Abbey, John R. (1896-1969)
This volume is a collection of letters, made in 1467 and 1468 in Naples for Roberto da Sanseverino, Prince of Salerno, contains letters by Diogenes of Sinope, Brutus and Hippocrates, who were regarded during the middle ages as the true authors of these letters. They were translated into Latin by Francesco Griffolini Aretino and Ranuccio of Arezzo. This book was presented for sale several times during the 20th century and passed through the hands of prestigious collectors.
Online Since: 04/15/2010
- Abbey, John R. (Former possessor) Found in: Standard description
- Abbey, John R. (Former possessor) Found in: Standard description
- Abbey, John R. (Former possessor) Found in: Standard description
- Abbey, John R. (Former possessor) | Brutus, Marcus Iunius, Caesaris Interfector (Author) | Cinico, Giovan Marco (Scribe) | Diogenes, Sinopensis (Author) | Griffolini, Francesco (Translator) | Hippocrates (Author) | Hornby, Charles H. (Former possessor) | Rinutius, Aretinus (Translator) Found in: Standard description
This codex from southern Germany is composed of two parts bound together in one German binding in 1569. The first part of the manuscript contains about a hundred leaves from the 12th and 13th centuries. It begins with a calendar featuring numerous constellations and full page illustrations. Following are prayers and liturgical songs. The second part consists of thirty leaves containing a series of Latin prayers in carefully wrought late 14th century Gothic script.
Online Since: 12/20/2007
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- Abbey, John R. (Former possessor) | Bodmer, Martin (Former possessor) | Elpis, Sicula (Author) | Gregorius I, Papa (Author) | Hrabanus, Maurus (Author) | Kraus, Hans P. (Seller) | Odo, Cluniacensis (Author) | Petrus, Damiani (Author) | Sedulius, Caelius (Author) | Venantius, Fortunatus (Author) Found in: Standard description
- Abbey, John R. (Former possessor) | Bodmer, Martin (Former possessor) | Elpis, Sicula (Author) | Gregorius I, Papa (Author) | Hrabanus, Maurus (Author) | Kraus, Hans P. (Seller) | Odo, Cluniacensis (Author) | Petrus, Damiani (Author) | Sedulius, Caelius (Author) | Venantius, Fortunatus (Author) Found in: Additional description
- Abbey, John R. (Former possessor) | Bodmer, Martin (Former possessor) | Elpis, Sicula (Author) | Gregorius I, Papa (Author) | Hrabanus, Maurus (Author) | Kraus, Hans P. (Seller) | Odo, Cluniacensis (Author) | Petrus, Damiani (Author) | Sedulius, Caelius (Author) | Venantius, Fortunatus (Author) Found in: Additional description
This elegant codex, written in humanistic script, was commissioned by Pope Leo X († 1521). The Medici coat of arms can be found in the middle of the original binding's cover, in a rich frieze on the frontispiece, and in the initials on f. 3v and f. 134v. The decoration is attributed to the famous Florentine illuminator Attavante degli Attavanti († 1525) or his circle. This codex is from the collection of Major J.R. Abbey.
Online Since: 03/22/2017
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- Abbey, John R. (Former possessor) | Attavanti, Attavante (Illuminator) | Bernard Quaritch Ltd. (London) (Seller) | Bodmer, Martin (Former possessor) | Cassiodorus, Flavius Magnus Aurelius (Author) | Firmin-Didot, Ambroise (Former possessor) | Gentili, Antonio Saverio (Former possessor) | Henry Yates Thompson (Former possessor) | Leo X., Papst (Patron) | Libri, Guillaume (Former possessor) | Sidonius, Gaius Sollius Apollinaris (Author) Found in: Standard description
This manuscript, which was written during the 15th century in Florence, retains its original binding. The humanistic script is the work of a single scribe, with large golden initials and "bianchi girari" (white vine) decorations at the beginning of each book. There are some marginal glosses written in violet ink as well as other, newer additions which were probably made during the 16th century. After Herodotus and Thucydides, Polybius is the third-greatest Greek historian. He concentrated on accounts of the Roman conquest, as characterized in the many conflicts that took place in a variety of different locations.
Online Since: 06/02/2010
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- Abbey, John R. (Former possessor) | Barrois, Joseph (Former possessor) | Beatty, Alfred Chester (Former possessor) | Bodmer, Martin (Former possessor) | Cockerell, Sydney Carlyle (Former possessor) | Henry Yates Thompson (Former possessor) | Millar, Eric George (Former possessor) | Perottus, Nicolaus (Translator) | Polybius (Author) Found in: Standard description
This manuscript contains Propertius' elegies; it was written in an elegant humanist script by Gian Pietro da Spoleto in Florence in 1466. The manuscript belonged to Antonello Petrucci d'Aversa († 1487), who was active in the Aragonese chancery and later in the library of the Aragonese kings in Naples. The initials at the beginning of each book as well as on the frontispiece are decorated with bianchi girari (white vine scroll); the coat of arms that should have appeared within the laurel wreath (f. 1r) was never executed.
Online Since: 12/18/2014
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- Abbey, John R. (Former possessor) | Bodmer, Martin (Former possessor) | Ferdinand I., Neapel, König (Former possessor) | Goldschmidt, Ernst P. (Seller) | Meyerstein, Edward Harry William (Former possessor) | Propertius, Sextus (Author) Found in: Standard description
- Abbey, John R. (Former possessor) | Bodmer, Martin (Former possessor) | Ferdinand I., Neapel, König (Former possessor) | Goldschmidt, Ernst P. (Seller) | Meyerstein, Edward Harry William (Former possessor) | Propertius, Sextus (Author) Found in: Additional description
This exciting small manuscript from (northeastern) France was produced in the 9th century in the region of Paris-Reims and is notable for its fine script and rubricated title in Capitalis Rustica. In various places, individual alterations in a careful 12th century script are noticeable, such as on ff. 32-32v, as well as the additions of a few words (corrections?) on ff. 52v-53.
Online Since: 03/22/2012
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- Abbey, John R. (Former possessor) | Augustinus, Aurelius (Author) | Bodmer, Martin (Former possessor) | Cockerell, Sydney Carlyle (Former possessor) Found in: Standard description