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Royal MS 13 A XX
- Record Id:
- 040-002106832
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002105724
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000277.0x0003dc
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Royal MS 13 A XX
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PAULI OROSII historiae. Preceded (f. 1) by notices of Orosius 'ex cathalogo uirorum illustrium Gennadii' (cap. 39, Migne, Patr. Lat. lviii. 1080), 'ex epistola Ieronimi ad Augustinum', beg. 'Ecce uenit ad me' (sc. Ep. Aug. ad Hier. clxvi, ib. xxxiii. 720), and 'ex decretali Gelasii pape primi', beg. 'Orosium uirum' (ib. lix. 161). The introductory letter is headed 'Incipit epistola Pauli Orosii presbiteri de ormesta mundi (cf. 6 C. VIII) contra acusatores Christi duorum temporum scripta ad beatum Augustinum', and beg. 'Perceptis (sic) tuis parui'. After the words 'quod libens feci' (ed. Zangemeister, Vienna, 1882, p. 5) is the rubric 'Explicit epistola. Incipit prologus libri primi' (f. 1 b). This begins 'Preceperas mihi' and ends 'noticiam consequantur'. In Zangemeister's ed. this is the end of cap. 1 (p. 8), the prologue comprising the letter and the prologue as here given as far as 'perditio consequetur' (f. 2, col. 1). Text beg. 'Maiores nostri orbem'. At the end of lib. i (f. 14b) is the interpolation 'Ab orbe ergo condito', &c. (see Zang., p. 80).
Marginal notes throughout in a 14th cent. hand; and at the end (f. 128) is the line 'Me fugat e claustro uentusqui spirat ab austro', with other scribbling.
Vellum; ff. 128. 93/4 in. x 63/4 in. XIII cent. Written in England; double columns. Gatherings of 8 leaves (iv9, xvi7). Sec. fol. 'opusculo occupari'. Initials in red and green; two (f. 1) with a little gold. Old Royal press-mark 'no. 648' (Westm. invent. of 1542 Add. MS. 25469, f. 18); cat. of 1666, f. 19 b; CMA. 8352.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Royal Collection
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002105724
040-002106832 - Is part of:
- Royal MS 1 A I-20 E X : Royal Manuscripts
Royal MS 13 A XX : PAULI OROSII historiae. Preceded (f. 1) by notices of Orosius 'ex cathalogo uirorum illustrium Gennadii' (cap. 39, Migne,… - Hierarchy:
- 032-002105724[1052]/040-002106832
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Royal MS 1 A I-20 E X
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Latin
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1200
- End Date:
- 1299
- Date Range:
- 13th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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L. B. Mortensen, 'The Diffusion of Roman Histories in the Middle Ages. A List Of Orosius, Eutropius, Paulus Diaconus and Landolfus Sagax Manuscripts', Filologia Mediolatina, VI-VII (2000), 101-200 (p. 133).
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)