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Add MS 38818, ff 1-135

Record Id:

041-003354887

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-002058172

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100037564621.0x000001

LARK:

SLARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100056289816.0x000003

Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

Add MS 38818, ff 1-135

Title:

Palladius, De Agricultura; Marcus Vitruvius Pollio, De Architectura; Flavius Vegetius Renatus, De re militari;Justinian, Institutiones (extracts)

Scope & Content:

This part was copied by a hand described as 'Continental-looking' (unpublished notes by Michael Gullick). The copy of De Architectura (On Architecture) derives from an English version of the text (see Texts and Transmission (1983), p. 443).

Contents:

ff. 1r-48v: Palladius (fl. 4th century), De Agricultura (On Agriculture), beginning: 'Pars est prudentie prima ipsam cui precepturus es estimare personam', ending: 'hora .x. pedes .xix. hora .xi. pedes .xxix. Palladii Rutili Tauri Emiliani viri illustris opus agriculture explicit'.

ff. 49r-109r: Marcus Vitruvius Pollio (fl. 40 BC), De Architectura, (On Architecture), preceded by a prologue (f. 49r) and capitula of book 1 (f. 49r), beginning of the prologue (f. 49r): 'Vitruvii De architectura Libre Primus. Cum divina tua mens et numen imperator Cesar, imperio potiretur orbis terrarum nunc invictaque virtute cunctis hostibus stratis'. Book 1 (ff. 49r-55v), beginning: 'De Architecturis Instituendis. Architecti est scientia pluribus disciplinis et variis eruditionibus ornata'; Book 2 (ff. 55v-63r), beginning: 'Dinocrates architectus cogitationibus et sollertia fretus'; Book 3 (ff. 63r-67v), beginning: 'Delphicus Apollo Socratem omnium sapientissimum Pythiae responsis est professus'; Book 4 (ff. 67v-72r), beginning: 'Cum animadvertissem imperator plures de architectura precepta voluminaque commentariorum non ordina (sic) sed incepta uti particulas errabundas reliquisse'; Book 5 (ff. 72r-78v), beginning: 'Qui amplioribus voluminibus imperator ingenii cogitationes preceptaque explicaverunt'; Book 6 (ff. 78v-84r), beginning: 'Aristippus philosophus Socraticus naufragio cum eiectus ad Rhodiensium litus animadvertisset geometrica schemata descripta'; Book 7 (ff. 84r-90v), beginning: 'Maiores cum sapienter tum etiam utiliter instituerunt'; Book 8 (ff. 90v-95r), beginning: 'De septem sapientibus Thales Milesius omnium rerum principium aquam est professus'; Book 9 (ff. 95r-100v), beginning: 'Nobilius athletis qui Olympia Isthmia Nemea vicissent'; Book 10 (ff. 100v-109r), beginning: 'Nobili grecorum et ampla civitate Ephesi lex vestusta dicitur a maioribus dura conditione sed iure esse non inquio constituta'; ending: 'Uti totum corpus omnia architecture membra in decem voluminibus habere explicate. Vitruvii liber decimus explicit feliciter. Amen'.

ff. 109r-134v: Flavius Vegetius Renatus (fl. 400), De re militari (On the Military Arts), beginning of the prologue: 'Flavii Vegetii illustris viri epithoma rei militaris libri numero .IIII. incipiunt feliciter. Primus liber electionem edocet iuniorum ex quibus locis vel quales milites probandi sint aut quibus armorum exercitiis imbuendi'. Book 1 (ff. 109r-113v), preceded by capitula (f. 109r); Book 2 (ff. 113v-118v), preceded by capitula (ff. 113v-114r); Book 3 (ff. 118v-120r), preceded by capitula (ff. 118v-119r); Book 4 (ff. 120r-134v), preceded by capitula (f. 120r); ending: 'in his frenquentior usus invenit quam vetus doctrina monstraverat. Flavii Vegetii illustris viri epithoma res militaris libri numero quattuor explicit feliciter'.

ff. 134v-135r: Extracts from Justinian (d. 565), Institutiones (Institutes), book 1-4, beginning: 'Iustinianus in institutionibus. Iustitia est constans et perpetua voluntas ius suum cuique tribuens', ending: 'tam rei quam actoris partem sustinet'.

Decoration:

Large 'P'(ars) in red with added penwork decoration in dark ink. Initials in red and green, some with penwork decoration. Rubrics in red or in red and green. The incipit of the texts are written with interlocked letters in red and green. Running titles in black ink.

Collection Area:

Western Manuscripts

Project / Collection:

Additional Manuscripts
England and France 700-1200 Project

Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-002058172
040-002058175
041-003354887

Is part of:

Add MS 38816-38824 : Dunn Manuscripts
Add MS 38818 : A collection of works by Palladius, Marcus Vitruvius Pollio, Flavius Vegetius Renatus, Justinian, St Augustine, Prosper of…

Add MS 38818, ff 1-135 : Palladius, De Agricultura; Marcus Vitruvius Pollio, De Architectura; Flavius Vegetius Renatus, De re…

Hierarchy:

032-002058172[0003]/040-002058175[0001]/041-003354887

Container:

View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 38816-38824

Record Type (Level):

Item

Extent:

Part of Add MS 38818

Digitised Content:

Languages:

Latin

Scripts:

Latin

Start Date:

1175

End Date:

1199

Date Range:

4th quarter of the 12th century

Era:

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Physical Characteristics:

Dimensions: 200 x 165 mm (text space: 185 x 115 mm).

Script: Protogothic.

Custodial History:

Origin: ?Durham, Northeastern England.

Provenance:

A 12th-century pen trial (f. 135v).

A14th-century title reference followed by the first word of the second folio, a referencing system commonly used in medieval llibraries with corresponding entries in the catalogue: 'Palladius de agricultura cum multis aliis, 2o fo. sed ubi' (f. 1r); the same hand wrote the title of the Vitruvius text: 'Vitruvius de architectura' (f. 49r).

Material Type:

Archives and Manuscripts

Legal Status:

Not Public Record(s)

Names:

Subjects:

Classical Literature
Law
Science

Places:

Durham, England