Caelius Sedulius, Carmen paschale, fragment of Books 1-3, with interlinear and marginal gloss in Latin. Initials and rubrics originally in silver, now showing the red ground.
Macrobius, Commentary on the Somnium Scipionis, fragment
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Contents: Macrobius, Commentary on Cicero's Somnium Scipionis, books 1.2.2-2.15.8, Decoration: Ink diagram of a Zodiac wheel with the earth at the centre (f. 61v). Round ink diagrams of the heavens (ff. 63v, 69r) and of the earth (f. 67v). A round map of the oceans and inhabited regions of...
Servius Grammaticus, Latin and Greek grammatical wordlist
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Servius Grammaticus, Latin and Greek grammatical wordlist (transliterated in Latin alphabet), incipit: 'as assanon assis'. The list of the idiomata generum type including Latin words of which the Greek equivalent is of different gender.
Diomedes, Artis Grammaticae Libri III, incipit: 'Artis grammaticae auctores exordium scribendi varium diversumque sumpserunt', with a prologue, incipit: 'Incipit prologus Diomedis. Diomedes Athanasio salutem'.
M. Tullius Cicero, Epistulae in 4 books, incipit: 'Cicero salutem dicit puplio lentulo proconsuli. Ego omni officio ac potius pietate erga te ceteris'.
Two satirical poems 'Johannis Diaconi versiculi de Cena Cypriani', incipit: 'Qui cupitis saltantem'; poem incipit: 'Quidam nomine Iohel rex' (ff. 60v-63v); and 'Supposicio eiusdem Iohannis ad papam', incipit: 'Ludere me libuit ludendem papa iohannes' (f. 63v)
First volume of a Bible, known as 'The Arnstein Bible', including books from Genesis to Malachi. The second volume of this Bible is Harley MS 2799. Contents: f. 1r: Fragment of the annals of Arnstein Abbey, with 5 entries added in the 17th century, 3 relating to Swedish wars and including date...