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Ciceronis Oratio Gn. pom. contra Mitridatem esse Imparatorem [sic] eligendum

Ciceronis Oratio Gn. pom. contra Mitridatem esse Imparatorem [sic] eligendum

Call Number:
Marston MS 182  (Request the physical item to view in our reading room)
Alternate Title:
Orator; Orationes
Creator: Cicero, Marcus Tullius
Language:
Latin
Date: [ca. 1450]
Subjects:
Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven
Oratory--Early works to 1800
Speeches, addresses, etc., Latin
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Guarnieri, Stefano--Manuscripts
Genres:
Manuscripts
Rubrics
Inscriptions
Type of Resource:
mixed material
Description:
On paper
Heading and plain initial, in red, on f. 49r only.
Written possibly in Northern Italy in the middle of the 15th century. Part II was copied by the humanist Stefano Guarnieri who never completed copying the text
Watermarks: Part I: unidentified hunting horn, in gutter. Part II, in gutter: similar in design to Briquet Fruit 7380-81.
Script: Each part written in humanistic cursive by a single scribe, above top line.
Part I: Plain initials in red or blue; heading on f. 1r in red majuscules. Part II: Heading and plain initial, in red, on f. 49r only.
Binding: Nineteenth century, Italy. Brick red goatskin, blind-tooled. Bound for the Guarnieri-Balleani library (Iesi) in the same bindery as MS 450 and Marston MSS 72, 86, 181 and probably by the same binder. Title in ink on the tail edge, mostly illegible.
Purchased from C. A. Stonehill in 1959 by Thomas E. Marston.
Abstract:
Manuscript on paper, composed of two distinct parts. Part I (ff. 1-48): Cicero, Orator ad M. Brutum. Part II (ff. 49-114): Cicero, Orationes.
Physical Description:
f. i + i + 114 : paper ; 210 x 145 mm.
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Curatorial Area: Beinecke Library
Catalog Record:
A record for this resource appears in Orbis, the Yale University Library catalog
Extent of Digitization:
Partial work digitized.
Source Digital Format:
High Resolution (image/tiff)
Object ID: 2057501
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