University of California, Berkeley, BANC MS UCB 142
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Metadata
- DS ID:
- DS12689
- Shelfmark:
- BANC MS UCB 142
- Title:
- Laelius, sive, De amicitia ; Cato maior, vel, De senectute ; Paradoxa
- Cicero, Marcus Tullius
- Place:
- Italy
- Date:
- between 1475 and 1499].
- Language:
- Latin
- Physical Description:
- Extent: 128 leaves : parchment, col. ill. ; 128 x 88 (78 x 45) mm. bound to 137 x 91 mm.
- Note:
- Ms. codex.
Title from opening rubrics (fol. 1r, 53r, 103r).
Collation: Parchment, fol. i + 128 + i; 1-310 48 510 68 7-1010 116 1210 13-148; catchwords placed at the end of each quire, lower right hand corner, perpendicular to text block.
Layout: Frame-ruled in dry point with lines extending to borders of page; 17 lines per page. Prickings visible on some pages.
Script: Text in humanistic book script; titles and names of characters in rustic capitals.
Decoration: Title page of each work is illuminated. Fol. 1r has 5-line initial inhabited by Cicero, crowned with laurel. Border decoration of flowers, animals, putti, and foliage in green, blue and red on gold background. 5 black and white medaillions in the style of ancient cameos at the corners and top. 2 small color portraits at sides and coat of arms at bottom. The other title pages, fol...
Binding: Contemporary (?) binding, blind-stamped with rope pattern; 3 raised bands sewn in, end bands sewn in; surface cracking of spine leather, front hinge split at top (1"), 2 fore-edge clasps missing; all edges gilt and gauffered.
Origin: Produced in Italy (possibly Ferrara) between 1470 and 1490.
Shelfmark: Berkeley, CA The Bancroft Library, UC Berkeley, MS UCB 142.
Former shelfmark: Berkeley, CA The Bancroft Library, UC Berkeley, 2MS PA6304.L2M24. - Keyword:
- Institutional Record:
- https://search.library.berkeley.edu/permalink/01UCS_BER/1thfj9n/alma991047687769706532
- IIIF Manifest:
- https://digicoll.lib.berkeley.edu/nanna/proxy/iiif/manifest/229491/
- Holding Institution:
