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Phaedrum ... [etc.] [manuscript], ca. 1460.
Plato. author.; Bruni, Leonardo, 1369-1444. Isagogicon moralis disciplinae.; Bruni, Leonardo, 1369-1444.; Lasco, Antonio, active 1400, addressee.; Ricasoli, Galeotto, active 1425.; Binis, Tullius de, former owner.; Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, 1792-1872, former owner.; Thomas-Stanford, Charles, 1858-1932, former owner.; Dobell, Percy John, 1871-1956, former owner.; Smedley, William T. (William Thomas), 1851-1934, former owner.; Folger, Henry Clay, 1857-1930, former owner.; Folger, Emily C. J. (Emily Clara Jordan), 1858-1936, former owner.
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Title
Phaedrum ... [etc.] [manuscript], ca. 1460.
Uniform title
Phaedrus
Description
48 leaves ; 185 x 125 mm
Associated name
Plato. author.
Bruni, Leonardo, 1369-1444.
Lasco, Antonio, active 1400, addressee.
Ricasoli, Galeotto, active 1425.
Binis, Tullius de, former owner.
Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, 1792-1872, former owner.
Thomas-Stanford, Charles, 1858-1932, former owner.
Dobell, Percy John, 1871-1956, former owner.
Smedley, William T. (William Thomas), 1851-1934, former owner.
Folger, Henry Clay, 1857-1930, former owner.
Folger, Emily C. J. (Emily Clara Jordan), 1858-1936, former owner.
Material base
Manuscript on vellum.
Scope and content
Contains a Latin translation of Plato's Phaedrus with a prefatory epistle addressed to Antonio Lasco; Leonardi Bruni's Isagogue of Moral Philosophy for Galeotto Ricasoli, which is also known as Isagogicon in Aristotelis librum De moribus ad Eudenum - a dialogue on human virtues and vices; and fourteen spurious letters between Seneca and Saint Paul the Apostle (written in a different script).
Language Note
In Latin, with some works translated from Greek.
Note
Manuscript codex.
Title supplied by cataloger from rubric of the preface (leaf 2r).
Collation: Leaves ii (paper) + 2-48 + ii (paper); 1² 2¹⁴ 3¹⁴(-1) 4⁸ 5¹⁰; horizontal catchwords; the catchword "inventionem" on leaf 3v does not match the first word on leaf 4r.
Layout: Written in 19 long lines (dimensions of the written space: 110 x 70 mm.); frame ruled, with double vertical lines.
Script: Professionally written Humanist script (leaves 2-45r); late 15th century Italic script (leaves 45v-48r).
Decoration: Blue, red, and green major initials on leaves 2r and 23r.
Decoration: Red initials on leaves 5r and 5v.
Decoration: Brown ink drawing on leaf 13v.
Origin: Italy ca. 1460 (de Ricci).
On leaf 48r: "Hic liber est Tullÿ De Binis Asilnitensibus"
Shelfmark: Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, MS V.a.107.
Contents
1. leaves 2r-22v: "[rubr.] Leonardi Arretini prefatio in Phedrum Platonis. [text] Subgloriari licet, uidentissime Lusche, praesertim ad te scribenti .... ; [leaf 5r: rubr.] "Argumentum. [text] Lysias fuit orator antiquus Vt quidam tradunt origine syracusanus ceterum Athenis ortus educatus ... [leaf 5v: rubr.] Platonis Phedrus incipit. [text] O amice Phedre. Quonam et unde. Phe[drus]: A Lysia, O Socrates, cephala filio ... Si pergat ad hunc tuum alium suum conferre. [rubr.] Platonis philosophi Phedrus explicit feliciter."

2. leaves 23r-45r: "[rubr.] Leonardi Arretini Isagogicon moralis disciplinae ad Galeotium. [text] Si ut uiuendi, Galeotte, sic etiam bene uiuendi cura nobis esset, Infinitos pene labores, quibus stulticia extuat humana ... Si ergo beati esse uolumus, operam demus, ut boni simus uirtutesque exerceamus. [rubr.] Finis Isagogicon feliciter." (Isagogicon moralis disciplinae / edited by H. Baron. Quellen zur Geistesgeschicte des Mittlealters und der Renaissance, vol. 1, Leipzig, 1928, p. 20-40).

