Form:
1 volume, 60 leaves : pen-flourished initial ; 287x203 mm Content:
Contains: (ff. 1r-43r) Cosmographia / Aethicus Ister (Virgil of
Salzburg?). - (ff. 44r-47v) Curiositates urbis Romae regionum
XIIII. - (ff. 48v-60v) Apocalypse (Revelationes) / Pseudo-Methodius
of Olympus. Note:
Binding: Post-medieval binding.
Textual: (ff. 1r-43r) Aethicus Ister is probably a fictitious
traveller/author. In the text, (Pseudo-)Jerome claims to be the
translator of Ister's work. It is currently thought that Virgil of
Salzburg is the true author of the text. - (ff. 44r-47v) Contains
short remarks on the first to the 14th king of Rome. The entrance
on the fifth king is empty.
Description (Bouwman 2023):
http://hdl.handle.net/1887.1/item:3619870
Description (Geel 1852):
http://hdl.handle.net/1887.1/item:290750
Description (Catalogus compendiarius 1932):
http://hdl.handle.net/1887.1/item:491294
Description (Gumbert 1984):
http://hdl.handle.net/1887.1/item:3183085
Also described by MMDC.
Bought as part of the Burmannus collection at the auction of his
library in 1779. Part of:
Burman, P. (1713-1778) Subject (temporal):
Middle Ages
15th century