Virgil — 14th century, end; Italian, North

Title

Virgil — 14th century, end; Italian, North

Shelfmark

MS. Add. A. 163

Place of origin

Italian, North

Date

14th century, end

Language

Latin

Contents

Form

codex

Support

parchment

Decoration

Penwork initials. Good penwork initials, fol. I, perhaps added 15th century. (Pächt and Alexander ii. 197)

Title

Virgil, Aeneid

Shelfmark

MS. Add. A. 163

Summary

'Publii Virgilij Maronis Eneydos liber primus [secundus, etc.] incipit' the Aeneid, with glosses and the monostich and decastich arguments. Short pieces on or connected with Virgil follow at fol. 166 (beg. 'Sus iuuenis', 'Nocte pluit', 'Meonium quisquis', 'Ergone supremis', epitaphs of the Twelve Wise Men, 'Si memini', 'Cedite Romani', 'Defensor patrie', 'Pelides ego sum', 'Ille ego qui quondam', 'Jamque adeo super unus eram' (Aen. ii), 'Virgilius magno quantum' (added later). At fol. 169 'Incipit Capra Aurea super Eneidos Virgilij' (beg. 'Diuitiis, ortu, specie'), this is the 'Ilias' of Simon Chèvre d'Or (Capra Aurea): the latter part is added in a 15th century hand, and is followed by the Moretum (fol. 176).

Much of the volume is palimpsest (see for instance fols. 56, 84, 90, 93, 107, 110, 119, 171), but the original writings are in general not much older than the subsequent.

Date

written in the 14th century in Italy

Language

Latin

Physical facet

On parchment, with illuminated capitals

Physical extent

180 Leaves

Custodial history

The Libri Sale Catalogue states that this MS. was in the Saibante collection at Verona, and in the library of the Medici, but there is no evidence of these facts remaining in the volume.

Catalogue of the ... collection of Splendid Manuscripts ... formed by M. Guglielmo Libri 1859 no. 1049.