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An Italian didactic poem, based on a 13th-century model variously attributed to the Savio Romano (Wise Man of Rome) or to the Schiavo di Bari. It consists of ethical maxims couched as paternal advice and circulated in Italian dialects and in a Latin translation. Fol. 11 begins a prose work of unknown authorship comprised of devotional meditations and preparation for death.

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Inventory of the estate of Nicoló de Lazara

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Manuscript inventory of the estate of Nicoló de Lazara, in the hand of the notary Manfredo Spazza, created in Padua, Italy, 16 September, 1423. The document details the contents of Nicoló's house, including a room by room listing of furniture, textiles, art, books, coins, and other objects; immovable properties, including farmland and residential and agricultural buildings; and lists of debtors and creditors to the estate. Includes an additional inscription on the inside of the back cover, dated 1529. Accompanied by three letters from Christopher Cheney to John Kenneth Hyde, 5 July - 6 August 1973, describing how Cheney acquired the manuscript and other related matters; also includes Cheney's partial transcript of the inventory.

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Iulia gens ab dis [?] est a Venere, item a regibus Anco silicet Martio Martii Trahere originem perhibuntur

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Manuscript scroll containing a family tree of the Julii Caesares and tracing the emperors of Rome through Constantine.

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Le uie de Sion pia[n]gono

1 pp 1442

Ms. codex.

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Letters patent, 1548 May 24, granting to Francis, Earl of Shrewsbury, the office of warden, chief justice, and justice itinerant of all forests, parks, chases, and warrens beyond Trent with a yearly salary of £100

1 pp 1548

Ms. document.

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Li sonetti e canzon e capitoli del eccellentissimo Cosmico nobile Paduano

1 pp 1537

A collection of 171 sonnets, canzoni, and capitoli by Niccolò Lelio Cosmico. This manuscript was copied in 1537 by a scribe who signs his name "Hieronymo da la Motta." This scribe may be identified with Cardinal Girolamo Aleandro (1480-1542). Consult curatorial file for complete list of contents.

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Libellus cuiusda[m] ignoti auctoris de anima cont[ra] que[n] Claudianus trib[us] seq[uen]tib[us] libris disputat Claudiam De statu anime

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Prefixed to Mamertus' treatise in this manuscript is a tract by St. Faustus of Riez, "De anima," against which Mamertus argues in his work.

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Manuscript treatise on commercial arithmetic for apprentice cloth merchants

1 pp 1500

A treatise on commercial arithmetic dealing with topics such as bartering, computing shares of profit in business partnerships, calculating interest on money lent, etc. Arithmetical exercises are distributed throughout.

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