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Metadata

DS ID:

DS11118

Shelfmark:

MS Lat 37

Title:

Rhetorica ad Herennium

Rhetorica ad Herennium

Date:

ca. 1425-ca. 1450

fifteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

lat

Latin WIKIDATA

Material:

vellum

Parchment AAT

Physical Description:

Extent: 104 leaves, bound : vellum ; 24 cm.

Former Owner(s):

Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, 1792-1872

Thomas Phillipps WIKIDATA

Venier, Giusto, active 1440

Giusto Venier WIKIDATA

White, Henry, 1821 or 1822-1900

Henry White WIKIDATA

Note:

Often ascribed to Cornificius, but sometimes included in the works of Cicero.
Written in northeastern Italy, probably before 1440, in a humanistic script; text begins imperfectly, and blank spaces were left for intended initials.
In a 20th-cent. red half morocco binding.
In a protective tray case, 26 cm.
Formerly owned by Giusto Venier in 1440 (inscription, f. 105v); likely Phillipps sale (no shelfmark in manuscript), London, Sotheby's, 1896, lot 291; bought by Henry White; his sale, London Sotheby's, 21 Apr.-2 May, 1902, lot 521; bought by Quaritch.
Purchased with the Stephen Salisbury fund, 1906.

Keyword:

Manuscripts, Renaissance

Italy

Manuscripts, Medieval

Rhetoric, Ancient

Early works

Institutional Record:

https://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990093171550203941/catalog

IIIF Manifest:

https://iiif.lib.harvard.edu/manifests/drs:16938328

Holding Institution:

Harvard University