Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 129

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  • Cod. Bodmer 129
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Date
  • 12th century
  • 12th century (middle?)
Language
  • Latin
  • French
Title
  • Persius, Saturae
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  • This manuscript contains the Satires by the Roman poet Persius – Aulus Persius Flaccus (34-62). Except for the prologue, the satires are written in hexameter; there are a modest number of verses (about 650). The satires were very popular in the Middle Ages and beyond, as even Jean-Jacques Rousseau borrowed some words from them - intus et in cute (Satire III, v. 30 - fol. 5v) - to place at the beginning of his Confessions. The addition of a paragraph in French from the Gospel of Luke on the last page of the manuscript suggests that this copy of the Satires, which goes back to the 12th century, might have been copied in France.
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  • Preferred form
    • France (?)
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    • France (?)
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  • e-codices - Virtual Manuscript Library of Switzerland
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