1. Add MS 57911
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 57911
- Title:
- GAIUS SUETONIUS TRANQUILLUS: 'De vita duodecim Caesarum'; Italy, late 15th cent. Latin. 16th-cent. note inside the upper board 'Emptus.xxxv.B.'. Near contemporary Italian paper title pasted in (f. iv). Owned by Benoit Le Court, a 16th-cent. jurist and humanist from Lyons, whose coat of arms is stamped at the centre of each cover panel. The 16th-cent. purchase note inside the upper board is similar to notes in other manuscripts from his library. See D. Gid, Catalogue des reliures françoises estam...
- Scope & Content:
- Bindings FRENCH: Lyons, France: Blind-tooled binding for Benoit Le Court bound in Lyons: mid 16th cent.: Lat. History: Art. Illuminations and Drawings ITALIAN: Biography: Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus, historian: De vita duodecim Caesarum by Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus: late 15th cent.: Lat.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English and Latin
- Date Range:
- Late 15th century
- Extent:
- 1 item