Accession number
MS M.1062
Object title
Cato maior de senectute (MS M.1062).
Created
Tuscany, Italy, first half of 15th cent.
Credit line
Gift of Janos Scholz, 1984.
Description
69 leaves (1 column, 17-18 lines), bound : vellum, ill. ; 147 x 109 mm
Provenance
Richard Eyre; A.H. Raynolds, New York; Philip Duschnes, New York.
Notes
Ms. written and decorated in Italy, possibly Tuscany, first half of 15th century.
Texts: Cato maior de senectute, Paradoxa, Pro Marcello.
Scribe: Domenico di Ser Francesco.
Decoration: 1 pen drawing (later addition?), 2 penwork initials, 1 miniature (fol. 38v). NB: fol. 38, which had been detached from the codex, was reinserted February 2016.
Contemporary goatskin over wooden boards, rebacked.
Texts: Cato maior de senectute, Paradoxa, Pro Marcello.
Scribe: Domenico di Ser Francesco.
Decoration: 1 pen drawing (later addition?), 2 penwork initials, 1 miniature (fol. 38v). NB: fol. 38, which had been detached from the codex, was reinserted February 2016.
Contemporary goatskin over wooden boards, rebacked.
Script
humanistica rotunda.
Language
Latin
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