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Pharetra doctorum et philosophorum
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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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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].
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