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Harley MS 4893

Record Id:

040-002050736

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

040-002050736

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100000000859.0x00019b

LARK:

SLARK:

Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

Harley MS 4893

Title:

Livy, Ab urbe condita, in Catalan

Scope & Content:

Contents:

ff. 2r-245r: Titus Livius, Ab urbe condita (first 7 books of first decade), in an anonymous Catalan version.

Decoration:

1 large puzzle initial in red and blue with pen-flourishing in purple and red, extending into a partial border, at the beginning of book 1 (f. 6r). 7 smaller puzzle initials in red and blue with pen-flourishing in purple and red, extending into partial borders, at the beginning of the preface and of books 2-7 (ff. 2r, 42v, 83v, 125v, 160v, 193r, 218v). Small initials (2-3 lines) in red or blue with pen-flourishing in purple or red. Marginal drawing in brown ink of a pointing hand and crowned head (f. 15v). Paraph marks in plain red or blue. Capital letters highlighted in yellow. Cadels.

Collection Area:

Western Manuscripts

Project / Collection:

Harley Collection

Hierarchy Tree:

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Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-002045828
040-002050736

Is part of:

Harley MS 1-7661 : Harley Manuscripts

Harley MS 4893 : Livy, Ab urbe condita, in Catalan

Hierarchy:

032-002045828[4892]/040-002050736

Container:

View / search within Archive / Collection: Harley MS 1-7661

Record Type (Level):

File

Extent:

1 volume

Digitised Content:

Languages:

Catalan

Scripts:

Latin

Start Date:

1375

End Date:

1424

Date Range:

4th quarter of the 14th century - 1st quarter of the 15th century

Era:

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Physical Characteristics:

Materials: Parchment.

Dimensions: 370 x 268 mm (written space: 255 x 190 mm) in 2 columns.

Foliation: ff. 245 (+ 3 modern paper and 2 ruled medieval paper flyleaves at the beginning, the 2nd of these foliated [f. i], and 2 ruled medieval paper and 3 modern paper flyleaves at the end).

Script: Gothic cursive.

Binding: British Museum in-house. Rebound in 1966.

Custodial History:

Origin:

Catalonia, Spain.

Provenance:

The Harley Collection, formed by Robert Harley (b. 1661, d. 1724 ), 1st earl of Oxford and Mortimer, politician, and Edward Harley (b. 1689, d. 1741), 2nd earl of Oxford and Mortimer, book collector and patron of the arts.

Edward Harley bequeathed the library to his widow, Henrietta Cavendish, née Holles (b. 1694, d. 1755) during her lifetime and thereafter to their daughter, Margaret Cavendish Bentinck (b. 1715, d. 1785), duchess of Portland; the manuscripts were sold by the Countess and the Duchess in 1753 to the nation for £10,000 (a fraction of their contemporary value) under the Act of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts forms one of the foundation collections of the British Library.

Publications:

A Catalogue of the Harleian Manuscripts in the British Museum, 4 vols (London: [n. pub.], 1808-12), II, no. 4893.

M. Ferrer, ‘Les Dècades de Titus Livi en català (ms. British Library, Harley 4893), traducció de la versió en francès de Pierre Bersuire’, Cultura neolatina, 72.2 (2012), 115-46.

Paul Meyer, Documents manuscrits de l’ancienne littérature de la France conservés dans les bibliothèques de la Grande Bretagne (Paris: Imprimerie Nationale, 1871), pp. 32, 81-82.

C. J. Wittlin, ‘Les manuscrits dits 'del Papa Luna' dans deux inventaires de la bibliothèque de Gaspar Johan Sánchez Munyoz à Teruel’, Estudis Romànics 11 (1962), pp. 13, 27.

C. J. Wittlin, ‘La traducció catalana anònima de les Històries Romanes I-VII de Titus Livi’, Estudis Romànics 13 (1963-68), pp. 277-315.

Titius Livius, Ab urbe condita I. 1-9. Ein mittellateinischer Kommentar und sechs romanische Übersetzungen und Kürzungen aus dem Mittelalter aus den Handschriften, ed. By C. J. Wittlin (Tübingen: Niemeyer, 1970), pp. XI-XII, 28-74.

Bibliografia de Textos Catalans Antics, ed. by Vicenç Beltran and Gemma Avenoza , no. 1624 [accessed 6 June 2006].

Material Type:

Archives and Manuscripts

Legal Status:

Not Public Record(s)

Places:

Catalonia, Spain