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Add MS 34389
- Record Id:
- 040-002025435
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002025431
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001483.0x0001a0
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- Add MS 34389
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FRAGMENTS of historical and grammatical works, etc., in Latin and (ff. 74-76) French, formerly used as bindings or flyleaves to other volumes. The historical contents are:
(a) Josephus, Ant. Jud. xi. 3, 4; early 10th cent. ff. 1, 2;-
(b) two leaves from the Chronicon of Ado of Vienne, slightly abbreviated, containing the years 3080-3571, from Jephthah to Ahaz ; 10th cent. ff. 3, 4;-
(c) Geoffrey of Monmouth, Hist. Brit., fragments of books vii., viii., and x.; early 13th cent. ff. 5-8;-
(d) St. Jerome, Ep. lxxii., ad Vitalem; 13th cent. f. 9 ;-
(e) Isidore, Etym. bk. v., slightly varied; 13th cent. f. 10;-
(f) two leaves from the Speculum Historiale of Vincentius Bellovacensis, books xii. (xi. in printed ed.) and xxxii. (xxxi.), relating to the times of the Emperors Decius and Frederic II. respectively; 14th cent. ff. 11, 12;-
(g) one leaf from another MS. of the same work, book xxv. (xxiv.), relating to the time of king Edgar; 15th cent. f. 13;-
(h) treatise on the art of war; 14th cent. fir. 14, 15;-
(i) summary of early Roman and Greek history, chiefly from Isidore, Aristotle, and Justin ; 15th cent. ff. 16, 17;-
(k) text, with commentary, of P. Valerius Maximus, Dictorum Factorumque Memorabilium lib. iii. 6; 15th cent. ff. 18, 19.
Among the grammatical works are fragments of Isidore, Etymologies, books 4 and 5 (IV. 12-13, VI. 4), 9th cent. (f. 20), xix. 34-xx. 3, 10th cent. (ff. 21, 22); Priscian, fragments of bk. ii., 13th cent. (f. 23), bk. ix., 11 th cent. (ff. 24, 25), bk. ix. and x., 10th cent. (ff. 26, 27), bk. vii., 13th cent. (ff. 28-31)) ; four leaves of a lexicon of synonyms, with extracts from Isidore on measures, 13th cent. (ff. 32-35); several leaves of grammatical verses, from different MSS., 13th-15th centt. (fF. 37-39); fragments of lexicons, etc. There is also some miscellaneous matter, including a satirical poem against women, 14th cent. (f. 67); Latin proverbs in verse, arranged alphabetically, 14th cent. (f. 69); two leaves of French religious verse, 15th cent. (fF. 74, 75), etc. Vellum and (ff. 74, 75) paper; ff. 76. ixth-xvth centt. Folio.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002025431
040-002025435 - Is part of:
- Add MS 34386-34392 : Miscellaneous Fragments
Add MS 34389 : FRAGMENTS of historical and grammatical works, etc., in Latin and (ff. 74-76) French, formerly used as bindings or flyleaves to… - Hierarchy:
- 032-002025431[0004]/040-002025435
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- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 34386-34392
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 0800
- End Date:
- 1499
- Date Range:
- 9th century-15th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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'London, British Library, Add MS 34389', at 'Innovating Knowledge', ed. by Evina Steinová ((Huygens Institute, Amsterdam, 2021), online at https://db.innovatingknowledge.nl/#detail/M0171 [accessed 28.01.2022].
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