De vita tirannica [Xenophon's Hieron] Xenophon creator Bruni, Leonardo 1369-1444 translator [between 1401-1434] [Italy] lat Latin 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. 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 Italy text text/html reformatted digital 1 vol. / 16 leaves leaves; paper nonprojected graphic Early works ku-speccoll:9434https://digital.lib.ku.edu/ku-speccoll/9434MS C68 2959547 kus University of Kansas This work is free of known copyright restrictions. University of Kansas Descriptive metadata from KU Libraries catalog. MODS generated, with additional values/elements added, by KU Libraries Digital Initiatives. 2022-08 English eng