Codices Vossiani Latini
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Title:
Manuscript
Language:
Latin
Date range:
First half 15th c.
Author(s):
Titus Maccius Plautus (251-184 BC) (1r-115r)
Description:
VLQ 22 is a parchment convolute from the first half of the 15th c., its 116 leaves measuring 270 x 195 mm. Written space covers 190 x 115 mm (27 lines in hard point ruling). The text is written in Littera textualis italiana. Major initials at the start of each comedy are in several colours. Minor initials at the start of each part are in red or blue. The codex has a 16th/17th-c. parchment binding, which used to have leather straps. The binding was probably made for Paul Pétau.
Classification:
Antiquity - Classical literature - Theatre - Comedies
Other Resources:
==> Library Catalogue Universiteit Leiden
==> Medieval Manuscripts in Dutch Collections database
==> Medieval Manuscripts in Dutch Collections database
DOI:
10.1163/9789004264243_Q_022
Journal:
VLQ 022 - Plautus