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Language Greek Place Florence, Italy Material Type Archives and Manuscripts

1. Burney MS 244

Reference (shelfmark):
Burney MS 244
Title:
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus, Institutio Oratoria
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1v-214r: Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (b. c. 35, d. c. 100), Institutio Oratoria (Institutes of Oratory), beginning with the Letter to Tryphonus and a list of incipits to Book 1. The explicit occurs on f. 212v, followed by an erroneously omitted passage of Book 1.1-2 on the inserted...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek and Latin
Date Range:
c 1440-c 1450
Extent:

A parchment codex

2. Harley MS 2466

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2466
Title:
Cicero, Epistulae ad Atticum
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains the Epistulae ad Atticum (Letters to Atticus), a collection of letters from the Roman orator Marcus Tullius Cicero (b. 106, d. 43 BC) to his close friend Titus Pomponius Atticus (b. c. 110, d. 32 BC). According to an inscription on the first folio, the book was owned by ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek and Latin
Date Range:
3rd quarter of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

3. Harley MS 5439

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5439
Title:
Lactantius, Divinae institutiones
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains a copy of the Divinae institutiones (The Divine Institutes), a theological work by the Christian Roman philosopher Lucius Caecilius Firmianus Lactantius (b. c. 250, d. c. 350). Contents: ff. 1r-196r: Lactantius, Divinae institutiones. f. 196v is blank. Decoration: ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek and Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume