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Royal MS 13 C XII
- Record Id:
- 040-002106868
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002105724
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000338.0x000018
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- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Royal MS 13 C XII
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WORKS of Guido delle Colonne, Hethoum, &c., in Latin, viz.: 1. Guido delle Colonne, Historia Troiana, al. de casu Troiae. Prologue beg. 'Si et cotidie vera recentibus'. text, 'In regno Thesalie'. No title or chapter-headings. At the end (f. 82) are the lists of the principal personages slain, two epitaphs on Hector and one on Achilles, and (f. 82 b) the author's epilogue. The date of the composition is given as 1297, instead of 1287. Subscription, 'Explicit liber de casu Troie, &c., quod I. S.' See Ward, Cat. of Romances, i, p. 50. f. 6.
2. Historia de Preliis: the abridged Latin version of the life of Alexander the Great by Pseudo-Callisthenes. No title or chapter-headings. Beg. 'Sapientissimi namque Egipcii'. Subscription, 'Explicit historia Alexandri Magni imperatoris et natiuitatis eius'. See Ward, op. cit., i, p. 122. f. 83.
3. Hayto [Hethoum, prince of Gorgios] Flos Historlarum: a history of the East, written (or rather dictated) in French in 1307, and translated into Latin. Title 'Iste liber intitulatur flos historiarum terre orientis quem compilauit frater Hayconus dominus Curthi consanguineus Regis Armenie ex mandato summi pontificis sanctissimi domini nostri Clementis pape quinti, anno incarnacionis dominice millesimo cccmo septimo in ciuitate Pictauensi regni Francie'. Prologue, 'Diuiditur autem iste liber'; text, 'Regnum Cathay est maius regnum'. Printed in 1529, and often subsequently. f. 110.
Fly-leaves from a Breviary (late 14th cent.), containing the service for S. Anne (ff. 2-5) and the Dedication of a church (ff. 143, 144), with musical notes. On f. 145b is an English recipe (15th cent.) for 'a medyson for the fefyr pestilaunce' (printed in Casley's Catalogue, p. 225).
Vellum; ff. 146. 123/4 in. x 81/4 in. Early XV cent. Gatherings of 8 leaves, with catchwords. Sec. fol. 'aliquo'. Plain red initials. Initial T or monogram T. C. with number 6 on ff. 2, 6. Old Royal press-mark 'no. 1140'; cat. of 1666, f. 8; CMA. 8318, 8332, 8327.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Royal Collection
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002105724
040-002106868 - Is part of:
- Royal MS 1 A I-20 E X : Royal Manuscripts
Royal MS 13 C XII : WORKS of Guido delle Colonne, Hethoum, &c., in Latin, viz.: 1. Guido delle Colonne, Historia Troiana, al. de casu… - Hierarchy:
- 032-002105724[1088]/040-002106868
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Royal MS 1 A I-20 E X
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1400
- End Date:
- 1440
- Date Range:
- Early 15th century
- Era:
- CE
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