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Record Id:
032-002029082
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032-002029082
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Add MS 6793
Title:

CICERO: 'Epistulae ad Atticum', with supplementary letters of Cicero, etc.; mid-late 15th cent. Imperfect, ending at Book XVI, letter XVIB, 'interposita sunt non serventur magnam'. Latin. Origin: Italy. Beg. 'Petitionis nostre quam tibi summe cure esse'. See: W. S. Watt, M. Tulli Ciceronis Epistulae, ii, Epistulae ad Atticum (1965);

D. R. Shackleton Bailey, Letters to Atticus, 6 vols. (1965-1970); Reynolds,

pp. 135-137; G. Novaro, 'Proposta di restituzione della lezione originale Artiminos in Cicerone, Ad. Att. I, 19,4.', Studi Etruschi XLIII (Serie III) (1975), pp. 105-115. Letters, etc., of Cicero are added as prefatory and concluding material in a later hand, ff. 1v-6v, 296v-303v. Marginals (ff. 27v, 84v), in same hand as ff. 1-6v, 296v-303v. 'H Johachim abbas', head of f. 297v. Purchased at Sotheby's May 1826, see Add. 6792.

Paper and vellum (f. 303). 210 x 142mm. Originally regular gatherings of 12 from f. 7. Catchwords regular from f. 18v. Signatures: arabic numerals top right-hand corner recto, ff. 159, 160, 171, 172, 203, 205-207, 218, 241. Single columns. Italian hands: A. Formal humanist script with? a second hand of this type occurring ff. 53v-54. ff. 7-54;- B. Cursive script. ff. 54v-130, 227-296v;-

C. Formal humanist script with cursive characteristics. ff. 131-226v;- D. Late 15th cent. cursive script. ff. 1v-6v, 296v-303v. Some capitals in red from f. 131. Watermarks: (a) Mont. See Briquet 11662. passim;- (b) Flower. See Briquet 6390, 6391. ff. 19-54.

Contents:

1. f. 1v. Two extracts? from Cicero.

2. ff. 2-6v. Cicero, letter. Printed in W. S. Watt, ed., M. Tulli Ciceronis Epistulae, iii, Brutum and Quintum Fratrem (1958), Brutum xxiv.

3. ff. 7-296v. Cicero, 'Epistulae ad Atticum'.

4. ff. 296v-297v. Petrarch, letter to Cicero. Beg. 'Epistolas tuas diu multum'. Rossi-Bosco, ed., Francesco Petrarca Le Familiari, iv (Florence, 1942),

pp. 225-231.

5. ff. 298v-303v. Cicero, letters. Printed in Watt, Brutum and Quintum Fratrem. (a) Brutum xviii. ff. 298v-299v;- (b) Ibid. xxv. ff. 299v-300v; (c) Ibid. xxvi. ff. 300v-301v;- (d) Ibid. Quintum Fratrem, I, i. Imperfect at end. ff. 301v-303v.

Scope & Content:

Watermarks: Mont: 15th cent.

includes:

  • ff. 1-6v, 296v-303v Marcus Tullius Cicero: Letters, etc.,: late 15th cent: Lat.
  • ff. 7-296v Marcus Tullius Cicero: 'Epistulae ad Atticum': mid-late 15th cent: Lat.
  • ff. 19-54 Watermarks: Flower: 15th cent.
  • ff. 296v-297v Marcus Tullius Cicero: Petrarch: Petrarch, letter to Cicero: 1469: Lat.

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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
1 item
Digitised Content:
Languages:
English
Latin
Scripts:
Latin
Start Date:
1430
End Date:
1499
Date Range:
Mid 15th century-Late 15th century
Era:
CE
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Names:
Petrarca, Francesco, poet, 1304-1374
Tullius Cicero, Marcus, 106 BC-43 BC,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000139322910,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/78769600