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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Harley MS 1-7661 Name Plato, 427 BC-347 BC Level [40] File

1. Harley MS 1705

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1705
Title:
Plato's Republic, translated into Latin by Pier Candido Decembrio
Scope & Content:
The preliminary copy of the translation of the first five books of the Republic by Pier Candidio Decembrio (b. 1399, d. 1477), in his autograph. The manuscript also contains Decembrio’s correspondence with Humphrey (b. 1390, d. 1447), prince, soldier, and literary patron, duke of Gloucester from...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
c 1441
Extent:
1 volume

2. Harley MS 2399

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2399
Title:
Composite miscellany of fragments, including Plato, Timaeus (Latin translation); Ambrose, De Bono mortis; Simon Islip, Speculum regis Edwardi tertij; Calendar (Use of Sarum); Middle English poem on the Infancy and other Middle English poems; Sentence of Cursing; Digby Commentary on Hippocrates' Aphorisms; Sermon on the treatment of illness; Collection of theological excerpts and sermons
Scope & Content:
The composite contains nine parts with fragments of other manuscripts, including classical, historical, liturgical, theological and medical texts that were written at different time periods in England. The first part (ff. 1r-8v) was copied in the late 12th century. The second part (ff. 9r-12r) w...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, English, Middle, French, Middle, and Latin
Date Range:
c 1175-c 1625
Extent:
1 item

3. Harley MS 3261

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3261
Title:
Plato, De Legibus, in George of Trebizond's Latin translation
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains George of Trebizond's Latin translation of Plato's De Legibus (Law) made between 1450-1451. The manuscript was produced for Jean Jouffroy, bishop of Arras from 1453, and was later acquired through exchange by Nicholas of Cues (b. 1401, d. 1464). Contents: ff. 2r-164v: ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
c 1453
Extent:
1 volume

4. Harley MS 3481

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3481
Title:
Plato, Select works in the Latin translation by Marsilio Ficino
Scope & Content:
A deluxe copy of Marsilio Ficino's Latin translation of Plato's select dialogues< copied for Ferdinand I of Aragon, king of Naples. Contents: f. 1: A parchment flyleaf. f. 2r: Naldus, Naldius (b. 1439, d. 1513), Epigram on Plato, begins 'Cum Deus aethereis hunc mittere vellet...'. ff. 2v-...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
between 1491-1493
Extent:
1 volume

5. Harley MS 3551

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3551
Title:
Plato, Phaedo, translated into Latin by Leonardo Bruni
Scope & Content:
A humanist copy of Leonardo Bruni's Latin translation of Plato's Phaedo copied by Nicolai de Camulio of Genoa. Contents: ff. 1r-1v: Inscriptions, 'Liber Phedronis scriptus manu mei Nicolai de Camulio notarii et cancellarii Januensis etc. die X Febr.ii MCCCCLVII. D. Prosper filius D. Nicolay do...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1416
Extent:
1 volume

6. Harley MS 5054

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5054
Title:
The direct manner and order of Proceeding in Causes and Suytes depending in the high Court of Chancery; Plato, Apologia Socratis; William of Auxerre, Summa aurea; and other texts
Scope & Content:
This manuscript consists of five parts that were produced separately. The first three parts (ff. 1-30; ff. 31-54; ff. 55-54) were written in England in the 17th century. The fourth part (ff. 79-200) was written in England in the 2nd half of the 15th century. The fifth part (ff. 202-309) was ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
2nd or 3rd quarter of the 13th century-17th century
Extent:
1 volume

7. Harley MS 5671

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5671
Title:
Proclus Diadochus, Commentary on Plato's Parmenides. Procli philosophi Platonici opera inedita, iii, ed. V. Cousin, Paris 1864.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
3rd quarter of the 16th century
Extent:
1 item

8. Harley MS 5696

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5696
Title:
Proclus of Athens, Commentary on Plato's Alcibiades I. Proclus Diadochus. Commentary on the First Alcibiades of Plato, ed. L. G. Westerink, Amsterdam 1954, p.viii. Some marginal corrections.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 16th century
Extent:
1 item