Harvard University, MS Lat 43

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS10997

Shelfmark:

MS Lat 43

Title:

Nobilissimi Plauti poetae comici prima comedia Amphitrio

Author:

Plautus, Titus Maccius

Plautus WIKIDATA

Scribe:

Cennini, Piero, 1444-

Piero Cennini WIKIDATA

Date:

between 1475 and 1500

fifteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

lat

Latin WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 130] leaves ; 23 cm.

Former Owner(s):

North, Frederick, Earl of Guilford, 1766-1827

Frederick North, 5th Earl of Guilford WIKIDATA

Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, 1792-1872

Thomas Phillipps WIKIDATA

Note:

Written by the Florentine scribe Piero Cennini (colophon, f. 127v) in a quick cursive humanistic script in 27 long lines. Illumination includes white vinestem decoration with burnished gold initials (f. 1) and additional initials in gold and blue.
Bound in 18th-cent. Italian decorative floral paper over pasteboard.
In a protective tray case, 25 cm.
Belonged to Frederick North, fifth Earl of Guilford; sold by Cochran, London, 1829, no. 349; to Sir Thomas Phillipps (Phillipps Cat., p. 94, MS 6332); his sale, London, Sotheby's 10 June 1896, no. 135; bought by Quaritch (cat. no. 164, London, 1896, no. 135).
Purchased with the Charles Minot fund, 1897.

Keyword:

Manuscripts, Medieval

Manuscripts, Renaissance

illuminations (paintings)

Latin language

Rhetoric, Ancient

Institutional Record:

https://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990094790420203941/catalog

IIIF Manifest:

https://iiif.lib.harvard.edu/manifests/drs:4145778

Holding Institution:

Harvard University