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., and Binding: Eighteenth century. Sprinkled calf over cardboard; the covers have gilt edges.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut, New Haven., Great Britain, Normandy (France), and Troy (Extinct city)
Subject (Name):
Dares, Phrygius. and Benedictines.
Subject (Topic):
Devotional literature, Latin (Medieval and modern), Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Latin literature, Medieval and modern, Literature, Medieval, Manuscripts, Medieval, and History
Manuscript on paper of 1) Table for Oppian, Halieutica. 2) Anonymous Life of Oppian. 3) Oppian of Anazarbos, Halieutica. The order of the text is distorted: I.1-66; 380-543; 67-379; I.544-III.189; IV.562-619; III.198-IV.561; IV.620-end. 4) Oppianus of Apamea, Cynegetica. 5) Colluthus, Raptus Helenae. 6) Tryphiodorus, Troiae Halosis. 7) Dionysius Periegetes, Description of the habitable world (De situ orbis).
Description:
In Greek., Watermarks: similar to Briquet Chapeau 3397 for leaves with text, and to Harlfinger Cloche 31 for blank pages., Script: Text was written by a single scribe. A later hand, bold and ill-formed, supplied the table of contents (ff. iii verso-iv verso), minor marginal notations and the foliation in the upper right corner (for ff. 1-60)., Tinted drawing of Oppian writing his poem while contemplating fish in a nearby stream occurs on f. 1v (perhaps an amateur copy of an author portrait); one simple 6-line initial in red and black penwork, f. 2r; headings in red., and Binding: Nineteenth century. Title in ink on fore edge. Tan calf case with deep geometric indentations, blind-tooled, with a dark blue, gold-tooled calf label. Similar to the bindings of MSS 256 and 258. Possibly bound by Whitaker (we thank A. R. A. Hobson for this information).
Subject (Geographic):
Greece., Connecticut, New Haven., and Troy (Extinct city)
Subject (Name):
Oppian, active 2nd century.
Subject (Topic):
Geography, Greek poetry, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Legends, and Manuscripts, Medieval
Manuscript on paper of Raoul LeFevre, Le Recueil des histoires de Troies. With Author's Prologue to Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy
Description:
In French., Watermarks: similar in design to Briquet Lettres et Monogrammes 9747., Script: Written in bold batarde by two scribes. Scribe 1) ff. 1r-125r; Scribe 2) 125r-262r., On f. 6r, a 4-line initial in red and black, crude. 3- to 1-line plain initials and paragraph marks, in red. Rubrics, sometimes with calligraphic flourishes extending into margins, throughout., and Binding: Eighteenth century. Yellow edges. Blue diced calf, gold-tooled, with red labels.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut, New Haven., and Troy (Extinct city)
Subject (Name):
Lefèvre, Raoul, fl. 1460. and Philip, Duke of Burgundy, 1396-1467.
Manuscript volume, on paper, containing two secular vernacular romances attributed in the dedication to a single unidentified author. The first, I Nobili Fatti di Alessandro Magno, is an Italian translation of the Latin version of the life of Alexander the Great by Pseudo-Callisthenes. The second text is The Romance of Troas. Troas, a descendant of Hector, is the king of Thessaly; his son Troiano journeys to Britain and joins the army of King Arthur's father, Uther Pendragon, who is leading an army of Britons, Trojans and Romans against the Greeks
Description:
In Italian., Ownership inscription and drawing of arms of "Alessandro dale Carte" on rear flyleaf., Bookplate of Sir Thomas Phillipps on front pastedown; Phillipps MS number inscribed on recto of f1., Layout: single columns of variable length., Script: Italian cursive bookhand., Decoration: Rubricated (ff. 1-91 only)., and Binding: nineteenth-century half-calf, rebacked.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut, New Haven., and Troy (Extinct city)
Subject (Name):
Alexander, the Great, 356-323 B.C. and Pseudo-Callisthenes.
Subject (Topic):
Arthurian romances, Italian prose literature, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Uther Pendragon (Legendary character)