Contents: f. i v: 16th century inscription, ‘bonus autem laudat’. f. ii r: 18th century inscription, ‘29 die octobris A.D. 1722’. ff. 1r-37v: Giovanni Pontano, poems. ff. i r, ii v are blank. Decoration: Rubricated headings.
Giovane Buonaccorso da Montemagno, De vera nobilitate
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This manuscript contains a copy of De vera nobilitate (On True Nobility), a Latin treatise written in 1438 by the Renaissance humanist Giovane Buonaccorso da Montemagno (b. 1391/93, d. 1429). This copy of the work has been attributed to the scribe Antonio Tophio (fl. c. 1460-1470), one of the mo...
This manuscript containing the Facetiae (Jokes) by the Italian humanist Poggio Bracciolini (b. 1380, d. 1459) was completed on 10 June 1456. The Facetiae was one of the most popular joke books of the Renaissance. Contents: ff. 1r-87r: Poggio Bracciolini, Facetiae. Decoration: Initials in red.
An imperfect copy of the surgical treatise, also known as 'Rolandina', written by Roland of Parma in the early 13th century. The text begins imperfectly with the prologue at (f. 1r): '[asserve]runt et arbori inverse assimulaverunt et a capite quasi a ra/dice simplici inceperunt'; table of conten...
Contents: ff. 1r-146v: Breviary, Use of Sarum, including only Psalter and Sanctorale; begins imperfectly in Psalm 89:11: '[po]testatem ire tue et pre timore tuo'; ends imperfectly in the office of St Michael: 'Michael archangele veni in adiutorio populo dei […] v. et descendit...' Decoration: ...
Collection of religious treatises, sermons and excerpts by Augustine of Hippo, Bernard of Clairvaux and Anselm of Canterbury
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Contents: ff. 1r-4v: Augustine, De disciplina Christiana. ff. 5r-10v: Augustine, Unde malum. f. 11r: Bernard of Clairvaux, Sententiae quaedam contemplativae, beginning: 'Dominus noster Iesus Christus in die palmarum Ierusalem iturus congruam elegit viam'. ff. 11r-14r: Guigo II, Meditatione...
Guarino da Verona, letters to Leonello d'Este, Marquis of Ferrara, and Poggio Bracciolini, Apostolic Secretary
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Contents: ff. 1r-1v: Guarino da Verona [Guarino Veronese] (b. 1374, d. 1460), Letter to Leonello d'Este (b. 1407, d. 1450) in 1435, Marquis of Ferrara, entitled: 'Guarinus ill. domino Leonallo estensi salutem'; beginning: 'Nuncius ecce novus affertur'. ff. 1v-55r: Guarino da Verona, Letter t...