Valerius Maximus, Factorum ac dictorum memorabilium libri novem
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Valerius Maximus, Factorum ac dictorum memorabilium libri novem (ff. 1r-102v); followed by an alphabetically ordered table regarding the preceding text (ff. 103r-123r); and a table of chapters (ff. 123r-124r). Decoration: Decorated with initials in plain red. Headings in red.
Statius, Thebaid, with gloss, accessus, and anonymous vita
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Statius, Thebaid, with gloss, accessus, and anonymous vita. Decoration: Simple red initials at the beginning of books. Initial capitals sometimes highlighted in red.
Hugh of St Victor, Commentary on Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite's Celestial Hierarchy
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ff. 2-105: Hugh of St Victor, Commentary on Commentary on Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite's Celestial Hierarchy (PL 175, 923-1154) f. 106: Notes on translation of Greek technical terms such as analytica, hymnologia., theosophia. Prayer for enemies "Deus, pacis caritatisque amator et custos, da ...
Justin, Epitome historiarum Pompeii Trogi; An incomplete anonymous alphabetical index
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Justin, Epitome historiarum Pompeii Trogi, annotated with contemporary marginal headings (ff. 2r-103v); An incomplete anonymous alphabetical index, from Arbactus to Becta urbs (ff. 104r-104v). The MS is a palimpsest, the lower text appears to be an 11th-century Italian sacramentary (ff. iv rect...
Nonius Marcellus, De compendiosa doctrina; Pompeius Festus, De significatione verborum
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Nonius Marcellus, De compendiosa doctrina (ff. 2r-246v); Pompeius Festus, De significatione verborum (ff. 247r-343r). A bifolium from a much smaller (215 x 155 mm) undecorated Italian humanistic paper manuscript of Nonius is inserted after f. 163; with Burney pagination '85' and '87'. Decorati...
Collation of the Codex Ephesinus (Lambeth Palace Library MS 528, Gregory-Aland 71) by Philip Traherne
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Collation of the Codex Ephesinus (Lambeth Palace Library MS 528, Gregory-Aland 71) by Philip Traherne. A rough copy of Lambeth Palace Library MS 528b, ff 4r-64r, preceded by a title-page, f 1r, and extracts from opinions on the Codex Ephesinus, ff 2r-3r.
A medieval copy of Ovid's fictitious letters of classical heroines. The manuscript contains extensive marginal and interlinear glosses, one gloss (f. 22v: 'exprobare - reprecher') is in French. Epistola 15 is missing and the manuscript breaks off at Epistola 21.12, as is common in other medieval...