Humanistic miscellany comprising classical, late antique and humanistic grammatical treatises. Contents: ff. 1r-91r: George of Trebizond, De Quatuor declinabilibus partibus ex Prisciani compendium. f. 91v: blank ff. 92r-123v: Priscian of Caesarea, Partitiones duodecim versuum Aeneidos princi...
Miscellany including Macer Floridus, De viribus herbarum
Scope & Content:
The manuscript is a humanistic miscellany including: Pseudo-Ovidius, Liber facetus (ff. 1r-12r); Macer Floridus, De viribus herbarum (ff. 13r-66r); M. Porcius Cato, De re rustica or De agri cultura (ff. 67r-115r). Decoration: Large initials in colours and gold with foliate decoration (ff....
Macer Floridus (Odo of Meung), De viribus herbarum. A humanistic copy of the Latin poem in hexameters describing the medical virtues of herbs written under the pseudonym of Macer (with reference to the Roman poet Aemilius Macer, d. 15 BC). The author apparently is the French physician Odo de Meu...
Miscellany containing excerpts from classical authors and works from humanist scholars
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A humanistic miscellany containing a selection of excerpts from classical authors and works from humanist scholars. Contents: ff. 2-11v: Cornelius Nepos, Life of Pomponius Atticus attributed to Aemilius Probus. ff. 12r-13r: Cornelius Nepos, Life of Cato Maior attributed to Aemilius Probus ff...
Contents: ff. 1r-10r: Horace [Quintus Horatius Flaccus], Ars poetica. ff. 10r-52v: Horace, Satires. ff. 53r-83v: Horace, Epistulae. The manuscript contains later additions: f. 1*recto: An Italian inscription: 'Se questo libro asorta si p[re]dessi a ?dapitassi allemane di p[er]sona che no[n...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Italian and Latin
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 15th century-3rd quarter of the 15th century
Solinus, Collectanea rerum mirabilium and Pseudo-Aristotle, Problemata and Secretum secretorum
Scope & Content:
The volume is composed of three independent parts that originally circulated as independent manuscripts (ff. 1-42; 43-140; 141-169) and includes: ff. 1r-42r: Solinus, Collectanea rerum mirabilium. ff. 43r-140v: Pseudo-Aristotle, Problemata. ff. 141r-167v: Pseudo-Aristotle, Secretum secretorum.