London. British Library, Egerton MS 2627

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The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
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  • British Library, Egerton MS 2627
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  • Latin
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  • Claudianus Claudius, Carmina Majora , Carmina Minora , De Raptu Proserpine
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  • This is a 12th-century collection of works by the Alexandrian poet Claudianus Claudius (d. after 404), including De Raptu Proserpinae (The Rape of Proserpine), De Bello Gildonico (On the Gildonic War), and his poems on the marriage of the Emperor Honorius, for whom he was a court poet, and the consulship of his minister Stilicho. Contents: ff. 1r-17v: Claudianus, In Rufinum (Against Rufinus), with preface beginning ‘Phebeo domitus phiton’. ff. 17v-27r: Claudianus, De Bello Gildonico , with preface beginning ‘Pandite defensum reduces’. ff. 27r-48v: Claudianus, In Eutropium (Against Eutropius), two books, beginning ‘Spartus metuenda’. ff. 48v-50v: Claudianus, Fescennina de Nuptiis Honorii Augusti (Fescennine Verses on the Marriage of Honorius Augustus), beginning ‘Princeps chorusco sidere pulcrior’. ff. 50v-57r: Claudianus, Epithalamium de Nuptiis Honorii Augusti (Epithalamium for the Marriage of Honorius Augustus), beginning ‘Surgeret in thalamum’. ff. 57r-61v: Claudianus, Panegyricus de Tertio Consulatu (Panegyric on the Third Consulship), beginning ‘Paruos non aquilis’. ff. 61v-73r: Claudianus, Panegyricus de Quarto Consulatu (Panegyric on the Fourth Consulship), beginning ‘Auspiciis iterum sese regalibus annus’. ff. 73r-79v: Claudianus, Panegyricus Dictus Manlio Theodoro Consuli (Panegyric on Consul Manlius Theodorus), beginning, with preface beginning ‘Audebis non precor docte’. ff. 79v-101v: Claudianus, De Consulatu Stilichonis (On the Consulship of Stilicho), three books, beginning ‘Continuant superi pleno’. ff. 101v-113v: Claudianus, Panegyricus de Sexto Consulatu Honorii Augusti (Panegyric on the Sixth Consulship of Honorius Augustus), with preface, beginning ‘Omnia que sensu voluunta’. ff. 113v-125v: Claudianus, De Bello Gothico (On the Gothic War), beginning ‘Post resides annos longo’. ff. 125v-138r: Claudianus, Carmina Minora (Minor Poems), beginning ‘Urbs in conspectu montana’. ff. 138r-142r: Claudianus, Laus Serenae (In praise of Serena), beginning ‘Dic mea calliope’. ff. 142r-147v: Claudianus, Epistolae et Carmina Minora (Letters and Minor Poems), beginning ‘Orphea cum primum’. ff. 147v-149v: Claudianus, Gigantomachia (Battle of the Giants), beginning ‘Terra parens quondam’. ff. 149v-166v: Claudianus, De Raptu Proserpinae , beginning ‘Inventa primum secuit’. Decoration:10 large puzzle initials in red, blue and green, with foliate decoration, on ff. 1r, 8r, 17v, 18r, 48v, 57r, 61v, 73r, 73v, 114r; numerous large initials in red, blue and green, with foliate decoration. Small initials in red, blue, or green, with penwork decoration in black ink. Rubrics in red.
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