Servius; Donatus grammaticus; Germany, s. xi.
MS. Laud Lat. 117
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Servius; Donatus grammaticus; Germany, s. xi.
Shelfmark
MS. Laud Lat. 117
Date
11th century
Language
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Support
parchment
Physical extent
ii (17th cent.) + 154 + ii (17th cent.) leaves
Hands
Late German Carolingian minuscule, s. xi, by several hands.
Decoration
Plain two- to four-line initials in red or the ink of the text to bks 6–12; (item 2) a three-, (item 3) a two-line initial in the ink of the text.
Binding
Brown tanned calf over laminated pulpboard for Abp. Laud, 1637–1639.
Acquisition
Given to the Bodleian as part of his third donation, dispatched on 28 June 1639.
Provenance
Written in Germany, s. xi, based on palaeographical features.
Würzburg, Domstift St Kilian (?): (fol. 128v) at the upper margin ‘Kilianus bonus’, and (fol. 130v) ‘pequs [?] Kilianus’.
William Laud, 1573–1645: his ex libris, 1638, fol. 1r.
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Title
Servius; Donatus grammaticus
Shelfmark
MS. Laud Lat. 117
Summary
Fols. 1r–153v. Servius , Commentary on Virgil, Aeneid (start lost)
Fols. 153v-154r. Donatus Grammaticus, Vita Vergili (imperf.)
Fols. 154r-v. Servius, De finalibus syllabis (excerpt)
Date
11th century
Language
Latin
Physical extent
154 Leaves
Custodial history
Perhaps belonged to St. Kylian's at Würzburg. Manuscript 2707 acquired by the Bodleian Library
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Collection contents
Servius; Donatus grammaticus
