: Written in poorly formed humanistic script with some gothic and cursive elements, perhaps by more than one scribe, above top line.
Decoration, all of poor quality, executed by several contemporary hands. On f. 1r, black penwork initial with floral design in center, on square pale red-orange ground, outlined in black; large rectangular frame, in black, connects initial to unidentified arms (or a castle [tower?] proper surrounded by vine, in chief azure [with label of cadency of 4 points argent?] with charge [stars or crosses?] argent) in lower margin. On f. 26r, angular scroll, green with pale red and orange trim, unfurls to form the letter A, 5-line, with an arrow shot through the two shafts to serve as crossbar; green foliage sprouting above. Initials, 5- to 2-line, of similar scroll design for each paradoxon. Rubric on f. 1r in a different hand from those in rest of manuscript. Many elegant pointing hands with fancy cuffs in margins.
Binding: Nineteenth century, Italy. Quarter bound in vellum with blue, red, and yellow woodblock paste-paper sides. Traces of inscription on fore-edge (contemporary?) and on vellum strip. - Provenance
- Purchased from Bernard Quaritch Ltd. in 1954 by L. C. Witten, who sold it in 1956 to Thomas E. Marston.
- Extent
- ff. i + 39 + i : 217 x 147 (128 x 87) mm.
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been partially digitized.
- Language
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Latin
Collection Information
- Repository
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Call Number
- Marston MS 258
- Related Resource Online
- View a detailed description.
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Manuscripts, Medieval Italy 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)
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Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval
Latin essays
Manuscripts, Medieval
Stoics - Subjects
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Cicero, Marcus Tullius
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval
Latin essays
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
Stoics
Italy > 15th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
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- Citation
- Cicero, De Amicitia, Paradoxa Stoicorum. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 9854638
- Object ID (OID)
- 11403289
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