Fonds GB 0096 MS 288 - Treatises by Petrus Paulus Vergerius the elder, Guarino Veronese and Magnus Basilius

Identity area

Reference code

GB 0096 MS 288

Title

Treatises by Petrus Paulus Vergerius the elder, Guarino Veronese and Magnus Basilius

Date(s)

  • c1450-1500 (Creation)

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Extent and medium

112 leaves, octavo, 1 volume

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Name of creator

Biographical history

Unknown

Archival history

Originally in the Phillipps collection
GB 0096 MS 288 c1450-1500 Fonds 112 leaves, octavo, 1 volume Unknown

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Originally in the Phillipps collection

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Three treatises bound in one volume; the title pages, colophons and a few initials are illuminated. The verso of the penultimate leaf has been used for a notarial instrument dated 28 August 1571. The last leaf [blank?] is missing and has been replaced by a leaf from another MS. ff [1-51]: Petri Pauli [Vergerii] Iustinopolitani ad Ubertinum Karrariensem De ingenuis moribus ac liberalibus adolescentiae studiis liber; ff 52-3: Ode from Vergerius to Ubertinus in 15 stanzas beginning "Kariget nobis pater atque princeps"; ff 54- Guarini Ver[onensis] ad Angelum Corbinellum Florentinum in Plutarchi De liberis educandis translationem de graeco incip[it] prohoemium; ff 89- Magni Basilii De modostudendi poetis et oratori[b]us ex graeco in latinum versum ab clarissimo oratore Leonardo [Aretino] lib[er]. Usually known as "De liberalibus studiis et ingenuis moribus".

f. 34 has been cut out and mistakenly tipped in between f. 35 and 36.

Access to this collection is unrestricted for the purposes of private study and personal research within the supervised environment and restrictions of the Library's Palaeography Room. Access to archive collections may be restricted under the Freedom of Information Act. Please contact the University Archivist for details.

Copies may be made, subject to the condition of the original, which must be assessed by a conservator. Copying must be undertaken by the Palaeography Room staff, who will need a minimum of 24 hours to process requests.
Latin

The MS. has been mutilated by cutting and subsequently partially repaired. The illumination has been damaged by damp, and clumsily retouched, with some inaccuracies.

N.R. Ker, Medieval MSS. in British Libraries: I, London (1969), pp. 366-7.

Compiled by K Attar.
Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal Place and Corporate Names 1997.

25 July 2002 Basil , 329-379 , Saint , Bishop of Caesarea x Basil the Great Humanism Philosophical schools Philosophy Political science Political theory Vergerius , Petrus Paulus , 1370-1444 , Humanist writer Veronese , Guarino , 1374-1460 , Humanist writer

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

See Archival History

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Three treatises bound in one volume; the title pages, colophons and a few initials are illuminated. The verso of the penultimate leaf has been used for a notarial instrument dated 28 August 1571. The last leaf [blank?] is missing and has been replaced by a leaf from another MS. ff [1-51]: Petri Pauli [Vergerii] Iustinopolitani ad Ubertinum Karrariensem De ingenuis moribus ac liberalibus adolescentiae studiis liber; ff 52-3: Ode from Vergerius to Ubertinus in 15 stanzas beginning "Kariget nobis pater atque princeps"; ff 54- Guarini Ver[onensis] ad Angelum Corbinellum Florentinum in Plutarchi De liberis educandis translationem de graeco incip[it] prohoemium; ff 89- Magni Basilii De modostudendi poetis et oratori[b]us ex graeco in latinum versum ab clarissimo oratore Leonardo [Aretino] lib[er]. Usually known as "De liberalibus studiis et ingenuis moribus".

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Accruals

System of arrangement

f. 34 has been cut out and mistakenly tipped in between f. 35 and 36.

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Conditions governing access

Access to this collection is unrestricted for the purposes of private study and personal research within the supervised environment and restrictions of the Library's Palaeography Room. Access to archive collections may be restricted under the Freedom of Information Act. Please contact the University Archivist for details.

Conditions governing reproduction

Copies may be made, subject to the condition of the original, which must be assessed by a conservator. Copying must be undertaken by the Palaeography Room staff, who will need a minimum of 24 hours to process requests.

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

Language and script notes

Latin

Physical characteristics and technical requirements

Finding aids

N.R. Ker, Medieval MSS. in British Libraries: I, London (1969), pp. 366-7.

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Institution identifier

Senate House Library, University of London

Rules and/or conventions used

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal Place and Corporate Names 1997.

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Language(s)

  • English

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