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1. Leaf from a large manuscript Bible
Description
Manuscript document. Title devised by cataloger., Collation: Parchment, single leaf, 2 pages., Decoration: Every other line begins with a decorated initial in alternating blue and red pigment. The initials have the opposite color for flourish. The blue flourish either has faded or was never applied and the under-drawing remains in light pink. The text is in black ink. Recto has CCX in the top right and a random pen marking in the right margin. Verso has - 70 - beneath the final line of text., Binding: disbound., Lettering: Written in Italian Gothic Rotunda script.
2. Leaf from a Vulgate Bible (Prophecy of Jeremiah) [MS 119]
Leaf from a Vulgate Bible (Prophecy of Jeremiah) [MS 119]
Description
Manuscript document. Title devised by cataloger., The leaf contains the entirety of Jeremiah 5. Recto: Mias heading is the tail end of Jeremias. Decorated C begins Jeremiah 5. Verso: Jere heading is the beginning of Jeremias. Decorated C begins Jeremiah 6. Text ends at Jeremiah 6:16, State super vias et..., Collation: Parchment, single sheet., Origin: France?, Lettering: Written in Gothic book hand (textualis prescissa sine pedibus)., Decoration: Mias heading in blue (recto) and Jere heading in red (verso). Initial C (recto) in red with blue flourishing, Roman numerals in red. Initial C (verso) in blue with red flourish. Text is in black ink. Vertical and horizontal ruling still visible., Binding: Disbound.
3. Phaedon [001]
Phaedon [001]
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.
4. Epitome Rerum Romanorum: Libri IV
Epitome Rerum Romanorum: Libri IV
Description
Manuscript codex. Title devised by cataloger. Item consists of two summaries of Livy's History of Rome. The variant title, Epitome de Tito Livio Bellorum Omnium Annorum DCO, is from Loeb., Collation: Parchment, fol. i (parchment) + 164 + i (ruled but blank) ; 1-9__ 10_ 11-16__ ; vertical catchwords at foot of the final verso of each quire. Penciled folio numeration in later hand., Origin: Italy. Coat of Arms has been described as of the De Haye family., Script: Humanistic book hand., Decoration: 3 levels. I. f1r: full page border in green, blue, gold, red, fuchsia, brown and flesh. With illuminated capitals containing profile image of each Author; 5 scene medallions of the Foundation of Rome & 7 portrait medallions with profiles of Roman Kings, 1 additional medallion showing frontal bust of Jesus. II. f19v, 42r, 67r contain 4x3 cm illuminated capital with extensive flourishing decoration and golden orbs. III. Gilt Capital for each chapter upon azure, green and fuchsia square, with white highlights, each with a single vine extending up to 9 cm vertically and accompanied by a single orb with black spindles in the margin. Rubrication throughout; gold illuminations; presence of lapis lazuli., Binding: Original brown morocco over wooden boards, 6x3 cm arabesque centerpiece and paneled by a 25 mm rectangular border at a margin of 2 cm, as well as an outer border of blind fillets, the backstrip is in 7 panels, crossed by diagonal lines extended into point on each cover. Remnants of four hasps, 2 on front edge, and one on top and bottom. Silk head and tailbands.
5. Phaedon [004]
Phaedon [004]
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.
6. De Officiis [003]
De Officiis [003]
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.
7. De Officiis [002]
De Officiis [002]
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.
8. Compendium of Logic ; Commentary on the Organon ; Compendium of Moral Philosophy and Commentary on Aristotle's Moral Philosophy (Nichomachean Ethics) [005]
Compendium of Logic ; Commentary on the Organon ; Compendium of Moral Philosophy and Commentary on Aristotle's Moral Philosophy (Nichomachean Ethics) [005]
Description
Manuscript codex. Summary: Scholastic philosophy is at first influenced by Platonism through the mediation of St. Augustine from the 13th Century ... by Aristotle's philosophy ... The Stagirite became the official philosopher ... Toward the middle of the fifteenth century [scholasticism] succumbs to the secular and liberal reaction inaugurated by the Renaissance. Weber's History of Philosophy, pp. 202, 239. The Organon, or instrument of philosophy was earnestly studied before and after the dominance of Aristotelian metaphysics under scholasticism. Aristotle is the real founder of logic, and his system of deductive logic, in the opinion of Weber, constitutes his ... claim to fame., Collation: Quarto (228 x 175 mm) in quires of 8 (except vii^4, viii^2, xi^6, xv-xvii^6, xviii^10, xix^6, xxiii^6, xxiv^10, xxv-vi^6, xxv-vi^6, xxviii^4, xxxv^1, xxxvii^4, xli-ii^4, xlvi^10)(to compliment these exceptions ff. 171-172, ff. 187-188, f245 had been removed before writing). No rubrication; no signatures. Catchwords only before missing pages. Four sets of numeration, to reflect the four books in this volume., Decoration: Line diagrams in same black ink on f21v (Diagram describing the rules of argument oppositions) & f32r (Matrix concerning the methods of forming an arguement)., Binding: Vellum over boards 235 x 176 mm, showing 3 raised bands labelled Aristotles XVe siede MSS. With page edges dressed en rouge. Attempted binding repair with at least 4 bands of reused parchment, with text, strapped between interior board and spine., Script: Humanistic cursive in a single hand.
9. Epitome Rerum Romanorum: Libri IV [014]
Epitome Rerum Romanorum: Libri IV [014]
Description
Manuscript codex. Title devised by cataloger. Item consists of two summaries of Livy's History of Rome. The variant title, Epitome de Tito Livio Bellorum Omnium Annorum DCO, is from Loeb., Collation: Parchment, fol. i (parchment) + 164 + i (ruled but blank) ; 1-9__ 10_ 11-16__ ; vertical catchwords at foot of the final verso of each quire. Penciled folio numeration in later hand., Origin: Italy. Coat of Arms has been described as of the De Haye family., Script: Humanistic book hand., Decoration: 3 levels. I. f1r: full page border in green, blue, gold, red, fuchsia, brown and flesh. With illuminated capitals containing profile image of each Author; 5 scene medallions of the Foundation of Rome & 7 portrait medallions with profiles of Roman Kings, 1 additional medallion showing frontal bust of Jesus. II. f19v, 42r, 67r contain 4x3 cm illuminated capital with extensive flourishing decoration and golden orbs. III. Gilt Capital for each chapter upon azure, green and fuchsia square, with white highlights, each with a single vine extending up to 9 cm vertically and accompanied by a single orb with black spindles in the margin. Rubrication throughout; gold illuminations; presence of lapis lazuli., Binding: Original brown morocco over wooden boards, 6x3 cm arabesque centerpiece and paneled by a 25 mm rectangular border at a margin of 2 cm, as well as an outer border of blind fillets, the backstrip is in 7 panels, crossed by diagonal lines extended into point on each cover. Remnants of four hasps, 2 on front edge, and one on top and bottom. Silk head and tailbands.
10. Phaedon [006]
Phaedon [006]
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.
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