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London. British Library, Egerton MS 3055

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The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
Library
London. British Library
Shelfmark
  • British Library, Egerton MS 3055
Biblissima authority file
Language
  • Latin
Title
  • Suetonius, De vita Caesarum ; Ausonius, Caesares
Agent
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?)
    • Frankrijk (?)
    • Gallia
    • Gallia (Frankrijk)
    • Gallia? (Frankrijk?)
    • Frankreich (I.)
    • Frankreich (III.)
    • Frankreich (III)
    • Frankreich (II)
    • Frankreich (I)
    • I./III. Frankreich
    • II. Frankreich
    • Frankreich (Ergänzung)
    • [Frankrijk]
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