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'Imago mundi' by Honorius of Autun, 'Speculum regum' by Godfrey of Viterbo, and an anonymous poem 'De laude civitatis Laudae'. A manuscript written in Italy in the late 13th or early 14th century.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.18.4.10

Scope and Contents

The contents of the manuscript are as follows:

(i) The `Imago mundi` of Honorius (folio 1), here entitled `Mappa mundi`, and attributed in both the title and the colophon to Isidore of Seville.

(ii) `Speculum regum` by Godfrey of Viterbo (folio 23 verso). It contains the preface, list of chapters, and list of popes, but not the poem itself.

(iii) ‘De laude civitatis Laudae’ (folio 38). An anonymous poem.

Written in an Italian littera textualis formata by one scribe throughout.

Rubrics and initials in red, with decorative penwork. In the lower margins of folios 3 verso-4 are two maps of the world in green.

Dates

  • Creation: Late 13th century-early 14th century.

Extent

1 Volumes (iv (paper) + 40 folios.)

Language of Materials

Latin

Arrangement

Collation: 1-5⁸. Catchwords parallel to the text. Folio 40 verso blank. 24 lines.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Vellum. Late eighteenth-century vellum binding, gold-tooled.

Custodial History

There are no marks of ownership, but a few annotations in 16th-century Italian hands. The manuscript was presented to the Advocates’ Library in 1787 by Walter Ross, Writer to the Signet.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Presented, 1925, by the Faculty of Advocates to the nation on the foundation of the National Library of Scotland.

Existence and Location of Copies

Microfilm available: Mf.Sec.MSS.883.

Bibliography

The text of (i) is very similar to that published by J P Migne, ‘Patrologia latina’ 172, column 121, but ends after cap.cv of book 1.
(ii) is manuscript Ia of the edition by Georg Waitz in ‘Monumenta Germaniae historica’, Scriptorum tomus xxii (Hanover, 1872), pages 21-93.
(iii) was published from this manuscript by Georg Waitz in ‘Monumenta Germaniae historica’, Scriptorum tomus xxii (Hanover, 1872), pages 372-373, and also, with facsimiles, by Alessandro Caretta (Lodi, 1962).

Physical Description

0.00 linear metresiv (paper) + 40 folios.185.00 x 265.00 millimetres

Dimensions

185.00 x 265.00 millimetres

Title
National Library of Scotland Catalogue of Manuscripts
Author
National Library of Scotland
Date
28 01 2015
Description rules
Finding Aid Prepared Using Local Descriptive Rules
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division Repository

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