Codices Vossiani Latini
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Title:
Manuscript
Language:
Latin
Date range:
Beginning 11th c.
Author(s):
Pseudo-Alexander the Great (1r-10r)
Julius Valerius Alexander Polemius (3rd-4th c.) (11r-24v)
Aethicus Ister (7th/8th c.) / Vergilius of Salzburg (c. 700-c. 784) (25r-66v)
Alcuin of York (735-804) (67r-68r)
Gaius Julius Solinus (3rd c.) (69r-135v)
Julius Valerius Alexander Polemius (3rd-4th c.) (11r-24v)
Aethicus Ister (7th/8th c.) / Vergilius of Salzburg (c. 700-c. 784) (25r-66v)
Alcuin of York (735-804) (67r-68r)
Gaius Julius Solinus (3rd c.) (69r-135v)
Description:
VLQ 29 is a parchment codex from the beginning of the 11th c., its 135 leaves measuring 265 x 175 mm. Written space varies. The text was written by at least 8 different scribes in Minuscula carolina. Initials and most inscriptions are rubricated. The codex has a 17th-c. cardboard binding, protected by sheepskin, typical for codices from the library of Melchisédech Thévenot.
Classification:
Antiquity - Historiography - Correspondence - Philosophy (1r-10r, 11r-24v)
Middle Ages - Geography (25r-66v)
Middle Ages - Theology - Carolingians (67r-68r)
Antiquity - Classical literature - Encyclopedia (69r-135v)
Middle Ages - Geography (25r-66v)
Middle Ages - Theology - Carolingians (67r-68r)
Antiquity - Classical literature - Encyclopedia (69r-135v)
Other Resources:
==> Library Catalogue Universiteit Leiden
==> Medieval Manuscripts in Dutch Collections database
==> Medieval Manuscripts in Dutch Collections database
DOI:
10.1163/9789004264243_Q_029
Journal:
VLQ 029 - Alexander Magnus, Iulius Valerius, Virgilius Salisburgensis, Alcuinus, Solinus