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
Manuscript on paper (sturdy) of 1) Juvenal, Satirae I-XVI (with XVI preceding XV). 2) Persius, Prologue followed by Satirae I-VI. 3) Miscellaneous sententiae, all unidentified. 4) Excerpts from Seneca. 5) Antonio Beccadelli, Carmen de hermaphrodita. 6) Short dialogue between a nun and a cleric
Description:
In Latin., Watermarks: similar to Briquet Couronne 4639-40 and unidentified bird., Script: Written in humanistic script by a single scribe. Marginal and interlinear notes in several contemporary hands., One original initial, in red, on f. 1r; all other initials appear to be later additions, some drawn in lead., Most leaves mended in lower outer corner., and Binding: Nineteenth century. Narrow brown calf spine with traces of gold tooling, small vellum corners and purple paper sides. Much rubbed and worn.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Juvenal.
Subject (Topic):
Didactic literature, Latin, Latin poetry, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Satire, Latin