Gasparino Barzizza manuscript, 1400 - 1499
Script
Manuscript is draft-like in appearance and is incomplete.
The following notes provided by Thomas Izbicki:
A collection of reproductions of MSS and from books in 15th-century hands.
signature: D.P. Lockwood.
fol. 1r-12v Garsparinus Barzizza, Colores (imperfect)
Gasparini pergamensis in colores uerborum ac sententiarum quod modo ad omnem eloquentie rationem possint accomodari breue compendium incipit. In christi nomine et sue genitricis ma5rie sanctissime. Cum exornationes uerborum atque sententiarum non semper omnibus conueniant partibus orationis autque eque principaliter... Repeticio est etc. [Rhet. ad Herennium IV, 19]. huic exornationi corespondet in greco quantum ad primum figuram -- in exordium color iste incidet ///
Ending: text on fol. 35v of Lockwood.
Dates
- Creation: 1400 - 1499
Creator
- Barzizza, Gasparino (Author, Person)
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research use.
Biography
Gasparino (da) Barzizza (ca.1360-ca.431) (or Gasparinus Barzizius Pergamensis in Latin) was an Italian grammarian and teacher noted for introducing a new style of epistolary Latin inspired by the works of Cicero. One of the first Italian Humanists, he taught rhetoric, grammar, and moral philosophy with the aim of reviving Latin literature.
Extent
1 manuscripts
Language of Materials
Latin
Source of Acquisition
Manuscript is part of a paleography and editing assignment given "Buzz," a nephew of Haverford professor Dean P. Lockwood, according to a letter by Lockwood dated June 14, 1938.
Provenance
From the papers of Dean P. Lockwood.
Extent
8 3/4 x 6 1/2 inches
Subject
- Lockwood, Dean Putnam, 1883- (Owner, Person)
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