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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Burney MS Name Curtius Rufus, Quintus, Roman historian, Late 1st century Level [40] File

1. Burney MS 168

Reference (shelfmark):
Burney MS 168
Title:
Quintus Curtius Rufus, Historiae Alexandri Magni
Scope & Content:
Quintus Curtius Rufus, Historiae Alexandri Magni (ff. 1r-179v). Lacunae are marked by the main scribe (e.g. ‘hic deest: & sic in omnibus exemplaribus reperitur’, f. 169r; elsewhere a nine-line gap is marked ‘nihil deest’, f. 171v). Decoration: Decorated with a six-line gold initial with wh...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
3rd quarter of the 15th century
Extent:
Parchment codex

2. Burney MS 169

Reference (shelfmark):
Burney MS 169
Title:
Livre des Fais d’Alexandre le Grant, a French translation of Quintus Curtius Rufus, Historia Alexandri Magni
Scope & Content:
Quintus Curtius Rufus, Historia Alexandri Magni, translated into French by Vasco da Lucena (b. c. 1435, d. 1512) as Livre des Fais d’Alexandre le Grant and dedicated to Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1433, d. 1477). ff. 1r-10r: Table of contents with incipit stating the translator's nam...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Middle
Date Range:
1468-1475
Extent:

1 volume