[Regulae de longis et brevibus syllabis]

Name:

Theobaldus, Episcopus

Timespan:

Early works to 1800; Early works to 1500

Date:

1200

Description:

Didactic poem outlining the rules of syllabic usage in composition with marginal and interlinear commentary, and an anonymous treatise of prosody.

Language:

Latin

Provenance:

Owned by Paulo Nicelli, son of Petro, erased date 1275 (line 1, f. 15v, Zacour-Hirsch).; Appears in H. P. Kraus's list 189 (1956), no. 174; sold by Kraus (New York), 1960.

Relation:

Collation model: https://repository.upenn.edu/sims_models/129

Subject:

Didactic poetry, Latin; Latin language -- Study and teaching; Latin language -- Grammar -- Early works to 1500; Latin language -- Grammar; Latin language -- Metrics and rhythmics; Latin language -- Study and teaching -- Early works to 1800

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

manuscripts (documents); annotations; codices (bound manuscripts); commentaries; poems; treatises; Manuscripts, Latin; Manuscripts, Medieval

Physical Description:

15 leaves : parchment; 170 x 119 (125 x 70) mm bound to 176 x 122 mm

Rights:

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

Notes:

Ms. codex.; Theobaldus was also known as Tebaldus Placentinus, a cleric and noted verse writer, who may also have been Abbot of Montecassino from 1022 - 1035, the author of the Physiologus.; Title supplied by cataloger (Zacour-Hirsch).; Table of contents: 1. f.1-13r: [Regulae de longis et brevibus syllabis] / Tebaldus Placentinus; Table of contents: 2. f.13r-15r: [Treatise on prosody]; Table of contents: 3. f.15v: [Dedicatory lines of verse]; Collation: Parchment, iii (modern paper) + 15 + iii (modern paper); 1⁸ 2⁸(-8); [1-15]; modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto. Link to collation model at end of record.; Layout: Work 1 written in 18 long lines, with marginal and interlinear annotations; work 2 written in 30 long lines; both works ruled in drypoint; prickings visible.; Script: Written in an Italian Gothic book script.; Decoration: Red 1-line and 2-line initials.; Binding: Modern boards.; Origin: Written in North Italy, ca. 1200 (Zacour-Hirsch).; Latin.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Codex 918