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Manuscript/Mixed Material [De officiis ; De inventione rhetorica ; Partitiones oratoriae]

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Title

  • [De officiis ; De inventione rhetorica ; Partitiones oratoriae]

Names

  • Cicero, Marcus Tullius
  • Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, 1792-1872, former owner

Created / Published

  • [ca. 1450]

Headings

  • -  Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)--Washington (D.C.)
  • -  Ethics--Early works to 1800
  • -  Oratory--Early works to 1800
  • -  Invention (Rhetoric)--Early works to 1800

Notes

  • -  Ms.
  • -  Titles supplied by cataloger based on actual contents. On spine: Cicero. Ms. membran.
  • -  Dated to mid-15th century on paleographical grounds.
  • -  Written in roman humanistic script, probably in Italy; by two or three scribes (change of script size from p. 44 to 45, 1st group; certain change of hand from p. 30 to 31, last group).
  • -  Each of the three works is introduced by an illuminated initial (large letter in greyish magenta filled with green in a field of laid gold); spaces left blank for minor initials remained unfilled. Tail margin of p. 1 excised.
  • -  Paginated in modern pencil; p. 138-140 of the 1st group are blank, as are p. 30 (where ca. 240 words of the text remained uncopied) and 140-[148] of the 2nd group.
  • -  Late 18th-cent. binding in red morocco with imitation à la dentelle décor in gilt.
  • -  Parke-Bernet Galleries. [Sale no. 313] Ornithological books by Gould, Sharpe and others, 1941, no. 202
  • -  Ricci, S. de. Medieval and Renaissance mss. (suppl.), p. 113, C 5
  • -  Purchased by LC from Central Book Co., New York; accessioned Feb. 9, 1942 (LL 627895.
  • -  Former owners: (Isaac?) Grant (inscribed with date 1771); Sir Thomas Phillipps (Phillipps ms. 3941); Geo. Webber (inscribed); Albert May Todd (his ex libris).
  • -  Cataloged as manuscript. vj04 16fe95
  • -  Old shelf mark: LAW .

Medium

  • 140, 141, [7], 40 p., bound : parchment ; 25 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • PA6278 .A3 1450

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 95117742

Online Format

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  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Cicero, Marcus Tullius, and Thomas Phillipps. De officiis ; De inventione rhetorica ; Partitiones oratoriae. [1450] Manuscript/Mixed Material. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/95117742/.

APA citation style:

Cicero, M. T. & Phillipps, T. (1450) De officiis ; De inventione rhetorica ; Partitiones oratoriae. [Manuscript/Mixed Material] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/95117742/.

MLA citation style:

Cicero, Marcus Tullius, and Thomas Phillipps. De officiis ; De inventione rhetorica ; Partitiones oratoriae. [1450] Manuscript/Mixed Material. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/95117742/>.