MS. Auct. F. 6. 2
Summary Catalogue no.: 2145
Contents
Language(s): Latin
1.
, Politics (tr. Leonardo Bruni ) Only the prefatory letter to Humfrey duke of Gloucester, followed at fol. 4v by his 'Prohemium in libros Politicorum Aristotelis'
Incipit: Libros Aristotilis multis a me vigilijs
2. (fol. 6v)
, Letters (tr. Leonardo Bruni ) Rubric: Leonardi Arretini prefacio in Epistolas Platonis, ad Cosmam Mediceum
With an 'Argumentum' and (fol. 10) the Latin text of eleven Letters, with one of Dion (fol. 10).
4. (fol. 92v)
, Anticlaudianus With the prose introduction: here without title, except one supplied by sir Thomas Bodley on fol. 203.
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: iii + 212 leaves
Dimensions (leaf): 5.25 × 4 in.
Decoration
Illuminated capitals.
Binding
Black leather with stamped gold ornament, clasps lost, Oxford late 16th cent. work.
History
Provenance and Acquisition
'Thomas Hynde ow thys booke,' 16th cent.
Bought with money given by dr. Owen Wood, dean of Armagh, in 1610.
Record Sources
Description adapted (June 2020) from the Summary Catalogue (1922).
Abbreviations
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Last Substantive Revision
2020-06-30: Description revised to incorporate all information in SC.