Subject: Grammar / Level: [40] File - British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue Search Results

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 11983
Title:: Seneca the Younger, De Clementia, Apocolocyntosis or Ludus de Morte Claudii, Proverbia, De Beneficiis; Publilius Syrus, Proverbia Senecae Secundum Ordinem Alphabeti; Ausonius, Versus de Duodecim Caesarum, Tetrasticha; Epitaphium Senecae; anonymous verses in praise of England; Marbod of Rennes, De Ornamentis Verborum; Hermes Trismegistus, Asclepius
Scope & Content:: This manuscript from c. 1100 contains a collection of works by and related to Seneca the Younger (b. 4 BC, d. 65AD), together with those by Ausonius (b. c. 310, d. 395) and Marbod of Rennes (b. c. 1035, d. 1123). Contents: ff. 4r-21v: Seneca, De Clementia (On Mercy), beginning: ‘Scribere de cl...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: c 1075-c 1125
Extent:: A parchment codex

Reference (shelfmark):: Arundel MS 235
Title:: Hugh of Langres, Commentarius in Psalmos; Interpretatio Alphabeti Hebraici
Scope & Content:: This late 11th-century manuscript contains a commentary on the Psalms by the theologian Hugh of Langres (d. 1050), Bishop of Langres, and an allegorical interpretation of the names of the letters of the Hebrew alphabet. The script and initials, according to Michael Gullick (unpublished notes), s...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 4th quarter of the 11th century
Extent:: A parchment codex

Reference (shelfmark):: Burney MS 237
Title:: Priscian, Institutiones grammaticae, (books 17-18); Pseudo-Priscian, De accentibus
Scope & Content:: This manuscript contains two texts about Latin grammar: the two last books of the Institutiones grammaticae (Institutes of Grammar) of Priscian (fl. c. 500), often called the Priscianus minor (Lesser Priscian), as in the added title on f. 2v; and De accentibus (On Accents) by Pseudo-Priscian (fl...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 2nd half of the 13th century
Extent:: A parchment codex

Reference (shelfmark):: Burney MS 326
Title:: Isidore of Seville, Etymologiae
Scope & Content:: This manuscript contains the Etymologiae (Etymologies), also known as Origenes (Origins), by Isidore of Seville (b. c. 560, d. 636). This is an encyclopedic work that discusses the origin of words related to the liberal arts and a vast range of other subjects. The manuscript appears to have been...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 2nd or 3rd quarter of the 12th century
Extent:: A parchment codex