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Project / Collection Harley Collection Name Bonwicke, Ambrose, Headmaster of the Merchant Taylors' School, 1652-1722 Level [40] File

1. Harley MS 2639

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2639
Title:
Caius Suetonius Tranquillus, De grammaticis et rhetoribus; Publius Cornelius Tacitus, Dialogus de oratoribus
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains copies of two rhetorical works by Roman historians: De grammaticis et rhetoribus (On Grammarians and Rhetoricians) by Caius Suetonius Tranquillus (b. c. 69, d. after 122) and Dialogus de oratoribus (Dialogue on oratory) by Publius Cornelius Tacitus (b. c. 56, d. c. 120)....
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
c. 1450-c. 1460 (before 1462)
Extent:
A parchment codex

2. Harley MS 2666

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2666
Title:
Sextus Iulius Frontinus, Strategemata
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains the Strategemata (Stratagems) by Sextus Iulius Frontinus (b. c. 30, d. 104), a collection of examples of military stratagems from Greek and Roman history. It represents the oldest extant copy of Frontinus’ work (see Bachrach, ‘A Lying Legacy’ (2007), p. 160). Contents: ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 9th century
Extent:
A parchment codex

3. Harley MS 4385

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4385
Title:
Gilles de Rome, De regimine principum translated by Henri de Gauchy, Le gouvernement des roys et des princes
Scope & Content:
Gilles de Rome, De regimine principum, originally dedicated to his pupil, the future Philip IV of France (r. 1286-1314), in the French translation by Henri de Gauchy (or Ganchy), canon of Liege as Le gouvernement des roys et des princes. Decoration: 1 large miniature with a large decorated ini...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
c 1410-c 1420
Extent:

Parchment codex

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