Liber mayor P[ri]sciani de ordinatio[n]e partiu[m] oratio[n]is

Name:

Priscian, active approximately 500-530

Timespan:

Early works to 1800; Early works to 1500

Date:

1250

Description:

Books 17 and 18 of Priscian's Institutiones grammaticae, also known as De constructione, a guide to syntax. The Institutiones are a systematic examination and explanation of Latin grammar and were a staple of the medieval study of Latin. The text contains extensive interlinear and marginal annotations in Latin in a secretary script. Text at the end of the manuscript (f. 53v), seemingly not by Priscian, discusses Adonic meter.

Language:

Latin

Provenance:

Formerly owned by the monastery of Santa Maria de Carreto, 15th century (f. 53v).; Sold at auction at Hoepli, 21 May 1931, lot 75.; Sold by Laurence Witten (New Haven), 1965.

Subject:

Latin language -- Grammar -- Early works to 1500; Latin language -- Grammar; Latin language -- Syntax -- Early works to 1800; Latin language -- Metrics and rhythmics -- Early works to 1800; Latin language -- Metrics and rhythmics; Latin language -- Study and teaching -- Early works to 1800; Latin language -- Study and teaching; Latin language -- Syntax

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

manuscripts (documents); codices (bound manuscripts); annotations; grammars (instructional materials); Manuscripts, Latin; Manuscripts, Medieval

Physical Description:

53 leaves : parchment; 250 x 195 (129 x 97) mm bound to 262 x 195 mm

Rights:

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

Notes:

Ms. codex.; Title from caption title (f. 1r).; Foliation: Parchment, i (modern paper) + 53 + i (modern paper); i-liii; contemporary foliation in Roman numerals in ink, upper right recto.; Layout: Written in 2 columns of 31 lines; frame-ruled in lead, with main text written on alternate lines in text block and annotations, when present, written on every line in margins (for example, f. 51v).; Script: Written in a Gothic script, with annotations in a secretary script.; Decoration: Initials of 2-5 lines in blue and red ink; paragraph markers alternating in red or blue ink; chapter headings in margins in red ink; sketches in ink of a man (f. 14r), tree (f. 22r), and stag (f. 24r); manicules, some with decorated cuffs (f. 20v, 22v, 24r, 24v, 26v, 31r, 37r).; Binding: 18th-century half vellum.; Origin: Probably written in Paris, late 13th century (Zacour-Hirsch).; Latin.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Codex 1243