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The Commentary of Servius on Virgil, with the usual prologues, written in A.D. 1430 by Johannes Moyuntinus

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MS. Add. D. 46
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The Commentary of Servius on Virgil, with the usual prologues: the comm, on the Eclogues begins at fol. 1, that on the Georgies at fol. 15, that on the Aeneid at fol. 37v: the first two leaves are mutilated. The Life of Virgil attributed to Donatus precedes, and at the end after an excision is '... no 1430. 26 mensis Iunij. Johannes Moguntinus s[cripsit?]', of which passage a facsimile is given on pl. xxiv of the Libri Catalogue. The writing is in certain points purposely antique in style. Pasted on fol. i is a modern aquatint of Vesuvius in eruption, and people escaping in a boat, all within an elaborate border.

Dates

  • Creation: written in A.D. 1430 by Johannes Moyuntinus

Extent

140 Leaves

Language of Materials

  • Latin

Shelfmark

MS. Add. D. 46

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. V, no. 24766.

Custodial History

'192' in some late 18th cent. (?) sale.

Catalogue of the ... collection of Splendid Manuscripts ... formed by M. Guglielmo Libri 1859 no. 936*

Physical Facet

On paper, in double columns

Dimensions

16 1/8 × 11 5/8 in.

Repository Details

Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository

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