Ystoria gestoru[m] Alexandri pueri magni.

Abstract:

Heroic recounting of deeds of Alexander the Great.

Date:

1400

Identifier:

9931779823503681; (OCoLC)ocn155918820; (OCoLC)155918820; (PU)3177982-penndb-Voyager; (CStRLIN)PAUR01-A3547

Language:

Latin

Provenance:

Sold by Helmuth Domizlaff (Munich), 1952.; Formerly owned by Ernst Schulz (Zacour-Hirsch).

Publisher:

[Germany], [1400-1450]

Relation:

Historia gestorum Alexandri pueri magni.

Subject:

Romances, Latin (Medieval and modern) -- Early works to 1800.; Romances, Latin (Medieval and modern); Romances.; Romances (document genre); Manuscripts, Latin.; Manuscripts, Medieval.; Codices.

Form/Genre:

Manuscripts

Physical Description:

40 leaves : paper; 186 x 144 (159 x 104) mm bound to 191 x 152 mm

Personal Name:

Alexander,; Leo, Archipresbyter, active 10th century. Historia de preliis.; Schulz, Ernst, former owner.

Rights:

https://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?

Notes:

Foliation: Paper, i (modern paper) + 40 + i (modern paper); [1-40]; modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto.; Explicit: Unde talis i[m]p[er]ator, si fieri posset, nec nasci debuit nec umquam mori. Explicunt gesta Alexandri pueri magni.; Title from incipit (f. 1r).; Ms. codex.; Layout: Written in a single column of 32-34 lines; many spaces left for ornamental initials.; Decoration: Rubrication and capital strokes in red (ff. 1-32).; Binding: Modern paper boards.; Origin: Written in Germany in the first half of the 15th century (Zacour-Hirsch).; Incipit: [S]apientissimi namque Egyptii sub omni natione que sub celoest scientes mensura[m] t[er]re atque undas maris d[omi]nantes...; A late medieval version of the Historia de preliis by Archipresbyter Leo (Zacour-Hirsch).; Latin.

Physical Location:

Ms. Codex 839