Rhetorica ad herennium, 1465
Abstract
De ratione dicendi ad C. Herennium, missing text from Book 4. Text breaks off at bottom of f. 46v: Quibus liberi sunt statuite exemplum quante pene sint in ciuitate hominibus huiusmodi conparate//, and resumes at the top of f. 48r: haec exornatio cui licentiae nomen est sicuti demonstrauimus duplici ratione tractabitur. . . The text breaks off again at the bottom of f. 48v: [D]ivisio est que rem semouens a re utramque absoluit ratione subiecta hoc modo. Cur//, and resumes on 50r with: acrimonia tum in alio atque alio genere. . .
Dates
- Creation: 1465
Extent
1 volumes
Language of Materials
Latin
Custodial History
Written in Italy in 1465. Early provenance unknown. On folio iir in ink: “Ciceronis Rhetorica. MS in Membranis. Sec. XV. (Sec: XIV. error Compact:) H. Drury, Harrow. C. ¶. 3. desunt folia 47.49.” Belonged to Henry Ellis Allen, c. 1800; his bookplate: “Henrici Alani” and small label in ink: “50” on inside cover. Probably in Samuel Allen’s sale (Sotheby’s 30 January 1920). Unidentified catalogue entry taped to f. iv. In the library of Howard L. Goodhart (bookplate).
Author
- Pseudo-Cicero
Other related names
- Drury, H., former owner
- Allen, Henry Ellis, former owner
- Allen, Samuel, former owner
- Sotheby's, dealer
- Goodhart, Howard Lehman, former owner
- Goodhart, Howard Lehman, donor
- Gordan, Phyllis Goodhart, owner
- Gordan, John Dozier Jr., owner
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Given by Howard Lehman Goodhart to Phyllis Goodhart Gordan and John Dozier Gordan, Jr.
Physical Description
ff. 47 and 49 have been removed. Extensive marginal notations periodically throughout the text in ink, in multiple hands.
Paper support with parchment for outer bifolia in quires I-IV (watermarks similar to Briquet Cercle 3039-3051), ff. iii (modern paper) + 54 + iii (modern paper).
18th century burninshed calf with gold; on spine in gold: CICERONIS RHETORICA MS IN MEMB: SEC: XIV. Paper label taped to spine: “Ms # 110. Spine cracked.
208 x 144 (149 x 89)
Written in 33 lines, ruled with single vertical bounding lines full length in ink.
Hybrida script, written by a single scribe.
Space has been left for an 8-line initial at the beginning of each book. These spaces are either unfilled or filled by a 1-line initial in the same ink as the text; additionally 2 lines have been left unfilled for headings at the top of each book. Many spaces for 2-line initials remain empty throughout the text. Paragraph marks are in red, initial strokes in yellow. Guide letters for decorator visible throughout.
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