Accession number
MS M.418
Object title
Vita Dionis / Plutarch. Vitae imperatorum / Cornelius Nepos.
Display Date
ca. 1470.
Created
Italy, probably in Florence, ca. 1470.
Binding
Calf, ca. 1800, with the arms of Cardinal Romualdo Braschi Onesti.
Credit line
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1910.
Description
140 leaves (1 column, 26 lines), bound : paper ; 210 x 140 mm
Provenance
Cardinal Romualdo Braschi Onesti (1753-1817); 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, probably in Florence, ca. 1470.
Texts: Vita Dionis, by Plutarch (fol. 1-49v); Vitae imperatorum, by Cornelius Nepos (fol. 50-137).
Scribe: Antonius; signed in Greek on fol. 139; it has been suggested that Antonius may be Antonius Logothethes.
Texts: Vita Dionis, by Plutarch (fol. 1-49v); Vitae imperatorum, by Cornelius Nepos (fol. 50-137).
Scribe: Antonius; signed in Greek on fol. 139; it has been suggested that Antonius may be Antonius Logothethes.
Script
humanistic cursive
Language
Latin
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