Harvard University, MS Typ 69

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DS ID:

DS10535

Shelfmark:

MS Typ 69

Title:

Le quistioni Tusculanae

Author:

Cicero, Marcus Tullius

Cicero WIKIDATA

Date:

ca. 1470

fifteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

ita

Italian WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 137 leaves, bound : vellum ; 29 cm.

Former Owner(s):

Pazzi family

Pazzi family WIKIDATA

Brooke, Thomas, Sir, 1830-1908

Sir Thomas Brooke, 1st Baronet WIKIDATA

Brooke, John Arthur, Sir, 1844-1920

Sir John Arthur Brooke, 1st Bt. WIKIDATA

Note:

Written in a humanistic roman script in 1 column. There are 10 gilt white-vine initials, and on f. 1r a gilt white-vine border incorporating the arms of the Pazzi family of Florence.
Bound in full green morocco, gilt, by Rivière.
In a tray case, 31 cm.
Sir Thomas Brooke (bookplate); Sir John Arthur Brooke (his sale, London, Sotheby's 25 May 1921, lot 317); bought by Sabin; Maggs; bought by Philip Hofer from Gumuchian in 1929.
Gift of Philip Hofer in memory of Mrs. Chester A. Beatty, 1952.

Keyword:

Manuscripts, Renaissance

Institutional Record:

https://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990095335990203941/catalog

IIIF Manifest:

https://iiif.lib.harvard.edu/manifests/drs:3680645

Holding Institution:

Harvard University