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Aurispa, Giovanni (1376-1459)

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Cologny, Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 90
Parchment · 222 ff. · 15.5 x 10.2 cm · Italy · 15th century
Horace, Virgil, Persius and Statius

Many scribes contributed to the copies of the works of Horace, Virgil, Persius and Statius that have been brought together in CB 90. These humanistic re-copyings made in the 15th century demonstrate the reception of Latin authors in Renaissance Italy. Two leaves at the end of the manuscript are palimpsests: a letter from Ovid's Heroides (from Sappho to Phaon) and an extract from the Epigrams of Martial have been were written over the text of the biblical book of Tobit. (mes)

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  • Allen, Henry Ellis (Former possessor) | Aurispa, Giovanni (Author) | Bodmer, Martin (Former possessor) | Ennius, Quintus (Author) | Gargilius Martialis, Quintus (Author) | Germanicus, Julius Caesar (Author) | Horatius Flaccus, Quintus (Author) | Lucretius Carus, Titus (Author) | Ovidius Naso, Publius (Author) | Persius Flaccus, Aulus (Author) | Statius, Publius Papinius (Author) | Vergilius Maro, Publius (Author)
    • Found in: Standard description (Pellegrin Elisabeth, Manuscrits latins de la Bodmeriana, Cologny-Genève 1982, pp. 173-181.)
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