Martianus Capella, etc.
MS. Laud Lat. 118
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Martianus Capella, etc.
Shelfmark
MS. Laud Lat. 118
Date
9th century, middle
Language
Latin
Ancient Greek (to 1453)
Contents
Form
codex
Support
parchment (HFFH)
Physical extent
iii (paper) + 96 + iii (paper)
Hands
Caroline minuscule by several hands.
Rubrics in uncial.
Rubrics in rustic capitals.
Decoration
Coloured red initials.
Musical notation
Aquitanian neums, fols. 11v, 12r.
Acquisition
Part of his first donation to the Bodleian, 1635
Provenance
For discussion of origin see O'Sullivan, pp. lxxvii-ix: localized by Lobrichon to Auxerre, and related to other manuscripts from that centre; tentatively localized by Bischoff to Ferrières, and T. A. M. Bishop is said to have identified a scribal hand of the present manuscript in other manuscripts associated with Lupus of Ferrières.
Liber Arnal, fol. 95v, 9th century (?).
Shelfmark iicxxxiiii from an unidentified collection whose distinctive shelfmarks are also found among the manuscripts of Armand Jean du Plessis, Cardinal de Richelieu (1585-1642) (Quarto catalogue, pp. xvi-xvii).
William Laud, by 1633: inscription, fol. 1r.
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Title
Martianus Capella
Shelfmark
MS. Laud Lat. 118
Summary
Martianus Capella, De nuptiis Philologiae et Mercurii
Excerpts on music and astronomy from Macrobius and Pliny the Elder
Servius, De centum metris
Servius, De finalibus syllabis
Date
9th century
Language
Latin
Physical extent
95 Leaves
Custodial history
W. L. Inscription. Once belonged to W. Herbert, earl of Pembroke. Manuscript 2017 acquired by the Bodleian Library
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Collection contents
Martianus Capella
