London. British Library, Harley MS 2624
- Source
- The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
- Library
- London. British Library
- Shelfmark
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- British Library, Harley MS 2624
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- Language
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- Latin
- Title
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- Cicero, De inventione ; Pseudo-Cicero, Rhetorica ad Herennium
- Agent
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- Preferred form
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- Cicéron (0106-0043 av. J.-C.)
- Original form
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- Tullius Cicero, Marcus, 106 BC-43 BC
- Other form
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- CICERO (M.-T.)
- Cicero, Marcus Tullius (0106-0043 av. J.-C.)
- Marcus Tullius Cicero
- CICERO (Marcus Tullius)
- Cicéron
- CICERO
- Cicéron (0106-0043 av. J.-C.)
- Cicero
- CICÉRON
- Ciceron, M. T.
- M. T. Cicero
- Cicerone
- M. Tullii Ciceronis
- M. T. Ciceronis
- Tullius Cicero
- TULLE
- CICERO (Marcus Tullius Cicero)
- Marcus Tullio Cicero
- M. T. CICERO
- Cicéron 0106-0043 av. J.-C.
- Ciceró, Marc Tul·li
- Cicero, Marcus Tullius
- Cicero, Marcus Tullius v106-v43
- Cicerón, Marco Tulio
- Author: Cicero, Marcus Tullius
- Marcus Tullius
- Cicero (M. Tullius Cicero)
- Cicero, Marcus Tullius, 106 B.C.-43 B.C.
- Marcus Tullius Cicero (v65)
- Marcus Tullius Cicero (v106-v43)
- Marcus tullius Cicero
- Cicero, Marcus Tullius.
- Marcus Tullius Cicero (-0106 - 0043)
- Cicerón, Marco Tulio, 106-43 a.C
- Cicero, Marcus Tullius, v106-v43.
- Cicero, Marcus Tullius, v106-v43
- Cícero, 106 a.C.-43 a.C.
- Marcus Tullius Cicero - auteur
- Marcus Tullius Cicero - oorspronkelijke auteur
- Cicero - auteur
- CICERON
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- Preferred form
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- Pseudo-Cicero
- Original form
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- Pseudo-Cicero, 1st century BC
- Other form
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- Pseudo-Cicero
- Ps. Cicero
- Cicero, auteur prétendu
- Cicero (Pseudo-)
- Pseudo Ciceró
- Pseudo Cicerón
- Pseudo-Cicero (01.. av. J.-C.)
- Pseudo-Cicero
- Marcus Tullius Cicero (Pseudo)
- Marcus Tullius Cicero
- Pseudo-Cicero.
- Ps.-Cicero
- Pseudo-Cícero
- Pseudo-Cícero > , co-autor
- CICERO (Ps)
- CICERO (Ps.)
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- Description
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- This manuscript preserves two important classical works of rhetoric: Cicero (b. 106 BC, d. 43 BC)'s handbook for orators known as De Inventione (On Invention) and the anonymous Rhetorica ad Herennium (Rhetoric for Herennius). The latter was composed in the early 1st century BC and attributed, until recently, to Cicero. Both works were extremely popular in the medieval period and usually circulated together, as this manuscript exemplifies. The division between the two works (f. 47v) is not marked in any way in the manuscript, suggesting that they were thought of as a unit. Contents: ff. 3v-47v : Cicero, De Inventione , beginning: ‘Sepe et multum hoc mecum cogitavi’. ff. 47v- 85r: Pseudo-Cicero, Rhetorica ad Herennium , beginning: ‘Etsi in negociis familiaris inpediti vix’. Decoration:1 large initial ‘S’ in brown ink with a green and mauve back ground, with grotesques and foliate motifs (f. 3v). Large initials in red or green, occasionally with some penwork decoration.
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- Preferred form
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- St. Albans Abbey (United Kingdom)
- Original form
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- St Albans, England
- Other form
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- England, St. Albans
- St. Albans, England
- St Alban's
- St. Albans
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- Rights
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- Public domain in most countries other than the UK
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