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1. Harley MS 1883

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1883
Title:
Collection of moral treatises, including Andreas Carthusiensis, De remedio utriusque fortunae
Scope & Content:
A collection of medieval and humanistic texts on virtuous life. Contents: ff. 1r-80v: Andreas Carthusiensis, De remedio utriusque fortunae, begins 'Quondam michi meditanti subiit illa quae me saepius occupat...'. ff. 81-118r: Francesco Zabarella (b. 1360, d. 1417), De Felicitate in 3 books wi...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

2. Harley MS 2460

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2460
Title:
Collection of classical texts, including Xenophon, Cyropaedia
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 4r-86r: Xenophon, Cyropaedia,in an unedited Latin translation by Poggio Bracciolini (see Lourdaux 1978), with a preface, rubric: 'In Xenophontis historiam de vita Cyri per Pogium vel ut quidam volunt per Franciscum Philelphum in latinum traductim prefatio', incipit: ‘Cum plures qu...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 15th century
Extent:

1 volume

3. Harley MS 3426

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3426
Title:
Humanistic miscellany, including select lives from Plutarch's Parallel lives
Scope & Content:
A humanist anthology of classical and patristic Greek authors translated into Latin by Leonardo Bruni. Contents: ff. 1r-134v: Select lives from Plutarch, Parallel lives, translated by Leonardo Bruni. ff. 1r-37r: Life of Antonius, with preface. ff. 37r-56v: Life of Pyrrhus. ff. 56v-73r: Lif...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume