London. British Library, Egerton MS 3055

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The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
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  • British Library, Egerton MS 3055
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Language
  • Latin
Title
  • Suetonius, De vita Caesarum ; Ausonius, Caesares
Agent
  • Preferred form
    • Suétone (0069?-0126?)
    Original form
    • Suetonius Tranquillus, Caius, c 69-after 122
    Other form
    • SUÉTONE
    • C. Suetonii Tranquilli
    • Suétone (0069?-0126?)
    • Suetonius Tranquillus
    • Suetonius Tranquillus (0069?-0126?)
    • Suetonius
    • Suétone
    • Author: Suetonius Tranquillus, Gaius
    • Suetonius, c. 69-c. 122
    • Suetonius, approximately 69-approximately 122
    • Svetonius
    • Svetonius Tranquillus
    • Caius Svetonius Tranquillus
    • Suetonius, (approximately 69-approximately 122)
    • Suetonius (approximately 69-approximately 122)
    • Suetonius Tranquillus, Gaius
    • Suetonio Tranquilo, Cayo ca. 69-140
    • Suetonius Tranquillus, Gaius, 70-150
    • Suetónio, fl. 69-141
    • SUETONIUS
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  • Preferred form
    • Ausone (0310?-0395?)
    Original form
    • Magnus Ausonius, Decimus, c 310-c 395
    Other form
    • Ausonius, Decimus Magnus (0310?-0395?)
    • Decimus Magnus Ausonius
    • AUSONIUS (Decimus Magnus Ausonius)
    • Ausonius Decimus Magnus
    • Ausonii
    • Ausone (0310?-0395?)
    • Ausonius
    • Ausone
    • Ausone 0310?-0395?
    • Ausoni, Dècim Magne
    • Ausonio, Decio Magno
    • Ausonius, Decimus Magnus
    • Ausonius, Decimus Magnus 310-395
    • Author: Ausonius, Decimus Magnus
    • Ausonius Gallus
    • Ausonius, Decimus Magnus.
    • Ausonius, Decimus Magnus, 310-395.
    • AUSONIUS
    • AUSONIUS (Decimus Magnus)
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  • Preferred form
    • Justin Mac-Carthy-Reagh (1744-1811)
    Original form
    • MacCarthy-Reagh, Justin, 1744-1811, Count
    Other form
    • Justin, comte MacCarthy Reagh (1744-1811)
    • Justin Mac-Carthy-Reagh (1744-1811)
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  • Preferred form
    • Thomas Phillipps (1792-1872)
    Original form
    • Phillipps, Thomas, 1792-1872, 1st Baronet, collector of books and manuscripts
    Other form
    • Phillipps (Thomas)
    • Sir Thomas Phillipps
    • Thomas Phillipps
    • Phillipps, Thomas (1792-1872)
    • Thomas Philipps
    • Sir Thomas Phillipps
    • Seller: Phillipps, Thomas
    • Sir Thomas Phillipps (1792-1872)
    • Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, 1792-1872
    • Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, 1792-1872 (bookstamp)
    • Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, 1792-1872 (association)
    • Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, 1792-1872, former owner.
    • Phillips, Thomas, 1792-1872
    • Sir Thomas Phillips (b. 1792, d. 1872), antiquarian and bibliophile
    • Sir Thomas Phillipps 1792-1872
    • Phillipps, Thomas Sir (1792-1872)
    • Sir Thomas Philipps, Cheltenham
    • Phillipps, Thomas, 1792-1872
    • Thomas Phillips
    • Sir Thomas Phillips
    • Philipps, Thomas 1791-1872
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  • Preferred form
    • Alfred Chester Beatty (1875-1968)
    Original form
    • Beatty, Alfred Chester, Unspecified, of Add MS 43460
    Other form
    • Beatty, Alfred Chester (1875-1968)
    • Alfred Chester Beatty
    • Alfred Chester Beatty (1875-1968)
    • Former possessor: Beatty, Alfred Chester
    • Beatty, A. Chester (Alfred Chester) Sir (1875-1968)
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Description
  • This manuscript contains De vita Caesarum (The Twelve Caesars) by the Roman historian Suetonius (b.c. 69 , d. c. 122) and the poem Caesares (Emperors) by Ausonius (b. c. 310, d. c. 395). Contents: f. 1v: Epitaphs in couplets dedicated to Julius Caesar, to the Roman emperor Nero, to a ‘certain evil man’ ( cuiusdam hominis malis ), and to a certain 'Herodes Herod', in a late-12th century charter hand. ff. 2r-126v: Caius Suetonius Tranquillus, De vita Caesarum . ff. 127r-127v: Ausonius, Caesares (Emperors), including the monosticha (verses on the reign and death of the emperors) and the first two verses of tetrasticha (verses on the emperors from Julius Caesar to Heliogabalus), beginning: ‘Cesareos proceres in quorum regna secundis’. Decoration:A large initial in blue, yellow, red, and green with zoomorphic elements (f. 2r). 2 large initials in red, yellow and green, with foliate penwork decoration (ff. 85v, 117v). A large initial in green with a face in red (f. 120r). Numerous large initials in green, yellow, or red, many with penwork decoration in yellow, or red, a few with decoration in both colours. Run-over symbols of animal or human heads, usually with tongues sticking out or a pointing hand (e.g., ff. 23v, 24v, 32r, 34r, 35v, 36v, 37r, 45v, 50r, 59r, 65r, 68r, 92v, 101r, 115r, 117r, 122r, 125r). A marginal drawing in plummet of a mounted king, perhaps added later (f. 120r).
