Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 398: Aristotle, Politics (transl. by Leonardus Brunus Aretinus (Leonardo Bruni of Arezzo))

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Title:

Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 398: Aristotle, Politics (transl. by Leonardus Brunus Aretinus (Leonardo Bruni of Arezzo))

Alternate Title:

Aristotelis Politica

Language:

Latin

Extent:

ff. 1 + 230

Dimensions:

208 Height (mm) and 138 Width (mm)

Approximate Date:

[ca. 1400 - 1499]

Table of contents:

Politics (transl. by Leonardus Brunus Aretinus (Leonardo Bruni of Arezzo))

Description:

The version of Aristotle's Politics in CCCC MS 398 is a new translation by the Italian humanist Leonardo Bruni (1369-1444) commissioned by Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester (1390-1447) in 1433/4. It has fine illuminated ornamental borders by an English artist, and may have been written by an English scribe copying the Italian manuscript of the translation sent to Humphrey from Italy.