Description of Folger Shakespeare Library, MS V.b.40: De vita XII Caesarum manuscript, ca. 1470? / C. Suetonii Tranquilli.contributorNicholas HermanFolger Shakespeare LibraryThese images and the content of Folger Shakespeare Library MS V.b.40: De vita XII Caesarum manuscript, ca. 1470? / C. Suetonii Tranquilli. are free of known copyright restrictions and in the public domain. See the Creative Commons Public Domain Mark page for usage details, http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/.To the extent possible under law, Folger Shakespeare Library has waived all copyright and related or neighboring rights to this metadata about Folger Shakespeare Library MS V.b.40: De vita XII Caesarum manuscript, ca. 1470? / C. Suetonii Tranquilli.. This work is published from: United States. For a summary of CC0, see https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/. Legal code: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode.In Latin with Latin and Greek marginalia.Manuscript on large imperial size paper.Uniform title: [De vita Caesarum]Ricci, S. de. Census of medieval and Renaissance manuscripts in the United States and Canada, SM.16USAWashington, DCFolger Shakespeare LibraryMS V.b.40https://hamnet.folger.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=224767Contains Suetonius' Lives of the Twelve Caesars, preceded by an epigram on Julius Caesar by fourth century Roman poet, Ausonius.Latin; Modern Greek (1453-)De vita XII Caesarum manuscript, ca. 1470? / C. Suetonii Tranquilli.Suetonius, ca. 69-approximately 122, author.former ownerDrury, Henry, 1778-1841, former owner.former ownerAllen, Henry Ellis, 1807 or 1808- former owner.former ownerSmedley, William T. (William Thomas), 1851-1934, former owner.former ownerFolger, Henry Clay, 1857-1930, former owner.former ownerFolger, Emily C. J. (Emily Clara Jordan), 1858-1936, former owner.1rLiber I, D[ivus] C[aius] Iulius Caes[ar] Imp[erator]16r[Liber] II, D[ivus] Octavianus Augustus Caesar37r[Liber] III, Tiberius Caesar51r[Liber] IIII, C[aius] Calicula63r[Liber] V, D[ivus] Claudius Caes[ar]73r[Liber] VI, Nero Claudius Caes[ar]85r[Liber] VII, Sergius Galba Imp[erator]89v[Liber] VIII, Silvius Otho Imp[erator]92r[Liber] VIIII, Vitelius A[ulus] Imp[erator]95v[Liber] X, D[ivus] Vespasian[us] Imp[erator] Aug[ustus]100r[Liber XI], D[ivus] Titus Imp[erator] Aug[ustus]102v[Liber] XII Ultim[us]que, Domitianus Imp[erator]
Paper
Leaves ii + 107 + ii; 285 x 210 mm Foliation
1- 10 (10), 11 (8) (wants 8)
Written in 33 long lines (dimensions of written space: 190 x 125 mm); above first line; machine-ruled, with horizontal lines in ink and vertical lines in lead.Written in a very high quality western-style Greek hand.Decorated initial framed in gold (leaf 1r); Penwork initials for each chapter alternate in red and blue ink.Inside front coverBookplate, Henry Allen1rDecorated initial A
Bound in 18th century burnished calf with gold tooling; on spine in gold: Suetonius Tranquillu -- Codex Chartaceus; gilt edges.
Written in Italy, ca. 1470 (De Ricci); circa 1470?
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