Harvard University, MS Lat 194

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DS ID:

DS10976

Shelfmark:

MS Lat 194

Title:

Opusculum de multiplici ludo

Author:

Trottus, Hugo

Hugo Trottus WIKIDATA

Date:

between 1475 and 1500

fifteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

lat

Latin WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 34 leaves, bound : 18 cm.

Former Owner(s):

De Vegh, Imre, 1906-1962

Imre De Vegh WIKIDATA

Note:

Title from f. 1r, added in a contemporary hand.
Written in Italy, most likely in Ferrara, in an upright humanist bookhand by two scribes, with contemporary glosses and corrections; one white vinestem initial (f. 1r).
After dedicatory preface to the University of Ferrara and prologue, the text begins: "Prima species ludi. Circa primam ludi speciem cuius finis est .... "
In a 19th- or 20th-cent. green morocco binding by Zaehnsdorf of London.
In a tray case, 18 cm.
Gift of Imre de Vegh, 1949.

Keyword:

rules (layout features)

Manuscripts, Renaissance

Christian ethics

Institutional Record:

https://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990093562630203941/catalog

IIIF Manifest:

https://iiif.lib.harvard.edu/manifests/drs:10628817

Holding Institution:

Harvard University