[Chrestomathy of Latin authors].

Abstract:

A student's copybook, mostly containing excerpts from Latin authors such as Strabo, Quintilian, Virgil, and Cicero, but also including some astrological material and a collection of Virgil excerpts that supposedly foreshadow the Old and New Testaments. Jacobus Dinetus dedicated it to his father Johannes. The writer has added numerous marginal notes.

Creator:

Dinetus, Jacobus.

Date:

1540

Identifier:

9931780613503681; (OCoLC)ocn155918948; (OCoLC)155918948; (CStRLIN)PAUR01-A3620; (PU)3178061-penndb-Voyager

Language:

Latin

Provenance:

Sold by LaMedicea (Cat. Libri Rari, no. 168), 1957.

Publisher:

[Paris], 1540.

Relation:

Dicta astrologorum.; Carmen ex diversis Virgilii versibus.

Subject:

Latin poetry -- Early works to 1800.; Latin literature -- Study and teaching -- Early works to 1800.; Astrology -- Early works to 1800.; Astrology.; Latin poetry.; Latin literature -- Study and teaching.; Codices.; Anthologies.; Manuscripts, Renaissance.; Manuscripts, Latin.

Form/Genre:

Manuscripts

Physical Description:

193 leaves : paper; 192 x 136 (150 x 86) mm bound to 200 x 143 mm

Personal Name:

Dinetus, Johannes, dedicatee.

Rights:

https://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?

Notes:

Title from supplied title of predominant work (Zacour-Hirsch).; A note in French hypothesizes that this book represents the son's account of his studies to his father (f. 1r). The note is in the same hand as the interlinear Latin notes in the collection of Virgil verses.; Mostly empty calendar for 1609 and 1610 on 5 leaves beginning at the back, upside down.; Ms. codex.; Foliation: Paper, 193; [1-193]; modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto.; Layout: Written in 17 long lines; ruled in ink.; Script: Written in a cursive script in the hand of Jacobus Dinetus (f. 4v); Binding: 18th-century calf with gold stamp of Plato on the front and of Dido on the back.; Origin: Written in Paris in 1540 (f. 7v).; Mostly crossed-out note from 1677 (f. 2r).; Latin.

Physical Location:

Ms. Codex 867