Summary:
Manuscript 545 is a thirteenth-century copy of the Metamorphoses,
the famous work by the Roman poet Ovid (43 BC - c. 17 AD). The text
is incomplete: the first leaf containing the first 66 verses of
Book I is lacking and the text ends abruptly in Book XIV, leaving
out a quarter of that book and the entirety of book XV. These parts
were lost by the time the cross-shaped stamp of Ten Duinen was
added. The text is extensively annotated, both in the margins and
between the lines, and contains several doodles. Over time, several
tears and holes have been repaired. The text is written in a single
column, with decorated initials in red and blue ink. The manuscript
is bound in a seventeenth-century binding of the 'Campmans' type.
[Summary by Dr. Mark Vermeer] Title:
Libri Metamorphoseon Ovidii [titel Carolus de Visch] Note:
Titel Carolus de Visch op f. 1r
Bevat Metamorphoses I, 67 - XIV, 669; aan het begin ontbreken 66
verzen, wat overeenkomt met één folio (à 33 regels per
zijde)
[F. 1r], inc.: 'Hec super imposint liquidum et grauitate carentem /
Ethera nec quicquam terrene fecis habentem'
[F. 114v], expl.: 'Concubitus que fugis nec te coniungere curas /
Atque utinam uelles helene non pluribus esset'
Uitvoerig geannoteerde kopie Topic general subdivision:
Taal- en letterkunde Material:
Perkament Extent:
ii (papier) + 114 ff. + iii (papier) Dimensions:
220 x 140 mm Decoration and binding:
gedecoreerde initialen
Campmansband (ca. 1625-1650) Script:
gotische textualis
met semi-textualis kenmerken Provenance:
Cisterciënzerabdij Ten Duinen (S.O.Cist) (?) Genre/form:
Lyriek Topic:
Metamorphosen
Griekse mytholgie
