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1. Harley MS 1322

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1322
Title:
Aristotle, Ethica
Scope & Content:
Aristotle, Ethica (Nicomachean Ethics), in the Latin translation by Leonardo Bruni of Arezzo (Leonardo Aretino), with the translator's preface (ff. 1r-4r), rubric (preface): 'Leonhardi Aretini prefacio in conversione librorum moralium Aristotilis summum phylosoph [erased] etc.', incipit: 'Aristo...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

5. Harley MS 2541

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2541
Title:
Sallust, Catilina and Jugurtha, with letters of Petrarch and others
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-34v: C. Sallustius Crispus (Sallust), Catilina, title: 'CRISPI SALUSTI LIBER DE BELLO CATILINARIO INCIPIT FOELICITER', incipit: 'Omnis homines qui sese student.' ff. 35v-100r: C. Sallustius Crispus (Sallust), Jugurtha, rubric: 'Eiusdem Salustii de bello Iugurtino Liber', incip...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1469
Extent:
1 volume

6. Harley MS 2561

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2561
Title:
Collection of texts on virtues and vices
Scope & Content:
A collection of Classical and Patristic texts by Renaissance authors, mainly excerpts, relating to virtues and vices. Contents: ff. 1r-5v: ‘Tabula Philosophi per Alphabetum’, begins ‘Abstinere a comestione nimia summa est medicina (libro de regimine principum)…’ An alphabetical list of citatio...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

7. Harley MS 2571

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2571
Title:
An anthology of poems, letters and treatises by Italian humanists
Scope & Content:
An anthology of poems, letters and treatises by various Italian humanists. Contents: ff. 1r: Added title-page drawn in ink with the arms of cardinal D. Gerardus, to whom the book is dedicated, 17th century. f. 1v: blank. ff. 2r-29r: Poggio Bracciolini (b. 1380, d. 1459), De nobilitate, ends ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1442
Extent:
1 volume

8. 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

9. Harley MS 3269

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3269
Title:
Aristotle, Ethica
Scope & Content:
Aristotle, Ethica (Nichomachean Ethics), in the Latin translation by Leonardo Bruni of Arezzo (Leonardo Aretino), with a preface (ff. 1r-4r), incipit: 'Aristoteles ethicorum libros facere latinos', and dedicatory letter addressed to Pope Martin V (ff. 4r-4v), incipit: 'Non novum esse constat bea...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
c 1450-1460
Extent:
1 volume

10. Harley MS 3270

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3270
Title:
Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, translated into Latin by Leonardo Bruni
Scope & Content:
A humanist copy of selected works by Aristotle, all translated into Latin by Leonardo Bruni (b. 1370, d. 1444). Contents: ff. 3r-111r: Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, in the Latin translation by Leonardo Bruni, preceded by two prefaces (ff. 3r-6v). ff. 111r-112v: Leonardo Bruni, Letter to Ugo...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1410-1420
Extent:
1 volume