Codices Vossiani Latini
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Title:
Summarized description in English
Language:
Latin
Date range:
12th c.
Author(s):
Pliny the Elder (23-79) (1r-226va)
Description:
VLQ 43 is a 12th-c. parchment codex, its 226 leaves measuring 260 x 180 mm. Written space covers 205/210 x 130/135 mm, divided into 2 columns of 50 lines in dark ink. The text was written by several scribes in Minuscula sub-carolina. Each book starts off with major initials, while each chapter begins with minor initials, all of them in different colours. Inscriptions are rubricated. Some booktitles are also highlighted in colour. The codex has an 18th-c. cardboard binding with multi-coloured paper protection; its spine is in parchment.
Classification:
Antiquity - Encyclopedia - Sciences (1r-226va)
Other Resources:
==> Library Catalogue Universiteit Leiden
==> Medieval Manuscripts in Dutch Collections database
==> Medieval Manuscripts in Dutch Collections database
DOI:
10.1163/9789004264243_Q_043
Journal:
VLQ 043 - Plinius Secundus Maior