Abridgements. Versions of documents.
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Versions of written works produced by condensation and omission but with retention of the general meaning and manner of presentation of the original, often prepared by someone other than the author of the original.
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Manuscript, written in Italy, of the epitome by Junianus Justinus of 'Historiae Philippicae' by Trogus Pompeius, and of the prologues to that work.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.18.4.11
Scope and Contents
The epitome begins on folio 1, and the prologues on folio 163.The text is apparently contaminated from the [?] and [?] classes.Headings in red. A large initial on folio 1 in blue, red, and gold and a border of flowers and leaves in red, brown, green and blue; in the centre of this at the root is a coat of arms, azure three thistles on a chevron or. Initials of each book and prologue alternately red and blue (except that those of books xx and xxi are both blue and...
Dates:
15th century.