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Country of Location:
Country of Location
Switzerland
Location:
Location
Genève
Library / Collection:
Library / Collection
Bibliothèque de Genève
Shelfmark:
Shelfmark
Ms. lat. 101
Manuscript Title:
Manuscript Title
Cicero, Orations
Caption:
Caption
Parchment · III + 290 ff. · 23.7 x 16 cm · Basel (?) · 2nd third of the 15th century
Language:
Language
Latin
Manuscript Summary:
Manuscript Summary
One of the ancient authors best known in the Middle Ages doubtlessly was Cicero. Some of his speeches - the Orationes - were rediscovered by humanists, as is attested by this copy. The manuscript contains 27 of Cicero’s speeches, written in a round Italian humanistic script. It begins with a miniature depicting a group of speakers in a discussion (f. 1r), painted by Péronet Lamy, an illuminator who is documented from 1432 until 1453 and who worked primarily for Amadeus VIII, the Duke of Savoy. It is likely that Péronet Lamy carried out this decoration when he was at the Council of Basel as part of the Duke’s entourage. Also present there was Martin le Franc (1408-1461), ducal secretary and author of the Champion des Dames and the Estrif de fortune et de vertu; according to a scraped entry (f. 290r), he came into possession of this manuscript. Thereafter it belonged to Germain Colladon (back pastedown), a fellow student of John Calvin, who fled to Geneva in 1550. Around 1615, one of his daughters-in-law sold the manuscript, together with Ms. lat. 53, to the Bibliothèque de Genève. (rou)
Standard description:
Standard description
Isabelle Jeger, Catalogue des manuscrits latins 1-376, Genève 2016, pp. 467-472.
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DOI (Digital Object Identifier):
DOI (Digital Object Identifier
10.5076/e-codices-bge-lat0101 (http://dx.doi.org/10.5076/e-codices-bge-lat0101)
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Genève, Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. lat. 101: Cicero, Orations (http://e-codices.unifr.ch/en/list/one/bge/lat0101).
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Online Since
03/22/2018
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Document Type:
Document Type
Manuscript
Century:
Century
15th century
Decoration:
Decoration
Figurative, Fully Painted, Gold / Silver, Initial, Margin, Ornamental, Text Block
Binding:
Binding
17th century, 18th century
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Die schönsten Seiten der Schweiz. Geistliche und weltliche Handschriften / Trésors enluminés de Suisse. Manuscrits sacrés et profanes, M. Bernasconi Reusser, C. Flüeler, B. Roux (ed.), Cinisello Balsamo 2020, 204-205, Nr. 32 (F. Elsig).

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