3. leaves 45v-48r: "[rubr.] Seneca Paulo. L. Lucius Seneca Cordubensis Paulo Ebreo Iesu Christi Dei Filii apostolo. [text] Credo tibi, Paule, nuntiatum quod heri eum Lucilio nostro de apochrifis et aliis rebus habuerimus ... ut vix suffecturas putem etates hominum quibus institui perficiam possunt. Bene te valere, frater, cupio. [leaf 45v: rubr.] Paulus Iesu Christi Apostolus L. Lucio Senece Cordubensis. [text] Litteras tuas hilaris heri accepi, ad quas rescribere statim potui nisi quia vere dicis. Opto te dui bene valere. [leaf 45v: rubr.] Seneca Paulo. [text] Quedam volumina ordinavi et divisionibus suis status eis dedi ... hoc fieri potuisse ut scires, non te preteriri. Vale Paule carissime. [leaf 46r: rubr.] Paulus Senece. [text] Quotienscumque litteras tuas audito, presentiam tui cogito nec aliud existimo ... itaque venire ceperis, invicem nos et de proximo videbimus. Bene te valere opto. [leaf 46r: rubr.] Seneca Paulo. [text] Nimio tuo secessu [angimur]. Quid est? ... ut traditione factum non levitate hoc existimet. [leaf 46r: rubr.] Paulus Senece. [text] De his quibus uel que mihi scripsistis non licet arundine et si modo hi sunt qui penitentiam gerant. Bene vale. [leaf 46r: rubr.] Seneca Paulo. [text] Profiteor bene me acceptum lectione litterarum tuarum Castor et Pollux sunt nominate, satis instructus videtur. Vale. [leaf 46v: rubr.] Paulus Senece. [text] Licet non ignorem Caesarem nostrum rerum admirandarum ... si est regina, non indignabitur, si mulier est, offendetur. Bene vale. [leaf 46v: rubr.] Seneca Paulo. [text] Scio te non tam tui causa commotum litteris quas ad te. Misi tibi librum de verborum copia. Vale Paule carissime. [leaf 46v: rubr.] Paulus Senece. [text] Quotienscumque tibi scribo et nomen meum subsecundo, gravem et secte mee; et dedecore cupiam efficere quod mei arbitrii fuerit. Vale devotissime magister. [leaf 47r: rubr.] Seneca Paulo. [text] Putasne me haud contristari et non luctuosum esse quod insule quattuor [milia] sex diebus arsere; septimus pausam dedit. Bene te valere, frater, opto. [leaf 47r: text] Ave mi Paule carissime. Si mihi nominique meo vir. Nam qui meus tuus apud te locus, qui tuus velim ut meus. Vale. [leaf 47r: rubr.] Seneca Paulo. [text] Allegorice et enigmatice multa a te usquequaque opera ... ut generosi muneris concession digne a te posit expediri. Bene vale. [leaf 47v: rubr.] Seneca Paulo. [text] Perpendenti tibi ea sunt revelata que paucis divinitas concessit, sine corruptela perpetuum animal parit ad Deum istinc properantem." (Patrologia Latina Supplementum 1: 673-678).
Binding information
Bound in English Russia leather, ca. 1820, with gold tooling including the spine and inner covers edges; with marbled end papers.
Provenance
Formerly owned by Tullius de Binis; Phillipps; Charles Thomas-Stanford (bookplate); Dobell; and Smedley (bookplate).
Source of acquisition
Purchased as part of the Smedley Collection in 1924 by Henry Clay Folger.
Cited/described in
Ricci, S. de. Census of medieval and Renaissance manuscripts in the United States and Canada, SM.13
Phillipps, T. Phillipps manuscripts, 889
Includes
Bruni, Leonardo, 1369-1444. Isagogicon moralis disciplinae.
Linked resources
Digital image(s) of Folger Shakespeare Library V.a.107
Genre/form
Manuscripts, Latin.
Manuscripts (documents)
Place of creation/publication
Italy.

Item Details

Call number
V.a.107
Folger accession
Smedley 13

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