De finibus bonorum et malorum
Ms. classical literature; written and illuminated in Signa near Florence, Italy, in 1410.
Texts: Marcus Tullius Cicero, 1) De finibus bonorum et malorum (fols. 3-70v); 2) Tusculanarum disputationum (fols. 71-140).
Decoration: 1 full-page miniature, 1 historiated initial with historiated border, 14 illuminated initials with illuminated border decorations, some inhabited.
Artist: miniature and decoration attributed to Giovanni di Marco, also known as Giovanni dal Ponte, by Mirella Levi d'Ancona (1 September 1981).
Scribe: Johannis Bartholi, an Augustinian monk of Signa, near Florence, who signed and dated M.1002 February 1410 on fol. 140v: scriptum manu mei fratris Iohannis bartholi de signa florentinor[um] castro eg'gio ordinis heremitarii sancti Augustini exigui professoris. Anno domini. M.CCCC.X. mense februarij. Deo gratias.