[Extract from Secretum secretorum]

Timespan:

Early works to 1800

Date:

1450

Description:

A portion of a work purporting to be a letter of advice from Aristotle to Alexander the Great.

Language:

Latin

Provenance:

Formerly owned by Charles W. Burr.; Burr, Charles W. 1861-1944, former owner.

Subject:

Alexander, the Great, 356 B.C.-323 B.C.; Education of princes -- Early works to 1800; Education of princes

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Codices; Manuscripts, Latin; Manuscripts, Renaissance; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

20 leaves : paper; 216 x 140 (143 x 77) mm bound to 223 x 155 mm

Rights:

https://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

Ms. codex.; Title from Zacour-Hirsch Catalogue.; Foliation: Paper, i (modern paper) + 20 + i (modern paper); [1-20]; modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto.; Decoration: Large red initials with green ornamentation, ff. 1r and 1v. Red used for capital strokes and underlining.; Binding: Modern boards.; Origin: Written in Germany, 1450-1499 (Zacour-Hirsch).; Wide margins at outer and lower edges of pages with some contemporary marginal notes.; Text from Secretum secretorum begins on f. 3v: "Allexander cu[m] sit co[r]p[us] cor[r]uptibile..."; Latin.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Codex 864