School Miscellany
Title
School Miscellany
Description
This compendium of abridged classical texts in Latin exemplifies the sort of miscellany that could be used for undertaking the studia humanitatis and is made up of exemplary excerpts. The lengthiest segment of the manuscript is Book 1 of Cicero’s De officiis, popular throughout the Middle Ages, that focuses on the nature of virtue and its vital constituents: truth, justice, fortitude, and decorum. The other substantial sections record two of Terence’s comedies: Andria, which became the first of the author’s plays to be performed since antiquity when it was staged by Florentine students of Giorgio Antonio Vespucci in 1476, and Eunuchus, the author’s most successful play during his lifetime. Shorter passages include the openings of Boethius’s De consolatione philosophiae and Virgil’s Aeneid. The compendium also includes such varia as remedies for the eyes and for sore chests, a recipe for camomile unguent, and aphorisms.
Creator
Authors: Cicero, Boethius, Terence, Virgil
Date
ca. 1500
Format
Manuscript on paper, 102 fols.
Identifier
University of Pennsylvania, Lawrence J. Schoenberg Collection, LJS 385
Coverage
Italy
Tags
Citation
Authors: Cicero, Boethius, Terence, Virgil, “School Miscellany,” Making the Renaissance Manuscript, accessed May 4, 2024, http://makingrenmanuscripts.exhibits.library.upenn.edu/items/show/64.
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