Ohio State University, Spec.Rare.MS.MR.Frag.328

Metadata

DS ID:

DS11747

Shelfmark:

Spec.Rare.MS.MR.Frag.328

Title:

Epigrammata

Author:

Prosper of Aquitaine

Prosper of Aquitaine WIKIDATA

Place:

Italy

Italy TGN

Date:

ca. 1250

thirteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Latin

Latin WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: fols. 2; membrane; 225 x 150 (170 x 87)

Former Owner(s):

Bloomsbury's

Bloomsbury Auctions WIKIDATA

Note:

Layout: 1 column, 28 lines
Decoration: Numerous 2-line and 1 1-line initials in red, with versal initials stroked in red
No ruling apparent
Some marginal and interlinear glossing
Fol. 328.1 is a complete folio cut horizontally into three separate strips; fol. 328.2 is only a portion of a second leaf
Recycled as binding fragments
Provenance: Previously sold at auction by Bloomsbury's (London) 6 July 2017, lot 3
Fol. 328.1: Epigrams LIV - LVII
Fol. 328.2: Epigrams LXXIII, LXXV, LXXVI, and LXXVII
Incipit: Fol. 328.1: [Nam cuncti] hoc gemino nascuntur formite motus
Fol. 328.2: Qui laudat dominum de mundi conditione
Explicit: Fol. 328.1: Tam miser est quam si quod cupit obtineat
Fol. 328.2: Multa nos in facultatibus nostris superflua habere

Keyword:

literature (general genre)

catechisms

theology

Holding Institution:

Ohio State University