Works of Prudentius and Virgil
Reference code
MSS/0044
Title
Works of Prudentius and Virgil
Date
15th century
Level of description
item
Extent and format
Vellum; ff. iii + 129.
Quarto.
Original wooden boards covered with pink leather (cf.back turnover). Erased inscription, front pastedown.
Quarto.
Original wooden boards covered with pink leather (cf.back turnover). Erased inscription, front pastedown.
Scope and content
Works of Prudentius and Virgil. Written in England. Contents (see Ker, MMBL, I (1969), 300-1):-
(1) Prudentius, Hamartigenia. fols. 1-42v;-
(2) Prudentius, Psychomachia. fols. 42v-63v;-
(3) Virgil, Bucolics. fols. 64-80v;-
(4) Virgil, Georgics. fols. 80v-123v;-
(5) 'Primus habet libicam..'. fol. 123v. Twelve lines on the Aeneid, books 1-12. See E. Bährens, Poetae Lat. Min., IV (1882), 151;-
(6) Origo troianorum, beg. 'Dardanus ex iove'. fols. 123v-4v;-
(7) Prefacio in eneidos, beg. 'In exponendis auctoribus'. fols. 124v-7.
Scholia and glosses particularly in (3). Catchwords throughout.
Additions, 16th century:-
(a) Latin tags, fol. ii;
(b) Verse relating to Prudentius (8 lines), metrical forms (9 lines), Ovid (4 lines, with heading 'Oenone Ovidiana ad Paridem'), fol. 128v;
(c) Two lines beg. 'Abba 1 logos..'; eight lines beg. 'Passus et abiecti: pilato perfide: ligni', fol. 129.
(1) Prudentius, Hamartigenia. fols. 1-42v;-
(2) Prudentius, Psychomachia. fols. 42v-63v;-
(3) Virgil, Bucolics. fols. 64-80v;-
(4) Virgil, Georgics. fols. 80v-123v;-
(5) 'Primus habet libicam..'. fol. 123v. Twelve lines on the Aeneid, books 1-12. See E. Bährens, Poetae Lat. Min., IV (1882), 151;-
(6) Origo troianorum, beg. 'Dardanus ex iove'. fols. 123v-4v;-
(7) Prefacio in eneidos, beg. 'In exponendis auctoribus'. fols. 124v-7.
Scholia and glosses particularly in (3). Catchwords throughout.
Additions, 16th century:-
(a) Latin tags, fol. ii;
(b) Verse relating to Prudentius (8 lines), metrical forms (9 lines), Ovid (4 lines, with heading 'Oenone Ovidiana ad Paridem'), fol. 128v;
(c) Two lines beg. 'Abba 1 logos..'; eight lines beg. 'Passus et abiecti: pilato perfide: ligni', fol. 129.
Creator
Prudentius Clemens, Aurelius (348-c 413), lawyer and Christian poet
Vergilius Maro, Publius (70-19 BCE), Roman poet
Vergilius Maro, Publius (70-19 BCE), Roman poet
Previous reference number(s)
SAL/MS/44