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Commentarium super Ciceronem, De Amicitia.

Accession number
MS M.406
Object title
Commentarium super Ciceronem, De Amicitia.
Display Date
late 15th century.
Created
Italy, late 15th century.
Binding
Calf, ca. 1800, with the arms of Cardinal Romualdo Braschi Onesti; formerly bound preceding Pierpont Morgan Library MS M.408.
Credit line
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1910.
Description
43 leaves (1 column, 24 lines), bound : paper ; 190 x 130 mm
Provenance
Cardinal Romualdo Braschi Onesti (1752-1817); probably Marchese Taccone of Naples collection; purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) from Alexandre Imbert in July 1910; J.P. Morgan (1867-1943).
Notes
Ms. written in Italy in the late 15th century.
Author's name is given as Hieronymous.
Text begins: Circa auctorem septem considerantia sunt.
Script
cursive script
Language
Latin
Century
Classification