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Libellus de vita et moribus philosophoru[m] [et] poetae
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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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Chancery quarto, with paper measuring 21.2 x 14.8 cm. Text in one column measuring approximately 12.9 x 7.7 cm. Spaces left for initials. Signatures: [a-m⁸ n⁶ (a1 blank)]. Imperfect: initial blank leaf (leaf [a]1) lacking. Binding errors: leaf d[8] bound before leaf [d]7 and leaves [f]5 and [f]6 bound before leaves [f]3 and [f]4. Initials and rubrication in red. Binding: blue morocco.
100500
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Manuscripts
ff. 1-103v. [Walter Burley, De vita et moribus philosophorum]: Rubric: De vita philosophorum et moribus veterum tractaturus multaque ab antiquis auctoribus in diversis libris de ipsorum gestis sparsim scripta reperi in unum colligere laboravi plurimaque eorum responsa notabilia et dicta elegancia huic libello inserui que ad legencium consolacionem et morum informacionem conferre valebunt. De Talete philosopho. Incipit: Tales philosophus asianus ut ait laertius in libello de vita philosophorum ... Explicit: scripsit eciam librum de naturalibus questionibus ad cosdre regem persarum. Explicit liber de vita philosophorum. f. 103v-104v: [Verses added by a later hand; includes]: Nunc lege nunc ora nunc cum femore labora/ Sic erit hora brevis et labor ipse levis; Inspice mentem discute mores acta resolve/ Semper ab hiis et in hiis potis cognoscere quid scis; Dum regunt vulve dicet gens tota simul ve[cancelled]; Est homo res fragilis durans nunc tempore// [ends incomplete]. [f. 104r-v blank].
mssHM 47405
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This is the short (or "incomplete") edition of the work - see ISTC. Full colophon reads: Anno domini millesimo quadri[n]gentesimo septuagesimonono. vltima vero die Iunij. Opusculu[m] (philosophorum vita) insigne ob legentium profectum editum. Friderici Cressners ciuis inclite Nur[e]mbergensium vrbis industria fabre factum fideliterq[ue] impressum finit feliciter. Laus deo clementissimo. Begins with alphabetical table of contents (leaves [*2r-*5v]) and alphabetical list of names of philosophers/poets in two columns (leaf [*6]). Chancery folio, with paper measuring 29.2 x 21 cm. Text in one column. Blanks left for initials. Signatures: [*⁶ a-h⁸ i⁶ (*1 blank)] Initials and rubrication in red. Binding: modern binding using parchment leaf with medieval music as cover.
84794
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This is the short (or "incomplete") edition of the work - see ISTC. Chancery folio, with paper measuring 30.7 x 21 cm. Text in one column, measuring approximately 18 x 10.8 cm. Spaces left blank for initials. Signatures: [a⁶ b-i¹⁰ k⁸ (a1, k5-k8 blank)]. Imperfect: final blank leaf (leaf [k]8) lacking. Binding: brown morocco.
85857
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Expanded with the life of Persius and the Dicta philosophorum. Cf. ISTC. Chancery quarto, with paper measuring 19.7 x 13.6 cm. Main text in one column, measuring approximately 13.4 x 8.4 cm. Indexes of philosophers and subjects in double columns. Capital spaces without guide letters. Incipit and colophon (including printer's mark) printed in red. Signatures: [a-l⁸ m¹⁰]. Large initial on leaf [a]3r in blue; other initials and rubrication in red. Binding: laced limp parchment, possibly Spanish.
85882