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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Harley MS 1-7661 Name Pseudo-Ovid, http://isni.org/isni/000000... http://viaf.org/viaf/285292080 Place England

1. Harley MS 2777

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2777
Title:
Virgil, Aeneid
Scope & Content:
It is likely that this manuscript of Virgil’s Aeneid, a text that was commonly used for teaching Latin grammar through Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages, was made specifically for the use of a teacher in the classroom. This is indicated by its unusually tall and narrow dimensions, which makes i...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 12th century-1st quarter of the 13th century
Extent:
1 volume

2. Harley MS 3859

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 3859
Title:
Vegetius, De rei militari; Macrobius, Saturnalia; Pseudo-Sallust, Investiva in Ciceronem; Historia Brittonum and Annales Cambriae; Augustine, De heresibus; Solinus, Collectanea rerum memorabilium; Pseudo-Ovid, Cantus avium; De bestiis; Cosmographia; Pollio, De architectura
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-38r: Flavius Renatus Vegetius, De rei militari (On military matters) (Books 1-4), beginning: 'Antiquis temporibus mos fuit bonaru[m] artium'; ending: 'frequentior usus invenit qua[m] vet[us] doctrina monstraverat'. ff. 40v-41r: Astrological and geographical diagrams. ff. 42r-...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin and Welsh
Date Range:
Early 12th century
Extent:

A parchment codex