Historical and (fol. 140v) legal treatises, Written about A.D. 1130 by William of Malmesbury at Malmesbury
Historical and (fol. 140v) legal treatises, apparently in the hand of William of Malmesbury:
Fol. 1. 'Historia Daretis Frigii De excidio Troie', with the prologue of Cornelius Nepos.
Fol. 7. 'Excerptum ex libro Catonis de Originibus': beg. 'Dardanus ex Ioue & Electra', with similar excerpts from Justinus 'De Gestis Romanorum' (fol. 7v): beg. 'Italię inquit cultores primi'.
Fol. 11. 'Liber ... Pauli Orosii presbiteri ... contra Paganos', seven books.
Fol. 73. A triple history, as explained in a prologue which a rather later hand has named 'Vox Willelmi', to distinguish it from the text:
- Fol. 73, Eutropius de gestis Romanorum, with prologues and the (carefully distinguished) additions and supplement of Paulus Diaconus
- Fol. 113v 'lordanis episcopi Ravennatis natione Gothi De gestis Romanorum ... adbreviationis liber', with prologue, as faras Justinian
- Fol. 135 'Adbreuiatio Willelmi [de Malmesburia] de gestis sequentium Imperatorum', digested from Haimo Floriacensis and continued to 1127
Fol. 140v. Breviarium Alarici, an incomplete text of unusual type with prologues:
- Fol. 140v. Leges antiquae a Theodosio ii minore collectae, A.D. 438
- Books ii-xvi of the Theodosian code, with prologue and explanations fol. 180
- The Novellae of Theodosius II fol. 180
- Valentinianus III fol. 191
- Martianus fol. 203v
- Majorianus fol. 205v
- Severus fol. 206v
- Anthemius fol. 207
- A text of the third sylloge--vide Mommsen's Theodosiani Libri xvi, vol. ii, p. xlviii: at end 'Expliciunt Leges Romanorum'; (fol. 208) 'Institutiones Gaij' in two books, epitomized
- Fol. 211, 'Pauli Institutiones', the five books of Sententiae of Julius Paulus, but excerpts only.
Dates
- Creation: Written about A.D. 1130 by William of Malmesbury at Malmesbury
Extent
226 Leaves
Language of Materials
- Latin
Shelfmark
MS. Arch. Selden B. 16
Arrangement
Old Selden mark = B. 32
Other Finding Aids
Falconer Madan, et al., A summary catalogue of western manuscripts in the Bodleian Library at Oxford which have not hitherto been catalogued in the Quarto series (7 vols. in 8 [vol. II in 2 parts], Oxford, 1895-1953; reprinted, with corrections in vols. I and VII, Munich, 1980), vol. II, no. 3362
Custodial History
Owned by Selden in 1646 (see his Uxor Ebraica, p. 388, and Ad Fletam, p. 506), and specially bequeathed by him.
Manuscript 3376 acquired by the Bodleian Library
Physical Facet
On parchment, in double columns, with one illuminated and many coloured capitals, etc.
Dimensions
12 7/8 × 8 3/8 in.
Repository Details
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