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1. Plutarch and Xenophon
- Creator:
- Plutarch
- Published / Created:
- [between 1400 and 1500]
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 14
- Image Count:
- 196
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on parchment of 1) Dedicatory epistle of Leonardo Bruni to Niccolo Niccoli. 2) Plutarch, Vita Ciceronis. 3) Plutarch, Vita Demosthenis. 4) Dedicatory epistle to Niccolo Niccoli. 5) Xenophon, Hiero. All translated into Latin by Leonardo Bruni. In this manuscript the treatises are not identified, nor is the translator, but the dedicatory epistles to Niccolo Niccoli serve to indicate both author and translator
- Description:
- In Latin., Written in humanistic script by a single scribe., No headings or ornamentation; the manuscript was apparently never finished., and Binding: Nineteenth century. Straight-grained black goatskin, gold-tooled.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Cicero, Marcus Tullius., Demosthenes., Niccoli, Niccolò, ca. 1364-1437., and Plutarch.
- Subject (Topic):
- Biography, Dialogues, Latin, and Manuscripts, Medieval
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Plutarch and Xenophon
2. Vitae
- Creator:
- Plutarch
- Published / Created:
- [between 1450 and 1475]
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 133
- Image Count:
- 194
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on parchment of Plutarch, Vitae, translated into Latin by Leonardo Bruni
- Description:
- In Latin., Script: Written in an upright italic by a single scribe., Small, 4-line, white vine initials, one to commence each work, gold, infilled with pink and green with white dots, all on a blue ground; gold dots and hairsprays., and Binding: Eighteenth century. Green goatskin with red labels on spine. Delicately gold-tooled.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut, New Haven., and Rome
- Subject (Name):
- Plutarch.
- Subject (Topic):
- Biography, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Manuscripts, Medieval, and History
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Vitae