De vita xii C[a]esar[um] ... [etc.] / Caii Suetonii Tranquilli.

Abstract:

A fairly lengthy set of excerpts from Suetonius, followed by parts of Ausonius' poem about the Caesars and excerpts from Benvenutus' Liber Augustalis, along with part of the second book of Maccabees.

Creator:

Suetonius, approximately 69-approximately 122.

Timespan:

Rome -- Julio-Claudians, 30 B.C.-68 A.D.; Rome -- Flavians, 69-96.

Date:

1450

Identifier:

9931780203503681; (OCoLC)ocn155918873; (OCoLC)155918873; (CStRLIN)PAUR01-A3584; (PU)3178020-penndb-Voyager

Language:

Latin; Italian

Provenance:

Sold by Emil Offenbacher (New York), 1955.; Sold at auction at Karl & Faber, 22 Nov. 1954, lot 22.

Publisher:

[Italy], [between 1450 and 1499]

Relation:

Bible.; Maccabees.; Italian.; Versus de xii Caesaribus.; Liber Augustalis.

Subject:

Emperors -- Rome -- Biography.; Latin poetry.; Biographies.; Codices.; Excerpts.; Biographies (literary works); Manuscripts, Italian.; Manuscripts, Latin.; Manuscripts, Renaissance.; Poems.

Form/Genre:

Manuscripts

Physical Description:

63 leaves : paper; 219 x 147 (157 x 80) mm bound to 224 x 149 mm

Personal Name:

Ausonius, Decimus Magnus.; Benvenutus, de Imola, -1387 or 1388.

Rights:

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

Notes:

Decoration: Red used for intermittent paragraph symbols in the Suetonius.; Origin: Written in Italy in the second half of the 15th century (Zacour-Hirsch).; Binding: Modern boards, half morocco. Spine title: "Suetonio, Ausonio, Cronica di Benvenuto da Imola."; Title and author for manuscript from caption heading, for predominant work (f. 1r).; Incipit (1st work): Liber primus Divus Iulius Caesar incipit: Corneliam Cinnae quater consulis duxit in uxorem ex qua illi mox Iulia nata.; Explicit (1st work): Est bene non potuit dicere: dixit erit. Caii Suetonii Tranquilli De vita xii Caesarum liber duodecimus Domitianus Imperator Augustus feliciter finis.; Incipit (2nd work): Primus regalem patefecit Iulius aulam / Caesar ...; Explicit (2nd work): Sera gravem perimunt: sed iusta pericula fratrem.; Incipit (3rd work): Nerva senex satis nobilis honestus et modestus ...; Explicit (3rd work): Finit feliciter libellus qui dicitur augustalis continens sub compendio brevem descriptionem omnium Augustorum a primo Caesare usque ad ultimum, ad illustrem Nicolaum Marchionem Estensem. Kalendis Ianuarii intrante nono anno MCCCLXXXV. Benvenutus de Ymola ad illustrem Nicolaum Marchionem.; Incipit (4th work): Qui se comensa lo secundo libro delli Machabei. Morto Simone quinto figliolo de Mathatia sacerdote ...; Explicit (4th work): ... allo lordano oltre dui tribi e meza.; Foliation: ii (modern paper) + 63 + iii (modern paper); [1-63]; modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto.; Layout: Written in 31 long lines; ruled in drypoint.; Script: Written in a cursive script by a single hand.; Ms. codex.; Latin and Italian.

Physical Location:

Ms. Codex 856