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Name Gibson, John, book-dealer, fl 1720-1726 Place Northern Italy

1. Harley MS 2758

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2758
Title:
Ovid, Heroides
Scope & Content:
This 14th-century manuscript contains a copy of the Heroides (The Heroines), a collection of 15 epistolary poems by the Roman poet Publius Ovidius Naso (b. 43 BC, d. 17/18 AD), also known as Ovid. Contents: ff. 1r-48v: Ovid, Heroides. Decoration: Partial foliate border in colours and gol...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 14th century
Extent:
1 volume

2. Harley MS 3059

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3059
Title:
Collection of theological works by Anselm of Canterbury, Bernard of Clairvaux, Jerome and Augustine of Hippo; a treatise on the plague
Scope & Content:
A collection of works by Anselm of Canterbury (b. 1033/4, d. 1109), Bernard of Clairvaux (b. 1090, d. 1153), Jerome (d. 420), and Augustine of Hippo (b. 354, d. 430). Compendium de epidemia, a treatise on plague compiled by the Paris medical faculty, has been added to the end of the volume, as w...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
14th century
Extent:

1 volume

3. Harley MS 3593

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3593
Title:
Lawrence of Aquilegia, Summa dictaminis and letter collection
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains the Summa dictaminis edita iuxta doctrinam Tullii (Summary of letter-writing, learned through the instruction of Tullius [Marcus Tullius Cicero]), a treatise on the ars dictaminis, the art of letter writing, written by the thirteenth-century Italian canon and teacher Law...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 14th century
Extent:
1 volume