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Summary Catalogue no.: 24711

Contents

1.
Cicero, Epistulae ad Brutum
Language(s): Latin
2.
Cicero, Epistulae ad Quintum fratrem
Language(s): Latin
3.
Cicero, Epistulae ad Atticum
Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

Hand(s)

Humanistic script. (Pächt and Alexander ii. 258, pl. XXIII)

Decoration

Pächt and Alexander ii. 258, pl. XXIII:

Fine initials.

fol. 2r

  • Type initial C(icero)
  • Subject Gold 8-line initial with white-stem interlace.

Fine border.

  • Type full border
  • Subject White-stem interlace with two seated putti and two grotesques. In the lower margin two putti with halos and wings support an erased coat of arms.

History

Origin: 15th century, middle ; Italian, Central (?)

Record Sources

Summary description by Elizabeth Solopova and Matthew Holford, based on the Summary Catalogue and supplementary sources.
Summary Catalogue, Vol. 5, p. 48
Summary Catalogue, Vol. 5, p. 49

Abbreviations

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Last Substantive Revision

2017-07-01: First online publication.