Ad Herennium rhetorica [manuscript], 15th century / Marcii Tullii Ciceronis.
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Ad Herennium rhetorica [manuscript], 15th century / Marcii Tullii Ciceronis.
Uniform title
Rhetorica ad Herennium.
Description
114 leaves ; 115 x 85 mm
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Material base
Manuscript on vellum.
Scope and content
Contains an incomplete text of the Book of Rhetoric Addressed to Herennius, a complete Latin rhetoric often included in the corpus of Cicero's works.
Language Note
In Latin.
Note
Manuscript codex.
Title from colophon (leaf 114v).
Collation: Leaves xxxii (paper) + 114 + i (paper); 1⁴ 2-5⁸ 6⁶ 7⁸ 8⁶ 9⁸ 10⁸(-1) 11-13⁸ 14-16⁶; horizontal catchwords are centered and enclosed in a rectangular shape throughout.
Layout: Written in 21 long lines (dimensions of written space: 75 x 55 mm); below the first line; frame ruled in red.
Script: Gothic script, possibly Italian, 15th century.
Decoration: Red penwork initials throughout.
Spine title: Retorice.
Origin: Probably copied in Italy in the 15th century, perhaps for Gundisalvus de Bivero, bishop of Salamanca, who gave it as a gift (de Ricci). Could also be Spanish or French.
Shelfmark: Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, MS V.a.106.
Title from colophon (leaf 114v).
Collation: Leaves xxxii (paper) + 114 + i (paper); 1⁴ 2-5⁸ 6⁶ 7⁸ 8⁶ 9⁸ 10⁸(-1) 11-13⁸ 14-16⁶; horizontal catchwords are centered and enclosed in a rectangular shape throughout.
Layout: Written in 21 long lines (dimensions of written space: 75 x 55 mm); below the first line; frame ruled in red.
Script: Gothic script, possibly Italian, 15th century.
Decoration: Red penwork initials throughout.
Spine title: Retorice.
Origin: Probably copied in Italy in the 15th century, perhaps for Gundisalvus de Bivero, bishop of Salamanca, who gave it as a gift (de Ricci). Could also be Spanish or French.
Shelfmark: Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, MS V.a.106.
Contents
Leaves 1r-114v: "[text begins abruptly] ... vesperi advenit simo ubi advenit mettarum insidias fecit postquam fecit vim in loco attulit. Rem dilucide ... Hec omnia adipiscemus, si rationes preceptionis diligencia consequamur executacionis. [rubr.] Laus tibi, Christe, quam liber explicit iste Marcii Tullii Ciceronis ad Herennium rhetorica feliciter explicit. Iohannes." (Ad C. Herennium De ratione dicendi / Loeb Classical Library, 1954).
Binding information
In limp Spanish vellum wrapper, possibly 15th century, attached to text block with leather strips; traces of leather ties; red edges. Medieval manuscript fragments used in binding.
Provenance
Formerly owned by Henry Allen (Henrici Alani, bookplate); 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.13a
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V.a.106
Folger accession
Smedley 13a