De vita tirannica [Xenophon's Hieron] Xenophon Manuscripts, Medieval Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern) Hieron I, Tyrant of Syracuse , -467 B.C. or 466 B.C Dictators as authors--Early works to 1800 Despotism 1. folios 1r-14r: De vita tirannica / Xenophon, translated by Leonardo Bruni -- 1.1 folios 1r-2r: Dedicatory letter to Niccolò Niccoli: "[rubric] Leonardi Archini ad Nicolaum sum. [incipit] Çenophontis ph[ilosoph]y quendam libellum quem ego ingenii exercendi ... [explicit] i[n] hiis primitiis studio[rum] n[ost]ro[rum] nullo modo ausi sumus atingere." -- 1.2 folios 2r-14r: Text: "[rubric] Tirannus Xenopho[n]tis incipit liber. [incipit] Cum ad Hyeronem Tyrannum Simonides poeta aliq[ua]n[do] venisset ... [explicit] felis e[n]im cum sis nemo tibi i[n]videbit. [rubric] Deo gra[tia]s. Explicit." -- 2. folios 14v-16v: blank Collation: ii (modern paper, i is pastedown) + 16 (paper) + ii (modern paper, i is pastedown): 1¹⁶. Script: Written by a single hand in Humanist cursive. Binding: Modern. Bound in half parchment and multi-colored brocade paper. Origin: Probably written in Italy in the first third of the fifteenth century. See KU Library catalog record for complete bibliographic description. Bruni, Leonardo , 1369-1444 (translator) [between 1401-1434] Text text/html 1 vol. / 16 leaves leaves; paper nonprojected graphic Early works ku-speccoll:9434 https://digital.lib.ku.edu/ku-speccoll/9434 MS C68 lat Italy This work is free of known copyright restrictions.