De Institutione Juvenum by Saint Basil, translated by Leonardo Aretino, 15th century

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 basilii, and starts on f. 21r with the words Ego tibi hunc librum colluci ex media. It ends on f. 21v with queso quanta gravitas sit.

The Text also starts on f. 21v, with the title Incipit liber Magni Basilii de Institutione Juvenum ex translacione Leonardi Aretini. It begins on that folio with the words Multi sunt filii que hortantur me ad ea and ends on f. 33r with recta consilia aspernantes.

This section is in the same hand as the rest of the manuscript. There are some annotations in another hand.