Manuscript of the `Fasti` by Ovid., Late 12th century.
Scope and Contents
Verses 305-472 (two folios) and 726 to the end (more than one gathering) are lost.
The text agrees mostly with A (Vatican, cod.Reginae 1709, 10th century), but shares some errors with U (Vatican lat.3262, 11th century), D (Munich lat.8122, 11th century), and G (Brussels MS.5369-5373, 12th century). Occasional interlinear and marginal notes.
The initials of books are alternately in blue and red.
Dates
- Creation: Late 12th century.
Extent
0.00 Linear metres
Language of Materials
From the Item: Latin
Custodial History
On folio 1 is the note in a 15th-century hand; `lib(er) M.D(avi)d Brygg(e)’. It was acquired for Leicester Abbey by William Charite, prior at the end of the 15th century (folio 1; `per adquisitio(nem) frat(ris) Will(elm)i Charyte`).
Bibliography
The manuscript is number 23 in the list of manuscripts in ‘Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies’, 24 (1977), 37-63.
The manuscript is number 595 in William Charite`s catalogue of the library of Leicester Abbey, edited by M R James in ‘Transactions of the Leicestershire Archaeological Society’, xxi (1939-1941), 14.
Genre / Form
Repository Details
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