London. British Library, Harley MS 2763

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The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
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London. British Library
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  • British Library, Harley MS 2763
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Language
  • Latin
Title
  • Priscian: Institutiones grammaticae (1-16); Ausonius: Idyllium 20
Agent
  • 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
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  • Preferred form
    • Priscien
    Original form
    • Priscian, fl 500-530
    Other form
    • Priscianus Caesariensis
    • Priscianus Caesariensis (04..-05..)
    • Priscianus
    • PRISCIANUS CAESARIENSIS
    • Priscien
    • Prisciano
    • Priscien (04..-05..)
    • Prisciani
    • Priscien 04..-05..
    • Priscià de Cesarea
    • Priscian, fl. ca. 500-530
    • Prisciano Cesariense
    • Priscianus Caesariensis fl.5./6. Jh.
    • Priscianus van Caesarea
    • Author: Priscianus, Caesariensis
    • Priscian
    • Priscianus <Grammatiker>
    • Priscianus, fl. 520-540 > , co-autor
    • Priscianus, fl. 520-540
    • Priscianus, fl. 520-540 > , ant. bibliog.
    • Priscianus > , trad.
    • Priscianus Caesariensis - gest. na 530 - auteur
    • Priscianus Caesariensis - gest. na 530 - oorspronkelijke auteur
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Description
  • This volume preserves the first sixteen books of Priscian (fl. 500)’s Institutiones grammaticae (Institutes of Grammar), a key work for learning Latin in the Middle Ages, including marginal and interlinear glosses in various hands of a later date. The glosses suggest that the manuscript was used as a schoolbook. The volume also includes Idyllium (Idyll)20 by the poet Ausonius (d. c. 395),added in a contemporary hand. Contents: ff. 1r-136v: Priscian, Institutiones grammaticae , books 1-16, beginning: ‘cum omnis eloquentiae doctrina et omne studiorum genus’. f. 136v: Ausonius, Idyllium XX ( Musarum inventa et munera ), beginning: ‘Clio gesta canens transactis tempora’. Decoration:One very large initial in brown and green ink with acanthus motifs and two dragons (f. 1r). One very large zoomorphic initial in brown ink with acanthus motifs and two hybrid creatures (f. 76r). Nine smaller initials in brown with foliate decoration, one with a dragon (ff. 1v, 8r, 11v, 12v, 15r, 20v, 22r, 25r, 31r). Two plain initials in red, yellow and green washes (ff. 9v, 12r). Rubrics in brown with highlighting in red and yellow or green. Capitals marked in yellow or red. One added puzzle initial in blue and red (f. 93r). Added initials in red with blue pen-work decoration or in blue with red pen-work decoration, generally alternating.Quire signatures in Latin numerals.
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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  • Public domain in most countries other than the UK
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