Lib[er] ep[is]t[ol]ar[um] / (DS16822) (Q70159)
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Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from University of Chicago (3636734, Codex Ms. 756, http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/3636734)
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| English | Lib[er] ep[is]t[ol]ar[um] / (DS16822) |
Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from University of Chicago (3636734, Codex Ms. 756, http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/3636734) |
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Symmachus, Quintus Aurelius, approximately 340-402
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Manuscrits latins médiévaux et modernes--Illinois--Chicago
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Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)--Illinois--Chicago
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Symmachus, Quintus Aurelius, approximately 340-402--Correspondence
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between 1150 and 1200
12. century
1150Gregorian
1200Gregorian
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Extent: 42 leaves : parchment ; 207 x 120 (150 x 83) mm, bound to 211 x 125 mm
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Manuscript codex.
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Title from opening rubrics (fols. 1r, 36v and 42v).
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Collation: Parchment, fol. iii (modern paper) + 42 + iii (modern paper) ; 110(-4, following fol. 3, without loss of text; -8, following fol. 6, without loss of text) 210(-3, following fol. 10, without loss of text; -7, following fol. 13, without loss of text) 3-46 510 ; quires signed viii-xii.
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Layout: Written in 30-34 long lines, above top line; fol. 16v has 39 lines in order to fit in text at the end of quire ix; frame ruled in lead.
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Script: Written by 2 scribes in Pregothic script. Scribe 1, fol. 1r-16v and 33r-42v; scribe 2, fol. 17r-32v.
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Decoration: Pen-flourished initials in red and blue on fols. 1-8. Initials in red, green, and infrequently blue on fols. 9-42.
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Binding: later (19th-century?) vellum over boards with manuscript spine title "Symmachus"; trimmed with some loss of text to marginal notes.
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Origin: Written in France in the second half of the 12th century. Quire signatures and note on fol. 33 ("xii[us] q[ua]t[er]n[us], s[ed] seq[ue]ns pr[ae]pon[en]d[us] e[st]") suggest that this was once part of a larger codex. David Ganz identifies Newberry Library's Case MS 129, containing Anticlaudianus, as part of this larger codex; the Newberry codex has a matching vellum binding and contains...
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Shelfmark: Chicago, IL, University of Chicago Library, Ms756.
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Former shelfmark: Chicago, IL, University of Chicago Library, PA6704.S7E6 1200.
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Related shelfmark: Chicago, IL, Newberry Library, VAULT Case MS 129.
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Byname: Epistolae.
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University of Chicago Library accession number stamped on bookplate: 976441.
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14 February 2025
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14 February 2025
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