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A letter from Bartolomeus Marcellus to 'Domino A. episcopo', dated 1480, 15 November 1480
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Identifier: MS 175/ff. 186r-v
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Amongst the recipes against plague at the end of MS 175 there is a letter from Bartholomeus Marcellus, dated 15 November 1480: Ex Exio xv Novembris 1480 E.V.R.D. The name of the addressee has been scratched out on the second line, and so all that is visible is In christo patri et domino: Domino A. Episcopo before the erased name. Writing The hand appears to be the same (sixth...
Dates:
15 November 1480
Epistles Books I and II by Horace, late 15th century
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Identifier: MS 198/ff. 85v-124r
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The final text in MS 198 is Horace's Epistles. Published in two books, Horace's epistles were perhaps inspired by his increasing age, and are more reflective than his earlier work. The epistles are letters addressed to correspondents, such as the Emperor Augustus (in Book II). Book I generally deals with contemporary issues facing the Roman empire, while Book II has a literary focus.The text of Book I begins on f. 85v, with the line ...
Dates:
late 15th century
Epistles by Pseudo-Phalaris, translated by Francesco Griffolini, 15th century
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Identifier: MS 119/ff. 93r-141v
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This section contains a version of Pseudo-Phalaris’ Epistles by Francesco Griffolini, referred to as Francisci Aretini in the manuscript. He was a 15th century humanist and translator.In this manuscript, this text is titled Francisci Aretini in Phalaridis tyranni Agrigentinorum epistolas ad illustrem principem Malatestam. Novellum de Malatestis prohemium feliciter incipit and starts on f. 93r with the words ...
Dates:
15th century
Epistola ad Raymundum de curia rei familiaris by Pseudo-Bernard of Clairvaux, 14th or 15th century
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Identifier: MS 194/f. 136r-v
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The final folio of MS 194 contains a fragment of a letter to a soldier named Raymundus on 'de regimine domus', or management of the household, including caring for a wife, children and servants. This letter has often been attributed to the 11th-12th century monastic reformer, St Bernard of Clairvaux, although it is extremely unlikely that he was the author.The letter on f. 136r begins with Incipit epistola sancti bernardi de Regimine domus. Gracioso et...
Dates:
14th or 15th century
Epistola fixionis cinabrii et conversionis eius in lunam by Pseudo-Roman Llull and other prescriptions, 1478
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Identifier: MS 131/ff. 116v-123v
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A group of alchemic prescriptions. The first text is a letter presumably attributed to Ramon Llull (c. 1232-c. 1315), a polymath of great fame who paved to way to subsequent knowledge in many fields such as mathematics, logic, and theology. Several texts have been falsely attributed to Llull and started to circulate under his name from the 14th century; many of these texts concern alchemy. This particular letter concerns the process of fixation (in alchemy, the transformation of a volatile...
Dates:
1478
Epistola Imperatori Henrico Missa by Gualterius della Flamma, 1478
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Identifier: MS 131/ff. 87r-88r
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An alchemical letter attributed to the Dominican Gualterius della Flamma (floruit 1312 - 1313) and addressed to the Henry VII, Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire from 1312 to his death the following year.The letter begins on f. 87r and it is introduced by the rubricated words Incipit epistola missa imperatori henrico a fratre gualterio ordinis predicatorum. It starts with the words ...
Dates:
1478
Letters by Aeneas Silvius Piccolomini, late 15th century
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Identifier: MS 191/ff. 1r-97v
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The letters by Aeneas Silvius Piccolomini, who became Pope Pius II, have been published in several collections. Piccolomini was a relatively well-known writer in the fifteenth century, and among several other works of history, and autobiography, and a piece of erotic literature, he also collected and published a collection of his own letters. The arrangement of the letters contained here in MS 191 does not appear to follow the arrangment of any of the modern published editions, but the...
Dates:
late 15th century
MS 102: Collection of letters and sermons by Augustine of Hippo, Bernard of Clairvaux, Jerome, Ambrose, and others, 15th century
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Identifier: MS 102
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This manuscript contains a collection of 71 letters and sermons by Augustine of Hippo, Bernard of Clairvaux, Jerome, Ambrose, and others. The letters treat different ethical and theological topics. The collection seems to have circulated under the name of Epistolae Agustini (Epistles of Augustine) in the Late Middle Ages. However, the authorship of some of Augustine’s letters has been questioned. In this edition, the three...
Dates:
15th century
MS 104: Composite manuscript including fourteen texts mainly by Anselm of Canterbury, 12th century
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Identifier: MS 104
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Contains fourteen texts mainly by Anselm of Canterbury, in several different hands.ff. 1r-39r: ‘Cur Deus Homo’ by Anselm of Canterburyff. 39r-55r: ‘De Conceptu Virginali’ by Anselm of Canterburyff. 55r-89v: ‘Monologion’ by Anselm of Canterburyff. 89r-101r: ‘De Fide Trinitatis’ by Anselm of Canterburyff. 101r-104v: ‘Meditatio Nostre Redemptionis’ by Anselm of Canterbury [Meditatio de Humana Redemptione]ff. 104v-107v:...
Dates:
12th century
Thirteen letters to the monks of Reading
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Identifier: MS 104/ff. 104v-107v
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This section of the manuscript contains thirteen letters, which are copies of correspondence between the monks of Reading, mainly Hugh of Amiens, and pope Honorius II and pope Innocent II in the early 12th century.
Dates:
12th century