'Epigrammatum & Poematum veterum ...' libri quatuor
MS. D'Orville 27
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
'Epigrammatum & Poematum veterum ...' libri quatuor
Shelfmark
MS. D'Orville 27
Summary
Comprises:
(p. 1) De Diis, Heroibus eorumque iconibus, 75
(p. 25) Amatoria, III
(p. 71) Luxorius, 82
(p. 101) Christiana, 11
The last of bk. 4 is a poem by Bede found in 1303 'ex MS. Cod. Peirescii', beg. 'Classes diversae.'
At. p. 105 is 'Epitaphium in claustro PP. Carmelitarum Avenionensium', 'repertum anno 1736', beg. 'Simonis hic social.' The epigrams are in general a selection from those printed in the Anthologia Latina of Burmann.
Date
written in the first half of the 18th cent.
Language
Latin
Physical facet
On paper
Physical extent
122 pages
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Collection contents
Manuscripts of Jacques Philippe D'Orville
'Epigrammatum & Poematum veterum ...' libri quatuor
