California State Library, CSL v091 B29

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DS ID:

DS258

Shelfmark:

CSL v091 B29

Title:

Rhetorica ad Herennium
Summa de casibus conscientiae

Author:

Pseudo Cicero

Pseudo-Cicero WIKIDATA

Bartholomaeus de S. Concordio (Bartholomaeus Pisanus)

Bartholomew of San Concordio WIKIDATA

Place:

Italy

Italy TGN

Date:

s. XV(2); 1450-1499

fifteenth century (dates CE) AAT

s. XV; 1400-1499

fifteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Latin

Latin WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Binding: Quarter bound calf, nineteenth century.
Other decoration, ff. i-iv (front and back flyleaves): 2- and 3-line initials in gold with white-patterned pink and green infilling on square white-patterned blue grounds; 1-line initials within text washed with pale yellow.
Script, ff. i-iv (front and back flyleaves): Humanistic.
Layout, ff. i-iv (front and back flyleaves): 24 long lines; ruled.
Other decoration, ff. 1r-191v: 2- and 3-line initials in red, sometimes decorated in void; paraph marks in red.
Number of scribes, ff. 1r-191v: Several.
Script, ff. 1r-191v: Gothic and humanistic cursive.
Layout, ff. 1r-191v: 2 columns of 36 lines; ruled in ink.

Former Owner(s):

In an envelope with the manuscript, the remains of the bookplate of George John Warren Vernon (1803-1866), fifth Baron Veron; CSL accession number 22953.

George Venables-Vernon, 5th Baron Vernon WIKIDATA

Note:

ff. 1r-191v: The date on the last leaf, 1338, is that of the composition of the text, not of this copy.
ff. i-iv (front and back flyleaves): Continuous sequence of text from book 4 if read in the following order: f. iii r-v, ff. i r-ii v, f. iv r-v.
ff. 1r-191v: On f. 191v, column b, the resume' known as the Breviarum decretorumoften attributed to Johannes de Deo (see, for example, Jordan and Wool, Inventory of Western Manuscripts in the Biblioteca Ambrosianaregarding A 147 sup).

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Holding Institution:

California State Library