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Description: | The treatises in this manuscript were translated from Greek into Latin by Antonio Beccaria of Verona, who was secretary to Humfrey, Duke of Gloucester (1390-1447), from 1439. Humfrey was the younger brother of King Henry V, and regent of England after the latter's death in 1422, and this manuscript has his ownership inscriptions. Although the script is apparently by a scribe trained in Italy, it was probably written in England, and the decoration is a hybrid of English and Italian styles. By 1444 he had given it to Oxford University.
The initial 'P' incorporates a creature wielding a large sword and holding a jug--much like the initial at the start of the volume. The heading above the initial names Beccaria as translator, and Humfrey as his patron. | License: | http://www.bl.uk/services/copy/permission.html | Rights holder: | British Library | Source: | Collect Britain | Identifier: | http://www.collectbritain.co.uk/personal... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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