Terence — 1454; Italian (?)
MS. Add. A. 167
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Terence — 1454; Italian (?)
Shelfmark
MS. Add. A. 167
Place of origin
Italian (?)
Date
1454
Language
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Support
paper
Physical extent
192 fols.
Hands
Two hands: (a) fol. 1–182v (b) fols. 183–192. Probably Hans and Hans-Johann Pirckheimer. Hans studied in Padua for several years and was in Rome at the beginning of 1455. Cf. A. Reimann, Die älteren Pirckheimer (1944); N. Holzberg, Willibald Pirckheimer: griechischer Humanismus in Deutschland (1981).
Decoration
Coloured initials.
Rubrics.
Acquisition
Purchased by the Bodleian.
Provenance
'Sewolt geuder', fol. 1; 'Sewaldus geuder Est posessor huius libery', fol. 192v: Sebald Geuder, grandson of Hans-Johann Pirckheimer.
Guglielmo Libri, no. 986 in his sale, 1859.
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Title
The Comedies of Terence, in the Calliopian recension, and chiefly written as prose, with arguments and some notes
Shelfmark
MS. Add. A. 167
Summary
The Comedies of Terence, in the Calliopian recension, and chiefly written as prose, with arguments and some notes: preceded by a six-line epigram on Terence (beg. 'Natus in excelsis') and a Latin Life (beg. 'Terentius genere extitit Afer'), and followed by another (added) Latin Life (fol. 183: beg. 'De Terentii Vita in antiquis libris').
On fol. 182v is the colophon 'Explicit Terentius per Johannem Pircheimer anno Domini M cccc liiij Pasee': and some added Terentian commonplaces at fol. 187 are signed 'Expliciunt Excerpta Terentij Johannis Pircheimer Junioris.'.
Date
written in A.D. 1454 by Joh. Pirkheimer
Language
Latin
Physical facet
On paper
Physical extent
193 Leaves
Custodial history
On fol. 192v is 'Sewaldus Gender est posessor huius libery' (16th century), cf. fol. I.
Catalogue of the ... collection of Splendid Manuscripts ... formed by M. Guglielmo Libri 1859 no. 986.
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Collection contents
The Comedies of Terence, in the Calliopian recension, and chiefly written as prose, with arguments and some notes
