Verses on the fall of Troy, in 88 lines, beginning `Pergama flere volo fato danais data solo`. The title `Versus de excidio troie` is added in a later hand.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.18.4.9(vii), folio 60
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Sections iv-vii are in the same hand. Folios 33 verso-34 verso are blank. There are a few pen drawings of faces in the margins.
Fragments of a 13th-century contents list from a collection of sermons have been used as binding strips; other fragments from the same source are in Adv.MS.18.2.4 and 18.4.5.
Dates
- Creation: 14th century.
Extent
0.00 Linear metres
Language of Materials
From the Series: Latin
Bibliography
The manuscript varies considerably from the version printed by J P Migne, ‘Patrologia latina’ cxlii, columns 1205-1210, where it is attributed to Berno, abbot of Reichenau. It has also been attributed to Hildebert, Archbishop of Tours (see Ward, H L D. ‘Catalogue of Romances in the... British Museum’ (London, 1883-1910), volume i, pages 27-32).
Genre / Form
Repository Details
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National Library of Scotland
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Edinburgh EH1 1EJ
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