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., and Binding: 19th-20th centuries. Vellum case; spine fragile and splitting.
Manuscript on paper, composed of two distinct parts, of speeches by Cicero. Introductions to ten of the speeches were composed by Antonio Loschi between 1391 and 1405. The pattern of stains indicates that Parts I and II were once separate; it is unclear when they were bound together
Description:
In Latin., Watermarks: Part I: unidentified letter B. Part II: Briquet Tete de boeuf 15068, and Piccard Ochsenkopf VII.40., Script: Part I (ff. 1-232): Written by a single scribe in a fere-humanistic script characterized by the broadness of majuscule letter forms; written below top line. Part II (233-398): Written in a small gothic script with cursive features, below top line., Part I: Elegantly decorated title-page (f. 1r) with a full border: in inner and upper margins, thin gold bar with flowers in mauve, blue and gold and stylized foliage in green with pale yellow highlights; in outer and lower margins, floral border of black inkspray with flowers in mauve and blue and with some gold accents and stylized foliage in green. In center of lower margin, a shield with unidentified coat of arms, much rubbed supported by two standing nude female figures with flowing blond hair. One historiated initial, 12-line, mauve, green and pink against gold ground, with extremely fine portrait in profile of a man wearing a two-tiered red cap and academic gown against a blue background with a geometric pattern in black and greyish blue. 6-line initials, blue with red penwork designs alternate red with purple for the beginning of each text. Headings in red., Part II: Red and black divided initial, 6-line, with plain designs on f. 234r; plain red initials some with simple designs, 5- to 2-line, elsewhere. Paragraph marks and initial strokes in red., The dark acidic ink has bled through many leaves; no loss of text., and Binding: Eighteenth century, France. Gold-tooled brown, mottled calf spine. Edges gilt. Boards, composed of paper pasteboard, are detached.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Cicero, Marcus Tullius. and Loschi, Antonio, d. 1441.
Subject (Topic):
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Manuscripts, Medieval, Scholia, and Speeches, addresses, etc., Latin
