This manuscript consists of the only surviving text of the Latin
grammarian Nonius Marcellus (fl. early 4th century), De Compendiosa
Doctrina (Compendium on Instruction).This lexigographical work is
divided into twenty books ordered according to words used by
various authors quoted by Nonius Marcellus. More than a dictionary
of Latin usage, the text includes several excerpts of lost works
from the Roman Republic. This manuscript belongs to the first
family of the text, which is close to the archetype (see Nonii
Marcelli De Compendiosa Doctrina libros XX, ed. by Lindsay (1903),
I, pp. xxv-xxviii). Contents: ff. 1r-177v: Nonius Marcellus, De
Compendiosa Doctrina with interlinear and marginal glosses,
beginning: 'Index earum rerum que hoc codice continentur Noni
Marcelli Peripathetici Tuburgicensis, de compendiosa doctrina per
litteras ad filium. De proprietate sermonum. Senium est tedium et
odium: dictum a senectute'; Book 1: 'De proprietate sermonum' (ff.
1r-32r); Book 2: 'De honestis et nove veterum dictis per litteras'
(ff. 32r-78r); Book 3: 'De indiscretis generibus per litteras' (ff.
78r-93r); Book 4: 'De varia significatione sermonum per litteras'
(ff. 94r-143v); Book 5: 'De differentia similium significationum
per litteras' (ff. 143v-151r); Book 6: 'De in propriis' (ff.
151r-156r); Book 7: 'De contrariis generibus verborum' (ff.
156v-160r); Book 8: 'De mutata declinatione' (ff. 160r-163r); Book
9: 'De generibus et casibus' (ff. 163r-165r); Book 10: 'De mutatis
coniugationibus' (ff. 165r-166v); Book 11: 'De indiscretis
adverbiis' (ff. 166v-168v); Book 12: 'De doctorum indagine' (ff.
168v-172r); Book 13: 'De genere navigiorum' (ff. 172r-173r); Book
14: 'De genere vestimentorum' (ff. 173r-174v); Book 15: 'De genere
vasorum vel poculorum' (ff. 174v-175v); Book 16 is lacking; Book
17: 'De genere calciamentorum vel colore vestimentorum' (ff.
175v-176r); Book 18: 'De generibus ciborum vel pomorum' (ff.
176r-v); Book 19: 'De genere armorum' (ff. 176v-177v); Book 20: 'De
propinquitate' (f. 177v), ending: 'et maxime in Afranio et iuris
vetustissimis scriptoribus'. Decoration:Title in display capitals
of classical design in silver and ink, partly showing the red
preparation ground for the silver (f. 1r). Titles in rustic
capitals in silver now mostly showing the red ground (ff. 54v-93r).
Initials in silver, mostly showing the red ground (ff. 54r-93r).
Title in uncial capitals and initial in red (f. 94r). Initials
highlighted in yellow or red (ff. 94r-165r). Some rubrics in red.
Quires signatures with Roman numerals.
Place
Preferred form
France, Western
Original form
Western France
Other form
Ouest de la France
France (Ouest) (?)
France (Ouest ?)
France (Ouest?)
France (Ouest)
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
Workshop located in the west of France, maybe in Nantes (France, Loire-Atlantique)
