Ovid — 15th century; Italian
MS. Add. C. 137
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Description
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Title
Ovid — 15th century; Italian
Shelfmark
MS. Add. C. 137
Place of origin
Italian
Date
15th century
Language
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Support
paper
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Title
The Metamorphoses of Ovid, with no title
Shelfmark
MS. Add. C. 137
Summary
The Metamorphoses of Ovid, with no title: the colophon records 'Versus millenos bis sex in codice scriptos' Et ter quinque minus continet Ouidius': memorial verses and explanations relating to the subject of each book follow on fol. 199v (beg. 'Quindenis metris'), and six elegiac lines supposed to have been found in the tomb of Ovid (beg. 'Orba parente suo').
Fol. 1 is a 15th cent. parchment leaf from a Latin register of some Italian law court.
On fols. 201-3 is nearly contemporary scribbling by schoolboys at Cremona (?): one sentence is 'Iste liber est mey Chini dc Serguarneris et fratris eius qui uadunt ad scholam magistri Petri de Manna Cremonensis.'.
Date
written in the 15th century in Italy
Language
Latin
Physical facet
On paper
Physical extent
204 Leaves
Custodial history
The 'original oak boards' which are mentioned in the Libri Sale Catalogue have been lost.
Catalogue of the ... collection of Splendid Manuscripts ... formed by M. Guglielmo Libri 1859 no. 754.
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Collection contents
The Metamorphoses of Ovid, with no title
