Scholia ex Georgicorum P. Vergilii carminibus undique excerpta

Timespan:

Early works to 1800

Date:

1500

Description:

Collection of terms occurring in the Georgics, with accompanying notes, designed for use in a school. Presumably the notes were used in connection with lectures on Vergil's Georgics. Some words in the index are connected with page numbers. Miscellaneous notes include two lines of poetry, a schematic characterization of the word mulier, and pen trials with the name Jacobus.

Language:

Latin

Provenance:

Sold by Bernard Rosenthal (New York), 1967.; Gift of Richard W. Foster, 1967.

Subject:

Virgil. Georgica; Virgil Dictionaries Early works to 1800; Virgil; Latin literature -- Study and teaching -- Early works to 1800; Latin literature -- Study and teaching

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Codices; Commentaries; Manuscripts, Latin; Manuscripts, Renaissance; Dictionaries; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

42 leaves : paper; 155 x 102 mm bound to 160 x 108 mm

Rights:

https://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

Ms. codex.; Title from heading (p. 1).; Table of contents: 1. p.1-63: Scholia ex Georgicorum P. Vergilii carminibus undique excerpta.; Table of contents: 2. p.64-78: Index litterarum.; Table of contents: 3. p.79-83: [Miscellaneous notes]; Collation: Paper, i + 42 + i; 1⁴ 2⁶ 3-7⁴ 8⁸ 9⁴; 1-63, [64-84]; contemporary pagination in ink, upper outer corner; modern pagination in pencil, upper outer corner or upper center.; Layout: Index (p. 64-78) written in 2 columns in red ink.; Script: Written in a German cursive script.; Watermark: Briquet Ours 12272 (1524-6) and Tête de Bœuf 15268 (1542-3).; Binding: Modern boards.; Origin: Written in Germany in the first half of the 16th century (Zacour-Hirsch).; Latin.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Codex 1158