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Sex auctores (part); northern France, first half 13th century

MS. Lat. class. e. 47

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Title

Sex auctores (part); northern France, first half 13th century

Shelfmark

MS. Lat. class. e. 47

Place of origin

French, North (?)

Date

13th century, first half

Language

Latin

Contents

Maximianus Elegies
2. (fol.10) Verses
3. (fol.10v) Statius Achilleis
4. (fol.26v) Claudian De raptu Proserpinae

Form

codex

Support

parchment

Physical extent

iv (paper) + 41 + iii (paper)

Decoration

red initials with penwork flourishes.

Initials of each line picked out in red

Binding

'Bound by Maltby, Oxford' for H. W. Garrod, in 19th-cent. plain brown leather over pasteboards

Acquisition

Bought, 1961.

Provenance

Jacopo Soranzo (1686–1761) (? foliated by/for him)

Matteo Luigi Canonici (1727–1806) (?)

Rev. Walter Sneyd (1809–1888), with his circular bookplate, his sale, Sotheby's 16 Dec. 1903 and three following days, lot 196, bought by Pench (or Peach??) for 18 shillings

'H. W. Garrod | Merton College | Oxford', 'Bought of Hayk[?], Greyfriars, | Leicester.' before 1910, with a cutting from a catalogue, item 79, pasted to the upper pastedown.

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  • Soranzo, Giacomo, 1686-1761

  • Garrod, H. W., (Heathcote William), 1878-1960

  • Statius, P. Papinius, (Publius Papinius)

  • Sneyd, Walter, 1809-1888

  • Maximianus, active 6th century

  • Canonici, Matteo Luigi, 1727-1805

  • Claudianus, Claudius

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