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De Institutione Juvenum by Saint Basil, translated by Leonardo Aretino, 15th century
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Identifier: MS 119/ff. 21r-33r
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This section contains a version of De Institutione Juvenum by Saint Basil the Great. Saint Basil lived in the 4th century and was a theologian. This version of his text addressed to the young was translated by Italian humanist and historian Leonardo Aretino (commonly known as Leonardo Bruni).In this manuscript, the Prologue of this text is titled Prologus Leonardi Aretini in librum magistri...
Dates:
15th century
Epistola ad nepotes de utilitate studii librorum gentilum by Saint Basil, translated by Leonardo Aretino, 15th century
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Identifier: MS 120/ff. 4r-34v
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This section contains the Epistola ad nepotes de utilitate studii librorum gentilum by Saint Basil the Great, translated by Leonardo Aretino. Saint Basil lived in the 4th century and was a theologian. This version of his text addressed to the young was translated and prefaced by Italian humanist and historian Leonardo Aretino (commonly known as Leonardo Bruni). It is about how Christian youths should read classical literature. In this manuscript, it is titled...
Dates:
15th century
Hexameron by Basil of Caesarea
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Identifier: MS 100/ff. 1r-53v
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This part of the manuscript contains the text Hexameron by Basil of Caesarea (329/330-379), an influential theologian and prolific writer of early Christianity, he is considered a saint in different Christian traditions and a doctor by the Catholic Church. The Hexameron (also spelled Hexaëmeron or Hexaëmeros) consists in an interpretation and exegesis of the six...
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12th century