Ptolemy, Geographia (TLG 0363.009), ff 3r-114r. Many diagrams and coloured maps. Preceded on f 2v by four epigrams on the Geography by Maximus Planudes, and followed on f 114r by heroic verses on the poem, inc. Ἐν γραμμαῖς τὸν κόσμον ἀριθμηθέντα νόησον.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 14th century-1st quarter of the 15th century
Nicolas Floyd of Winchester College, Ραψῳδία βιβλικὰ. Passages from the Bible converted into Greek and Latin parallel verses (ff 3r-77r). Followed (f 78r) by a hymn to God in the style of Anacreon. Preceded (ff 1r-2v) by a letter of dedication to John Harris, D.D., warden of Winchester College, a...
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...
Publius Papinius Statius, Thebais and Achilleis, with scholia by Laurent de Premierfait (alias Laurencius Campannus).
Scope & Content:
ff. 2r-4v: Laurent de Premierfait, compendium to Thebais (ascribed in the manuscript to Laurencius Campannus). ff. 4v-210r: Statius, Thebais (imperfect, wanting Book V, 728-753, Book VI, 1-18, and the rhymed epitome to book VI). ff. 210v-222v: Laurent de Premierfait, a summary of Thebais by ch...
Two fragments: a Book of Hours in Latin, and a miscellany of texts in Greek
Scope & Content:
Contains two fragments, a Book of Hours, written in Latin and dated to the 15th century, and a miscellany of texts, written in Greek and dated to 1709. These were already bound as one volume when owned by John Brand (b. 1744, d. 1806). ff. 1r-55v: Book of Hours, Use of Le Mans, fragmentary, in ...
Collection of Greek and Latin inscriptions copied by Anthony Askew in the Levant and Greece
Scope & Content:
Collection of Greek and Latin inscriptions copied by Anthony Askew, M.D., in the Levant and Greece, with notes on their situation, size, state of preservation, etc.
Palimpsest, the upper text being homilies of St John Chrysostom and the lower fragments of a 10th century Gospel lectionary (Gregory-Aland l 338; Scrivener evst. 499)
Scope & Content:
Palimpsest, the upper text being homilies of St John Chrysostom on Matthew and John, and the lower fragments of a 10th century Gospel lectionary (Gregory-Aland l 338; Scrivener evst. 499).