London. British Library, Add MS 24193

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The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
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  • British Library, Add MS 24193
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  • Latin
Title
  • Venantius Fortunatus, Carmina
Agent
  • Preferred form
    • Venance Fortunat (saint, 0530-0601)
    Original form
    • Venantius Fortunatus, c 535-600, Bishop of Poitiers
    Other form
    • Venantius Fortunatus (saint ; 0530-0601)
    • FORTUNATUS
    • FORTUNATUS (s. Venantius), ep. Pictavensis
    • Venance Fortunat (0530-0601 ; saint)
    • Fortunatus
    • Venance Fortunat (saint ; 0530-0601)
    • Venantius Fortunatus
    • Fortunati
    • VENANTIUS FORTUNATUS
    • FORTUNATUS (Venantius), ep. Pictavensis
    • Fortunato
    • Venantius Fortunatus (saint, 0530-0601)
    • Venantius Fortunatus (s.)
    • Venance Fortunat saint 0530-0601
    • Fortunato, Venancio Honorio Clemenciano
    • Fortunatus, Venantius Honorius Clementianus, ca. 540-ca. 600
    • Venanci Fortunat, sant, ca. 530-ca. 600
    • Venantius Fortunatus 530-600
    • Author: Venantius, Fortunatus
    • Fortunatus, Venantius Honorius Clementianus, approximately 540-approximately 600
    • Venance Fortunat (saint ; 0530?-0600?)
    • Venantius, Fortunatus, 530-600
    • Venantius <Fortunatus>
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Description
  • This manuscript contains the collection of poems ( Carmina ) of Venantius Fortunatus (d. after 600), bishop of Poitiers, with accompanying letters including his two acrostic figure-poems. Two flyleaves originally belonging to this volume were removed after the 12th century and are now Columbia, University of Missouri Library, F. M. 1 and F. M. 2 (see Voigts, ‘A fragment of an Anglo-Saxon liturgical manuscripts’ (1988) p. 83). Contents: ff. 2r-158v: Venantius Fortunatus, Carmina (Poems) with accompanying letters in eleven books, beginning: ‘Domino sancto et dote meritorum sacris altaribus’ preceded by the prefatory letter to Pope Gregory I (b. c. 540, d. 604) [ff. 2r-3r] and a table of contents [ff. 3v-5v]. ff. 158v-159r: Anonymous poem, beginning: ‘Felicis patriae praeconanda fertilitas’.[f. 159v is blank].Decoration: Two brown and red rectilinear acrostic figure-poems (ff. 19r, 30r), of which one (f. 30r) bears a titulus forming a tympanum decorated with a cross. One large simple red initial (f. 2r). Large red initials, mostly oxidised. Some large black capitals. Red oxidised capitals throughout.
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