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1. Harley MS 2462

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2462
Title:
Collection of orations by Demosthenes and Aeschines, translated into Latin by Leonardo Bruni
Scope & Content:
A collection of orations by two classical Greek orators, Demosthenes and Aeschines, translated into Latin by Leonardo Bruni (1370-1444), with other rhetorical and grammatical works. Contents: ff. 1r-5r: Summaries (Argumenta) of the orations contained in the volume. ff. 5v-8v: Leonardo Bruni, ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

2. Harley MS 2631

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2631
Title:
Cicero, De senectute; Paradoxa stoicorum; Leonardus Brunus Aretinus, Invectiva ad hypocritas; Cicero Novus; Plutarch, Vita Demosthenis, in a Latin translation by Leonardus Brunus Aretinus; Demosthenes, De Chersoneso; Cicero, Somnium Scipionis; De amicitia
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains a collection of classical and humanistic texts including a number of works by the Roman statesman Marcus Tullius Cicero (b. 106, d. 43 BC), Plutarch's Life of Demosthenes, and a biography of Cicero by the Italian historian and statesman Leonardus Brunus Aretinus (b. 1370...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1427-1430
Extent:
1 volume