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Fulgentius Mythographus, Eucherius of Lyon, Ps.-Cicero, Alcuin, Bede, Priscian, Isidore, Petrus Elias — c. 1200; English

MS. Bodl. 186

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Title

Fulgentius Mythographus, Eucherius of Lyon, Ps.-Cicero, Alcuin, Bede, Priscian, Isidore, Petrus Elias — c. 1200; English

Shelfmark

MS. Bodl. 186

Place of origin

English

Date

c. 1200

Language

Latin

Contents

1. (fol. 1) Liber hermeneumatum
2. (fol. 84) Fulgentius Mythographus Expositio sermonum antiquorum
(fols. 87v–96) Eucherius of Lyon Instructiones
(fol. 96) Voces animalium
Followed by extracts from Caper, Orthographia (Law and Carley, op. cit., item 5)
(fol. 96v) Ps.-Cicero Differentiae ‘Inter absconditum’
(fol. 118) Ps.-Cicero Synonyma
Incipit: Inuidia Iudeorum . . Ira Brittonum
Rubric: Liber primus domini Bede presbiteri de Ortographia
(fol. 125) Alcuin De orthographia
(fol. 133v) Bede De orthographia
6. (fol. 141) Rubric: De numero iuxta Latinos
(fol. 144) Priscian De accentibus
(fol. 148v) Rubric: Epilogus omnium uerborum
8. (fol. 155) Isidore Etymologiae
9. (fol. 168v) Petrus Elias Summa in Priscianum
(fol. 177) Rubric: Diuerse terminationes diuersorum generum & regule ad discernendum nomina ... prout in Prisciano ...

Form

codex

Support

parchment

Physical extent

iii + 199 leaves

Decoration

Good fleuronnée initials. (Pächt and Alexander iii. 287)

Some rubrics in blue and green.

Acquisition

Presented by William Burdet of Sonning in 1608.

Provenance

Reading Abbey (?): rejected in MLGB, but Law and Carley, p. 146, suggest that 'Clemens Braye' on the front flyleaf is Clement Braye, monk of Reading in 1486.

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Connections

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  • Alcuin, 735-804

  • Fulgentius, Fabius Planciades, ca. 500

  • Priscian, grammarian, 5th-6th cent.

  • Helias, Petrus, approximately 1100-1166?

  • Eucherius, of Lyon, Saint, -449?

  • Isidore, of Seville, Saint, -636

  • Bede, the Venerable, Saint, 673-735

  • Burdet, William, of Sonning, ?1574-after 1608

  • Cicero, pseudo

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