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2591. Harley MS 2584, ff 1r-42r

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2584, ff 1r-42r
Title:
Solinus, Collectanea rerum mirabilium
Scope & Content:
Solinus, Collectanea rerum mirabilium, rubric: 'C. Iulii Solini summi gramatici polihistor ab ipso editus et recognitus de situ orbis tractarum et de singulis mirabilibus que in mundo habentur Solinus', incipit: 'Quoniam quidam impaciencius pocius.' Includes numerous marginal annotations. Decor...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter ofthe 13th century
Extent:
42 folios.

2592. Harley MS 2584, ff 43r-140v

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2584, ff 43r-140v
Title:
Pseudo-Aristotle, Problemata
Scope & Content:
Pseudo-Aristotle, Problemata, in the Latin translation by Bartholomaeus de Messina with a list of chapters, incipit: 'Propter quid magne super habundantie.' Decoration: 1 puzzle initials in red and black at the beginning of the text. Initials and rubrics in red. Guide letters and instruction ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
Late 13th century-Early 14th century
Extent:
98 folios.

2593. Harley MS 2584, ff 141r-167v

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2584, ff 141r-167v
Title:
Pseudo-Aristotle, Secretum secretorum
Scope & Content:
ff. 141r-167v: Pseudo-Aristotle, Secretum secretorum, in the Latin translation by Philip of Tripoli with the translator's preface (ff. 141r-141v), incipit: 'Domino suo excellentissimo in cultu regionis christianae strenuissimo Guidoni vero de Valentia', and list of contents (ff. 141v-142r), inci...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
27 folios.

2594. Harley MS 2586

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2586
Title:
Geoffrey de Vinsauf, Poetria nova; Francesco Piccinini, Poetry collection dedicated to Antonius Astensis; Guarino da Verona, Epistolae; Agostino Dati, Elegantiolae
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains the Poetria nova of Geoffrey de Vinsauf (fl. 1200) and a poetry collection by Francesco Piccinini (fl. 15th century), who identifies himself as a ducal scribe and dedicates the work to Antonius Astensis. The volume also includes a number of letters by the Italian humanis...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

2595. Harley MS 2587

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2587
Title:
Grammatical miscellany including Sextus Pompeius Festus, De Verborum significatione
Scope & Content:
A humanistic collection of Late Antique and Renaissance grammatical tracts. Contents: ff. 1r-73v: Sextus Pompeius Festus, De Verborum significatione ff. 74r-116v: Pier Candido Decembrio, Grammaticon. ff. 117r-133v: Nonius Marcellus, Compendiosa doctrina, excerpts. Decoration: White vine i...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
3rd quarter of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume.

2596. Harley MS 2588

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2588
Title:
Aulus Persius Flaccus, Satires
Scope & Content:
Aulus Persius Flaccus, Satires, incipit (prologue): 'Nec fonte labra prolui cabalino'; incipit (text): 'O curas hominum.' Decoration: 2 white vine ('bianchi girari') initials in gold and colours at the beginning of the prologue and the Satira prima (f. 1r). Smaller coloured initials in blue.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
c 1440-c 1450
Extent:
1 volume

2597. Harley MS 2590

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2590
Title:
Select works of Cicero and Sallust
Scope & Content:
A humanistic collection of authentic and fictitious works of Cicero and Sallust with two fictitious speeches attributed to Catilina. Contents: ff. 1r-61v: Pseudo-Cicero, Rhetorica ad Herennium (books 1-4). ff. 62r-76r: Marcus Tullius Cicero, De Haruspicum responsis. ff. 76v-86r: Marcus T...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
3rd quarter of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

2598. Harley MS 2591

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2591
Title:
Cicero, Epistulae ad familiares
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains an imperfect copy of the Epistulae ad familiares (Letters to Friends), a collection of letters sent between the Roman orator Marcus Tullius Cicero (b. 106, d. 43 BC) and various public and private figures. Contents: ff. 1r-192v: Cicero, Epistulae ad familiares, imper...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek and Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

2599. Harley MS 2592

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2592
Title:
Marcus Tullius Cicero, De Oratore
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-178r: Marcus Tullius Cicero, De Oratore, lacking Book 1, I (most likely one leaf), beginning: 'extitissent nam quocumque te animo' followed by a colophon. [f. 178v is blank].
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1462
Extent:
1 volume

2600. Harley MS 2593

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2593
Title:
Giannozzo Manetti, De dignitate et excellentia hominis
Scope & Content:
This volume contains a copy of De dignitate et excellentia hominis (On the Dignity and Excellence of Man), a treatise written by the Italian politician and diplomat Giannozzo Manetti (b. 1396, d. 1459). The work in four books was a response to Pope Innocent III's De miseria humane conditionis (O...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1455
Extent:
1 volume

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