Verses and epigrams for pastoral use (DS11544) (Q49997)
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Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from Ohio State University (Spec.Rare.MS.MR.Frag.125, Spec.Rare.MS.MR.Frag.125)
| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | Verses and epigrams for pastoral use (DS11544) |
Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from Ohio State University (Spec.Rare.MS.MR.Frag.125, Spec.Rare.MS.MR.Frag.125) |
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1507
16. century
1507Gregorian
1507Gregorian
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Extent: fols. 2; paper; 205 x 139 (155 x 100)
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Layout: 1 column, Fol. 125.1: 19
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Layout: Fol. 125.2: 33 on recto, 35 on verso lines
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Decoration: Rubrics in red, opening initial of each line stroked in red, 2-line initial opening verses on fol. 125.1v in red, with red penwork line-fillers concluding nearly every line
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Ruled in brown ink (just the frame, no lines)
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Portion of watermark of bull's head on fol. 125.1
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MS text added to a later printed volume and begins on verso of printed colophon page (fol. 125.1r)
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Ownership inscription added to colophon matching inscription onf MS.MR.Frag.126 (from the same early-printed volume), with shorthand version of owner's name, and price of books (12 albos gulden) and price of binding (6 ?)
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The folios were excised from a printed edition of Johannes Marchesinus' Mammotrectus super bibliam (Strassburg: Martin Flach, 1494)
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Many of the verses found in Hans Walther. "Proverbia Sententiaeque Latinitatis Medii Aevi." Göttingen, 1963.
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Incipit: Fol. 125.1: Contra insulso villanos
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Fol. 125.2: Angele qui meus es . custos pietate superna
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Explicit: Fol. 125.1: et gehennam non videre
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Fol. 125.2: das synt zeleze ne meer
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Fol. 125.1 includes an apparently unpublished 19-line poem entitled "Contra insulso villanos" in leonine hexameter. The Poet's name, Gregorius, is given.
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Fol. 125.2 includes epigrams and verse maxims (mostly distichs) in Latin and three in German. Many are anti-feminist. The text opens with prayer to one's guardian angel, attributed variously to Anselm of Canterbury or Reginald of Canterbury
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26 August 2024
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26 August 2024
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