Place
  • Preferred form
    • France
    Original form
    • France, Europe
    Other form
    • France
    • France (Paris ? Fontainebleau ?)
    • France.
    • France (?)
    • Lieu de copie : France ( ?) : cf. Hans-Collas ― Schandel, p. 327
    • France ?
    • France -- 16e siècle
    • Frankreich
    • França
    • Francia
    • Frankrijk
    • Abbaye de Fleury (Saint-Benoît-sur-Loire)
    • Abadia de Fleury (Saint-Benoît-sur-Loire)
    • Abtei Fleury (Saint-Benoît-sur-Loire)
    • Abbey of Fleury (Saint-Benoît-sur-Loire)
    • Abadía de Fleury (Saint-Benoît-sur-Loire)
    • Abdij van Fleury (Saint-Benoît-sur-Loire)
    • Région de la Loire (Abbaye de Fleury ?)
    • Loire Region (Abbey of Fleury?)
    • Regió del Loira (Abadia de Fleury ?)
    • Región del Loira (Abadía de Fleury ?)
    • France (Abbaye de Fleury ?)
    • França (Abadia de Fleury?)
    • Francia (Abadía de Fleury?)
    • France (Abbey of Fleury?)
    • Frankreich (Abtei Fleury?)
    • Frankrijk (Abdij van Fleury?)
    • France (est : Lorraine ?)
    • França (est: Lorena?)
    • Ostfrankreich (Lothringen?)
    • Eastern France (Lorraine?)
    • Francia (este: Lorena?)
    • Lothringen
    • Lorena
    • Lotharingen
    • Lorraine
    • França (Borgonya?)
    • France (Burgundy?)
    • Francia (Borgoña)
    • France (Bourgogne ?)
    • Frankrijk (Bourgondië?)
    • France (Bretagne ?)
    • França (Bretanya?)
    • Frankreich (Bretagne?)
    • France (Brittany?)
    • Francia (Bretaña)
    • Frankrijk (Bretagne?)
    • France (ouest : Bretagne ?)
    • Western France (Brittany?)
    • França (oest: Bretanya?)
    • Francia (oeste: Bretaña?)
    • Frankrijk (westen) (Bretagne?)
    • Westfrankreich: Bretagne?
    • Bretagne
    • Bretanya
    • Bretaña
    • Brittany
    • Probably the Loire region
    • France: Auxerre or Brittany
    • France: Fleury. vicinity of Paris (Saint-Denis?) (Bischoff)
    • France: Ile-de-France (Sens?)
    • France: Fleury; Reims?
    • France (Southern France?)
    • France: Fleury
    • France: probably Auxerre
    • France: evidently Eastern France
    • Central- or southern France
    • France, Vienne
    • [France]
    • Paris (?)
    • France (Paris?) or Flanders
    • France (3rd part)
    • Strassburg (probably)
    • Paris (?) or Tours (?)
    • France (Normandy?)
    • Rouen (?) or Paris (?)
    • France: Champagne, Burgundy or Centre
    • Lyon or Luxeuil (?)
    • France (Besançon?)
    • France (Paris?)
    • France, Northern (probably)
    • Probably Eastern France
    • St. Denis near Paris (monastery) (?)
    • Tours (?)
    • France (possibly near the court)
    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • [Provence?]
    • France, East (?)
    • France, Northeast?
    • France, Pontigny (or Paris?)
    • France, North?
    • France, Paris?
    • France, Diocese of Limoges?
    • France, Auxerre or area
    • France, Burgundy?
    • France, Brittany or Paris?
    • France, Angers?
    • France, Normandy?
    • France, East?
    • France, Bourges?
    • France, Anjou?
    • France, Northwest?
    • France, Tours?
    • France (probably Paris)
    • SW France?
    • FR
    • [FR]
    • Frankreich (Angers?)
    • France?
    • Frankreich (I.)
    • Frankreich (III.)
    • Frankreich (III)
    • Frankreich (II)
    • Frankreich (I)
    • I./III. Frankreich
    • II. Frankreich
    • Frankreich (Ergänzung)
    • [Frankrijk]
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  • Public domain in most countries other than the UK
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