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Add MS 6794

Record Id:
032-002029083
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
032-002029083
MDARK:
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Format:
ISAD(G)
Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 6794
Title:

QUINTUS CURTIUS RUFUS: 'Historiae Alexandri Magni'; 1469. Latin. Origin: Balkans. Beg. 'Iter hec Alexander ad conducendum'. Text is that of Book III of the printed editions; for textual variations see S. Dosson, Étude sur Quinte Curce, sa vie et son oeuvre (Paris, 1887), p. 332. Usual textual omissions. Dosson gives a brief description of all known MSS. of the text. See also: Q. Curti Rufi Historiarum Alexandri Magni Macedonis, ed. E. Hedicke (1908); Reynolds, pp. 148-149; Watson, no. 6. Front fly-leaf verso, '124'. Purchased at Sotheby's, May 1826, see Add. 6792.

Paper; ff. 105. Sec. fol. 'copiarum mit'. 280 x 215mm. Gatherings of 10 (i lacks 1, xi lacks 7-10). Catchwords regular from ff. 9v-89v. Quire markings and signatures in arabic numerals bottom right-hand recto, first five folios of each quire, many cropped, see ff. 71-73. Quire marked in roman numerals, ff. 100-102. Single columns. Formal humanist script with cursive characteristics. Written by Elias Banuarites in Sibenik, Balkans, and completed on 26 Jan. 1469, see colophon, f. 105v: 'Quinti Curcij Ruffi historiarum Alexandri regis Incliti xiius et ultimus liber explicit feliciter accopiatus per me Eliam Banuarit' Siben' 1469 die xxvj Januarii quo fuit terremotus magnus Sibenici'. Watermarks: (a) Mont, with a bell? above. passim;- (b) Tête de boeuf. nr. Briquet 14455. f. 24;- (c) Cart with two wheels. nr. Briquet 3528. ff. 43, 45, 47-50. 19th-cent. British Museum binding using boards from a late 18th-cent. red leather, gilt-stamped binding.

Scope & Content:

Watermarks: Mont: 15th cent.

Bindings FRENCH: Red leather, gilt-stamped, boards only, possibly French: 18th cent.

Elias Banuarites, of Sibenik: Wrote: 1469.

Quintus Curtius Rufus: 'Historiae Alexandri Magni': 1469: Lat.

includes:

  • f. 24 Watermarks: Tête de boeuf: 15th cent.
  • ff. 43, 45, 47-50 Watermarks: Cart: 15th cent.

Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
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Additional Manuscripts
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Hierarchy Record Ids:
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
1 item
Digitised Content:
Languages:
English
Latin
Scripts:
Latin
Start Date:
1469
End Date:
1469
Date Range:
1469
Era:
CE
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Names:
Banuarites, Elias, of Sibenik; author, fl 1469
Curtius Rufus, Quintus, Roman historian, Late 1st century