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Cuttings from a Romanesque copy of Priscian, Institutiones Grammaticae, in Latin with a single word in Greek, manuscript on parchment [Germany, twelfth century]

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Auktionsarchiv: Los-Nr. 5

Cuttings from a Romanesque copy of Priscian, Institutiones Grammaticae, in Latin with a single word in Greek, manuscript on parchment [Germany, twelfth century]

Schätzpreis
2.000 £ - 3.000 £
ca. 2.547 $ - 3.820 $
Zuschlagspreis:
n. a.
Beschreibung:

Cuttings from a Romanesque copy of Priscian, Institutiones Grammaticae, in Latin with a single word in Greek, manuscript on parchment [Germany, twelfth century] 4 rectangular cuttings (all half leaves bisected laterally), with remnants of single column of 18 lines in a handsome Romanesque script, capitals touched or dotted in red, rubrics in capitals underlined in red, simple red initials (some with baubles mounted in their bodies), remains of a red line-drawn cat in the margin (there standing on its hind legs to form an initial I), tiny marginalia, some scuffs, stains and folds, the smaller 2 pieces cockled, one particularly so, overall fair and legible condition, largest 165 by 125mm. Priscian (more properly Priscianus Caesariensis) lived at the opening of the sixth century AD., during the final collapse of the Roman Empire. He was a native of Caesarea in North Africa, and was educated and taught in Constantinople. This text was one of the fundamental text books of the medieval West for those wishing to learn Latin, and no monastery, cathedral or secular school could be without a copy. Thus some 527 extant manuscripts are recorded today (M. Gibson, in Scriptorium, 26, 1972, and some 283 of those in existence by the twelfth century). For modern scholarship the text is a storehouse of Classical Roman works, such as Plautus and Cicero (named on these cuttings), as well as a few lost works.

Auktionsarchiv: Los-Nr. 5
Auktion:
Datum:
02.07.2019
Auktionshaus:
Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Auctions
16-17 Pall Mall
St James’s
London, SW1Y 5LU
Großbritannien und Nordirland
info@dreweatts.com
+44 (0)20 78398880
Beschreibung:

Cuttings from a Romanesque copy of Priscian, Institutiones Grammaticae, in Latin with a single word in Greek, manuscript on parchment [Germany, twelfth century] 4 rectangular cuttings (all half leaves bisected laterally), with remnants of single column of 18 lines in a handsome Romanesque script, capitals touched or dotted in red, rubrics in capitals underlined in red, simple red initials (some with baubles mounted in their bodies), remains of a red line-drawn cat in the margin (there standing on its hind legs to form an initial I), tiny marginalia, some scuffs, stains and folds, the smaller 2 pieces cockled, one particularly so, overall fair and legible condition, largest 165 by 125mm. Priscian (more properly Priscianus Caesariensis) lived at the opening of the sixth century AD., during the final collapse of the Roman Empire. He was a native of Caesarea in North Africa, and was educated and taught in Constantinople. This text was one of the fundamental text books of the medieval West for those wishing to learn Latin, and no monastery, cathedral or secular school could be without a copy. Thus some 527 extant manuscripts are recorded today (M. Gibson, in Scriptorium, 26, 1972, and some 283 of those in existence by the twelfth century). For modern scholarship the text is a storehouse of Classical Roman works, such as Plautus and Cicero (named on these cuttings), as well as a few lost works.

Auktionsarchiv: Los-Nr. 5
Auktion:
Datum:
02.07.2019
Auktionshaus:
Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Auctions
16-17 Pall Mall
St James’s
London, SW1Y 5LU
Großbritannien und Nordirland
info@dreweatts.com
+44 (0)20 78398880
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