De excidio Troiae historia, etc
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Description
- Title
- De excidio Troiae historia, etc
- Creator
- Dares, Phrygius
- Contributor
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Geoffrey, of Monmouth, Bishop of St. Asaph, 1100?-1154.
Hugh, of Saint-Victor, 1096?-1141.
Nepos, Cornelius. - Published / Created
- [between 1250 and 1300]
- Publication Place
- England
- Abstract
-
Manuscript on parchment of 1) Dares Phrygius, De excidio Troiae historia, in the Latin translation ascribed to Cornelius Nepos, followed by the lists of those killed by the heroes on both sides. 2) Geoffrey of Monmouth (Galfredus Monemutensis, d. 1154), Historia regum Britanniae. 3) De origine Normannorum, a short history of Normandy up to Henry I, King of England and Duke of Normandy (d. 1135). The main part of this text derives from Hugh of Saint-Victor (Hugo de Sancto Victore, d. 1141), Excerptiones allegoricae, X, 10 (PL 177.284) and is followed by a short list of Dukes of Normandy. 4) Three unidentified poems on the miracles of St. Benedict, followed by rhymed liturgical prayers to be said in the presence of the relics of the saint, and another poem on St. Benedict. This manuscript, which from the beginning contained all four texts described above, was copied in a Benedictine abbey
- Description
-
In Latin.
Script: Carefully copied by one hand in Northern Gothica Textualis Libraria.
Headings and running titles in red, many now poorly legible. Heightening of majuscules in red. Large decorated Romanesque initials, red or green, at the head of artt. 1 and 2; 2- or 3-line plain initials alternately in red and blue and 1-line initials in the same colours in the middle of the text in art. 2; on f. 91r, at the beginning of Book XI, there is a 3-line flourished initial in blue with red penwork, which may be added later. 3-line red plain initial at the beginning of art. 3. 2-line initials in art. 4, of the same kind as in artt. 1-2.
Binding: Eighteenth century. Sprinkled calf over cardboard; the covers have gilt edges. - Provenance
- Collection of Norman Holmes Pearson, Yale 1932, MS 268. Bequest of Norman Holmes Pearson, 1976.
- Extent
- ff. i + 105 + i : 270 x 185 mm.
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been completely digitized.
- Language
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Latin
Collection Information
- Repository
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Call Number
- Beinecke MS 598
- Related Resource Online
- View a detailed description.
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Translations
Legends
Manuscripts, Medieval England 13th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library - Material
- parchment ;
- Resource Type
- unspecified
- Subject (Geographic)
-
Connecticut
New Haven.
Great Britain
Normandy (France)
Troy (Extinct city) - Subject (Name)
-
Dares, Phrygius.
Benedictines. - Subject (Topic)
-
Devotional literature, Latin (Medieval and modern)
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval
Latin literature, Medieval and modern
Literature, Medieval
Manuscripts, Medieval
History - Subjects
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Dares, Phrygius
Benedictines
Devotional literature, Latin (Medieval and modern)
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval
Latin literature, Medieval and modern
Literature, Medieval > Translations
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
Great Britain > History > 1066-1687
Normandy (France) > History
Troy (Extinct city) > Legends
England > 13th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
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- Citation
- Dares Phrygius, De Excidio Troiae Historia. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 9603750
- Object ID (OID)
- 9998904
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