Manuscripts from Italy

Late 15th-century manuscript containing 'Moralium dogma philosophorum' attributed to Guillaume de Conches, bound with 3 incunabula

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Late 15th-century manuscript containing 'Moralium dogma philosophorum' attributed to Guillaume de Conches, bound with 3 incunabula
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Description	The manuscript was produced in Italy. The script and watermark evidence suggest that the manuscript is a work of the late 15th century, probably 1470 and after. The manuscript is the work of one scribe using an Italian humanistic script. It is bound with three incunabula that have been catalogued in detail in the National Library of Scotland's online catalogue. They are: Cicero, 'Liber de proprietatibus terminorum Ciceronis'. Cologne (U. Zel). circa 1470 [shelfmark: Inc.31]; Agostino Dati, 'De variis loquendi regulis'. And Guarino of Verona, 'Praecepta de studendi ordine'. Cologne (U. Zel). circa 1470, [shelfmark: Inc.33]; Agostino Dati, 'De variis loquendi figuris'. Cologne (U. Zel). circa 1470 [shelfmark: Inc.32].
Shelfmark	Adv.MS.18.7.5
Attribution and copyright:	In-copyright – Rightsholder(s) Unlocatable or Unidentifiable - This work is protected by copyright, but no copyright owner(s) have been identified or one or more copyright owner(s) have been identified but not located. For details visit our copyright page.https://rightsstatements.org/page/InC-RUU/1.0/?language=en

Form / genre:	Written and printed matter > Manuscripts Written and printed matter > Treatises Written and printed matter > Incunabula
Dates / events:	1460-1499 [Date created]
Places:	Europe > Italy (nation) [Place created]
Person / organisation:	William of Conches (philosopher), 1080-c 1154 [Author] Tullius Cicero, Marcus (statesman, philosopher), b 106 BC [Author] Dati, Agostino (writer on philosophy, rhetoric and history), 1420-1478 [Author] Guarino of Verona (humanist), 1374-1460 [Author]
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