MS V.a.88 Selected works of Cicero manuscript, ca. 1465.
Title
Selected works of Cicero manuscript, ca. 1465.Authors
- Cicero, Marcus Tullius, author.
Other related names
- Uffenbach, Zacharias Konrad von, 1683-1734, former owner., former owner
- Allen, Henry Ellis, 1807 or 1808- former owner., former owner
- Smedley, William T. (William Thomas), 1851-1934, former owner., former owner
- Folger, Henry Clay, 1857-1930, former owner., former owner
- Folger, Emily C. J. (Emily Clara Jordan), 1858-1936, former owner., former owner
Call number
MS V.a.88(Washington DC, USA, Folger Shakespeare Library)
Alternate identifiers
Publisher
Folger Shakespeare LibraryLanguage
LatinOrigin
Italy, ca. 1460 (de Ricci); ca. 1460
- Place
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Italy
Summary
Contains six works by Cicero and Cicero's translation of Plato's Timaeus: 1. De legibus, 2. De natura deorum, 3. De divinatione, 4. De fato (incomplete), 5. Timaeus, 6. De somnio Scipionis, and 7. De academicis (Book 1).
Notes
- Title supplied by cataloger.
- M. Tvlli. Cicceronis Academica / the text revised and explained by James S. Reid. London: Macmillan & Co., 1885, p. 64.
- Uniform Title: [Works. Selections]
Extent
Leaves iii + 156 + iii; 235 x 165 mmCollation
1- 15 (10), 16 (6)Support
ParchmentCatchwords
Vertical catchwords throughout.Binding
Bound in early 21st-century brown goatskin over beech boards with four brass clasps; red speckled edges; housed in brown buckram clamshell box, along with 18th-century stiff board parchment binding on four single raised cords, with paper endleaves and bookplates.Layout
Decoration
Decoration: Twelve gold, red, blue and green illuminated initials on leaves 1r, 10r, 21r, 28r, 36v, 46v, 72r, 86r, 109r, 132r, 139v, and 146v; empty coat of arms on leaf 1r.
Script
Provenance
- Formerly owned by Zacharias Konrad von Uffenbach (bookplate); Henry Allen (Henrici Alani-bookplate); and W.T. Smedley (bookplate); Purchased as part of the Smedley Collection in 1924 by Henry Clay Folger.
Related resources
- Ricci, S. de. Census of medieval and Renaissance manuscripts in the United States and Canada, SM.9
Subjects topical
- Italy --Ferrara (Province)
Genres
- Manuscripts, Latin --Italy --Ferrara (Province) --15th century
- Annotations (Provenance) --Italy --Ferrara (Province) --15th century --Manuscripts
Keywords
- 15th century
- Italian
- Italy
- Philosophy
Licenses
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- Text
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- Text
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Table of contents
- fol. 1r — De legibus; incipit: Lucus quidem ille et hec Arpinatium quercus agnoscitur sepe a me lectus in Mario... (fol. 1r); explicit: ...At[ticus].: Sic profecto censeo, et id ipsum que dicis expecto. (fol. 28r)
- fol. 28r — De natura deorum; incipit: Cum multae res in philosophia nequaquam satis adhuc explicate sint... (fol. 28r); explicit: ...disputatio uerior, mihi Balbi ad ueritatis similitudinem uideretur esse propensior. (fol. 86r)
- fol. 86r — De divinatione; incipit: Vetus opinio est iam usque ab heroicis ducta temporibus... (fol. 86r); explicit: ...Mihi uero, inquit ille, nihil potest esse iocundius. que cum essent dicta, sur[r]eximus. (fol. 132r)
- fol. 132r — De fato; incipit: Quia pertinet ad mores, quod ethos illi uocant, nos eam partem philosophye de moribus appellare solemus... (fol. 132r); explicit: ...necsesse est, declinare, atomis quibusdam uel, si nolunt, omnibus naturaliter. (fol. 139r)
- fol. 139v — De mundo; incipit: Multa sunt in academicis nostris conscripta contra physicos et sepe... (fol. 139v); explicit: ...neque datum est immortalium deorum con neque munere dabitur. (fol. 146r)
- fol. 146v — De somnio Scipionis; incipit: Cum in Africam uenissem a Manlio consule ad quartam legionem ut sciti tribunus militum... (fol. 146v); explicit: ...Ille discessit; ego a somno solutus sum. (fol. 149v)
- fol. 150r — Fragmentorum de academicis.; incipit: In Cumano nuper mecum Atticus noster esset nuntiatum est nobis a M. Varrone uenisse... (fol. 150r); explicit: ...unam tamen preter ceteros [mirabatur] incredibili quadam fuit facultate. (fol. 156r)
Decorations
- fol. 1r — White vine initial L with border
- fol. 1r — Heraldic escutcheon, blank
- fol. 10r — White vine initial S
- fol. 21r — White vine initial S
- fol. 28r — White vine initial C
- fol. 36v — White vine initial T
- fol. 46v — White vine initial Q
- fol. 72r — White vine initial Q
- fol. 86r — White vine initial V
- fol. 109r — White vine initial Q
- fol. 132r — White vine initial Q
- fol. 139v — White vine initial M
- fol. 146v — White vine initial C
- fol. 150r — White vine initial I
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fol. 139v
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Section: Fragmentorum de academicis.
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