Dramas founded on Biblical histories, together with others translated from Euripides and Plautus, in four volumes: Vol. IV, early 18th century
Translation into English prose of the plays written for the use of the scholars of the school at Haarlem by the master, Cornelius Schonaeus.
The contents, plays of Plautus, are as follows:—
- (fol. 1) The Bacchides.
- (fol. 49) Mostellaria.
- (fol. 91b) Menaechmi.
- (fol. 140) "The Hectoring Soldier".
- (fol. 203b) The Merchant.
- (fol. 258) Pseudolus.
The last leaf in this volume contains part of the argument of the Poenulus, breaking off unfinished.
Dates
- Creation: early 18th century
Extent
324 Leaves
Language of Materials
- English
Shelfmark
MSS. Rawl. D. 1391
Other Finding Aids
William D. Macray, Catalogi codicum manuscriptorum Bibliothecae Bodleianae partis quintae fasciculus primus viri munificentissimi Ricardi Rawlinson, J.C.D., codicum classes duas priores, ad rem historicam praecipue et topographicam spectantes, complectens(Oxford, 1862), no. D. 1391.
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. III, no. 14117.
Bibliography
- Published by Schonaeus under the title of Terentius Christianus.
Physical Facet
On paper, in quarto
Repository Details
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