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Harley MS 3475
- Record Id:
- 040-001615478
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 040-001615478
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001515.0x000020
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 3475
- Title:
- Platina (Bartolomeo Sacchi), Epitome on C. Plinius Secundus (Pliny the Elder), Naturalis historia
- Scope & Content:
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The manuscript includes Epitome on C. Plinius Secundus (Pliny the Elder), Naturalis historia dedicated to Augustino Maffei (b. 1431, d. 1496), Apostolic scriptor and curial official, humanist collector of books and antiquities by the author Platina (Bartolomeo Sacchi), Italian humanist (b. 1421, d. 1481), who perhaps composed the text for him c. 1462-66 (see Osmond). Both Maffei and Platina were associated with the Accademia romana of Pomponius Leto.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Harley Collection
Harley Science Project - Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "040-001615478", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Harley MS 3475: Platina (Bartolomeo Sacchi), Epitome on C. Plinius Secundus (Pliny the Elder), Naturalis historia" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002045828
040-001615478 - Is part of:
- Harley MS 1-7661 : Harley Manuscripts
Harley MS 3475 : Platina (Bartolomeo Sacchi), Epitome on C. Plinius Secundus (Pliny the Elder), Naturalis historia - Hierarchy:
- 032-002045828[3476]/040-001615478
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Harley MS 1-7661
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 volume
- Digitised Content:
- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Harley_MS_3475 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Latin
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1457
- End Date:
- 1471
- Date Range:
- c 1462-c 1466
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Paper codex.
Dimensions: 300 x 220 mm (text space 180 x 120 mm).
Foliation: ff. ix + 40; gatherings mounted on guards.
Script: Humanistic.
Binding: British Museum/British Library in-house binding. 18th-century gold tooled leather covers of a previous 'Harleian' binding are pasted inside the present ones.
- Custodial History:
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Origin:
Italy, probably Rome.
Provenance:
Augustino Maffei (b. 1431, d. 1496), Apostolic scriptor and humanist: probably the copy presented to him by the author, Bartolomeo Platina (Sacchi); see Platina's dedication (ff. 1v-2r).
The Harley Collection, formed by Robert Harley (b. 1661, d. 1724), 1st earl of Oxford and Mortimer, politician, and Edward Harley (b. 1689, d. 1741), 2nd earl of Oxford and Mortimer, book collector and patron of the arts.
Edward Harley bequeathed the library to his widow, Henrietta, née Cavendish Holles (b. 1694, d. 1755) during her lifetime and thereafter to their daughter, Margaret Cavendish Bentinck (b. 1715, d. 1785), duchess of Portland; the manuscripts were sold by the Countess and the Duchess in 1753 to the nation for £10,000 (a fraction of their contemporary value) under the Act of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library.
- Publications:
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A Catalogue of the Harleian Manuscripts in the British Museum, 4 vols (London: Eyre and Strahan, 1808-12), III (1808) , no. 3475.
Patricia Osmond, 'Agostino Maffei', in Repertorium Pomponianum: http://www.repertoriumpomponianum.it/pomponiani/maffei_agostino.htm [accessed 12.10.2011]
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)