University of Kansas, MS E71
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Metadata
- DS ID:
- DS1205
- Shelfmark:
- MS E71
- Title:
- Virgilii Aeneidos
- Virgil
- Place:
- Italy
- Date:
- [between 1401 and 1426]
- Language:
- Latin
- Physical Description:
- Extent: 67 leaves : paper ; 290 x 220 (198 x 104) mm bound to 303 x 226 mm
- Former Owner(s):
- Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, 1792-1872
Fenwick, Katherine Somerset Wyttenbach, 1823-1913
Fenwick, Thomas FitzRoy Phillipps, 1856-1938
- Note:
- Title from opening rubric on folio 1r, added later.
Manuscript codex
Collation: iii (modern paper, i is pastedown, iii is glued piece of paper on a stubbed leaf) + 67 (paper) + ii (modern paper, ii is pastedown): collation formula is indeterminable due to heavy repairs and artificially conjoined leaves; approximately 20 leaves are missing at the beginning and as many are missing from the first part of the manuscript.
Foliation: Modern pagination in pencil in upper right corner (1-136, beginning with the third flyleaf and only on the recto leaves until 136). Modern foliation in pencil at middle in upper margin (1, 2, 6, 37, 50, 61). Foliation supplied by cataloger.
Watermarks: There are five watermarks. A vertical horn (similar to Briquet BR 7643); a vertical bow and arrow (similar to Briquet BR 786); a cross rising over triple mounds (similar to Briquet BR 11681); a crescent surmounted by a cross (similar to Briquet BR 5276); a vertical pair of scissors (similar to Briquet BR 3667).
Layout: Written in 29-36 long lines, below top line until 40v, above top line from 41r. Ruled in lead.
Script: Written by several hands in Gothic rotunda (until folio 41v) and early Humanistic script (from folio 41v). There is a clear change of hands on folio 41v, line 10.
Decoration: Space left for 3- to 4-line initials on folios 37r, 49v, 50r, 61r.
Binding: Modern. Bound in half calfskin and blue cloth by George Bretherton, possibly for Sir Thomas Phillipps. Binder's ticket on the top left corner of the front pastedown: "BRETHERTON, ligavit 1847." Blind- and gold-tooling on the spine. Paper label adhered to the tail of spine and annotations in ink on spine.
Origin: Probably written in Italy during the first quarter of the fifteenth century.
Former shelfmark: Phillipps MS 12281
Shelfmark: Lawrence, University of Kansas, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, MS E71
In relatively good condition, despite loss of several leaves. Heavy repairs on the remaining leaves, presumably made during the rebinding of the manuscript in the mid-nineteenth century. Top of spine (approximately 50 mm) above spine title is broken off and missing. Recto of inserted stub (folio iii) includes a nineteenth-century note on the contents. Heavy marginal and interlinear annotations...
The copy of the Aeneid in this manuscript includes 11-line commentaries at the beginning of each book. Only the beginnings of Book VII (folio 37r), Book VIII (folio 49v) and Book IX (folio 61r) are present.
Early history of the manuscript is uncertain. The manuscript was purchased from Payne & Foss by Sir Thomas Phillipps (Phillipps MS 12281) in 1848 (or 1847). It is inscribed "Phillipps MS 12281" in ink on folio 1r. Listed as no. 12281/22 under "Payne & Foss, 1848" and reported to have come from the Abbey of Santo Stefano in Fossanova ("ex Abb. S. Stephani de, Nova Fossa") in The Phillipps... - Keyword:
- Institutional Record:
- https://kuprimo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/f/1n9tuvc/KU_VOYAGER2963020
- IIIF Manifest:
- https://iiif.archivelab.org/iiif/images_MSE71_30/manifest.json
- Holding Institution:
