De Officiis

Title: De Officiis
LC Subject: Ethics Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern) Ethics--Early works to 1800 Jugurthine War, 111-105 B.C. Rome--History--Conspiracy of Catiline, 65-62 B.C.
Item Locator: Eugene, OR, Special Collections and University Archives, University of Oregon, MS 032.
Repository: University of Oregon. Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives
Author: Cicero, Marcus Tullius
Description: Manuscript codex. Collation: Quires of 12. No signatures or catchwords. Decoration: Lombardic capitals in same ink as text; occasional sketches in margins (pointing hand, sword). Some spaces left for initial letters that were not executed. Binding: Half parchment, covers have tan paper diapered with crescents and dots in brown. 5 sewing stations, sewn in very heavy thread. Script: Rounded semi-Gothic minuscule in brown ink, annotations in 15th c. bookhand, and some in italic cursive.
Provenance: Three inscriptions of ownership: 1. Jacobo Baptista, an Augustinian of Prato, in 1454. The manuscript therefore is earlier by some years than the first printed editions (Anderson Co.) of 1465 and 1470. 2. Typed label on cover in Italian: 1. Cicerone de officiiis. 2. Sallustio, Catilinaria et jugurtina. Ms. cart. Lat. del sec. XV, non num. in carattere gotico con numerose note marginali, in 4. 50,00. 3. Edward Sandford Burgess purchased from booksellers Davis and Orioli, London, in 1919. Donation/Purchase ; Julia Burgess, 1935-1942.
Location: Italy
Date: 1401/1450
Identifier: MS_032
Item Locator: MS 032
Rights: No Copyright - United States
Dc Rights Holder: University of Oregon. Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives
Use Restrictions: Property rights reside with Special Collections & University Archives, University of Oregon Libraries. All requests for permission to publish collection materials must be submitted to Special Collections & University Archives.
Language: Latin
Type: Text
Format: application/pdf
Material: Paper
Set: University of Oregon Special Collections Manuscripts and Rare Books
Institution: University of Oregon
Layout: 181 leaves; 148 x 215 mm bound to 150 x 220 mm. Single column, 25-26 lines per page, ruled in lead or graphite. Pricking at some outer margins, penciled ruling, wide margins. Numerous interlinear and marginal annotations.