Codices Vossiani Latini
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Title:
Manuscript
Language:
Latin
Date range:
15th c.
Author(s):
Gaius Julius Solinus (3th c.) (1r-60r)
Anonymous (60r-62r)
Censorinus (3rd c.) (62v-81v)
Pomponius Mela (1st century) (87r-111v)
Plutarch (c. 45/6-120/7) / Francesco Filelfo (1398-1481) (117r-171v)
Anonymous (60r-62r)
Censorinus (3rd c.) (62v-81v)
Pomponius Mela (1st century) (87r-111v)
Plutarch (c. 45/6-120/7) / Francesco Filelfo (1398-1481) (117r-171v)
Description:
VLQ 11 is a 15th-c. parchment codex, its 176 leaves measuring 273 x 185 mm. Written space covers 185 x 110/115 mm (35 lines in dark ink). The text is written by 3 scribes in Littera humanistica cursiva. Each work and some chapters start off with multi-coloured, decorated major initials. Minor initials at the start of other chapters are in red or blue. Inscriptions are rubricated, although some have not been filled out. The codex has an 18th-c. cardboard binding with dark leather protection.
Classification:
Antiquity - Classical literature - Encyclopedia (1r-60r)
Antiquity - Middle Ages - Geography (60r-62r, 87r-111v)
Antiquity - Classical literature - Astronomy - Philosophy - Sciences (62v-81v)
Antiquity - Middle Ages - Classical literature (117r-171v)
Antiquity - Middle Ages - Geography (60r-62r, 87r-111v)
Antiquity - Classical literature - Astronomy - Philosophy - Sciences (62v-81v)
Antiquity - Middle Ages - Classical literature (117r-171v)
Other Resources:
==> Library Catalogue Universiteit Leiden
==> Medieval Manuscripts in Dutch Collections database
==> Medieval Manuscripts in Dutch Collections database
DOI:
10.1163/9789004264243_Q_011
Journal:
VLQ 011 - Solinus, Censorinus, Pomponius Mela, Plutarchus