Phaedon

Title: Phaedon
LC Subject: Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern) Immortality--Early works to 1800 Philosophy, Ancient
Item Locator: Eugene, OR, Special Collections and University Archives, University of Oregon, MS 013.
Repository: University of Oregon. Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives
Alternative: Spine title: Phaedon e vers
Author: Plato Bruni, Leonardo, 1369-1444
Description: Manuscript codex. This translation is by humanist scholar Leonardo Bruni. Probably made from a manuscript brought to Italy by Chrysoloras. Collation: Small folio in quires I-II__, III__. Decoration: 2 initials in red with very fine blue tracery, and in blue with red tracery. f1r [initial large majuscule red 'Q']UI LAUDANT SACTITUTEM TUAM/ bearissime pater opus certe bonum ac pium agere/ pergunt. [TRANSLATION] THOSE WHO PRAISE YOUR HOLINESS, most blessed father, certainly continue to drive the good and pious work. f1r [Superscript marginal addendum in cursive hand] Platonis Phaedon, sive de animo in Leonardo Arentino (latine redditum) f1v [Initial Blue 'I'] PSE affuisti o Pheton ea die qua Socrates venenum bibit in carcere. An ab alio quodam audivisti. [TRANSLATION] Oh Phaeton, were you yourself present on this day when Socrates drinks poison in prison, or did you hear from someone else? Binding: Contemporary binding of gray linen with olive morocco back with title in gilt: PHAEDON E VERS. LEON ARENTI. Script: upright humanistic Roman hand with much abbreviation.
Provenance: Donation/Purchase; Julia Burgess, 1935-1942.
Date: 1401/1500
Identifier: MS_013
Item Locator: MS 013
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: Collection
Format: application/xml
Set: University of Oregon Special Collections Manuscripts and Rare Books
Primary Set: University of Oregon Special Collections Manuscripts and Rare Books
Institution: University of Oregon
Layout: Single column measuring 161 x 105mm, in 30 lines (5mm).