Special Collections & Archives: MS.F.3.8: L. Bruni, De Studiis

LUL MS.F.3.8: L. Bruni, De Studiis. in Latin. Italy. Mid 15th century.

Physical description: On parchment. iii + 38 + iii leaves. Ruled in ink. 185 x 130 mm.

Contents: In Italian humanistic script. De studiis, 1r-16r; 16v blank (printed c.1470 onwards: Gesamtkatalog der Wiegendrucke 5614-5620). Isagogicon, 17r-38v (printed c.1470 onwards: Gesamtkatalog der Wiegendrucke 5621-5624). Signatures A-C written sideways at end of quires 1-3.

Decoration: Initials: f.1 3-line C pink on blue, decorated in red and green; f.17 unfilled space for S.

Binding: 19th century red morocco.

Provenance -1849: Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Barrois (1784-1855) MSS collection purchased by Bertram Ashburnham, 4th Earl of Ashburnham (1797-1878) including this MS.F.3.8.

Provenance 1901-1901: Earl of  Ashburnham sale (Barrois collection) at Sotheby's London, 10 June 1901. Lot number 84/Barrois number 182. Purchased (for 18s) by Joseph Baer & Co. booksellers,

Provenance 1902-1902: Annual Report to Court records MS.F.3.8 as the gift of S. A. Thompson Yates to the University of Liverpool in 1902.

[Note: Presentation bookplate for gift from Liverpool County Council to Liverpool University College; but 1962 Guide to manuscripts records MS.F.3.8 as 'Purchased c.1900'. Bookplate presumably added in error.]

Published citations and unpublished notes:

1978: Former MSS handlist records, "Written in the Veneto, XV c. (second quarter). Dr A.C. de la Mare, May 1978".

2020: email correspondence with William P. Stoneman, Houghton Library, Harvard, who identified the Barrois/Ashburnham provenance.