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http://hdl.handle.net/1887.1/item:3129148
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| Title |
Composite manuscript, six parts (Latin)
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1. (ff. 1-59) De casibus virorum illustrium / Giovanni Boccaccio, and other text(s). - 2. (ff. 60-121) De claris mulieribus / Giovanni Boccaccio, and other text(s). - And other part(s), BPL 31
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Part 1 contains: (ff. 1r-58v) De casibus virorum illustrium / Giovanni Boccaccio. Incomplete. - (ff. 59r-59v) Philobiblion / Robert Holcot. Excerpts.
Part 2 contains: (ff. 60r-121r) De claris mulieribus / Giovanni Boccaccio. - (f. 121v) Philobiblion / Robert Holcot. Excerpts.
Part 3 contains: (ff. 122r-133v and 145r-160v) Opus quadripartitum / Cyril of Jerusalem.
Part 4 contains: (ff. 134r-139v) Historia captae a Turcis Constantinopolis / Leonard of Chios. - (ff. 140r-142r) Historia de excidio civitatis Constantinopolitanae / Gottfried Langius of Lüneburg. - (ff. 142r-144v) Disticha about the death of the unmarried daughter of count William IV van den Bergh, and Maria of Nassau.
Part 5 contains: (ff. 161r-167v) De rota fortunae.
Part 6 contains: (ff. 168r-285v) Chronicon Erfordense.
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| Creator/other |
Boccaccio, Giovanni (1313-1375)
Cyril (approximately 315-386)
Holkot, Robertus (-1349)
Lange, Gottfried (c.1425-1458))
Leonard (1395 or 1396-1459)
Bury, Richard de (1287-1345)
Erwini de Budingen, Henricus.
Lynss, Johannes de.
Wallack, Gotfridus.
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| Shelfmark |
BPL 31
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| Subject (topical) |
Reading culture
artes (MMDC)
historiography (MMDC)
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| Subject (temporal) |
Middle Ages
15th century
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| Note |
Origin: (ff. 1r-58v) Based on the colophon on f. 57r.
Date: Of parts 1 and 3 based on the colophons: (f. 57r) "Completusque est liber per me Gotfridum Walack de Bercka ad portam celi In Erffordia Collegiatum Amplonianum Anno christi 1456 In vigilia Bartholomei apostoli. - (160v) "In Erffordia per Johannem de lynss scriptus anno 1456".on f. 57r and f.160v. - Of part 4 based on colophon: (f. 142r) "Scriptum per Henricum erwini de Budingen Anno domini 1457 erffordie. Huic sis propicia scriptori queso maria. Natum posce tuum ferat hunc ad regna polorum. Sciendum quod excidium civitatis Constantinopolitane de quo presens historia memoratur factum est Anno 1453." - Of other parts: mid 15th century. - "Doubtlessly together since very early date", according to Gumbert 2009.
Script: (ff. 1r-58v) Part 1 written by Gotfridus Wallack, Erfurt (f. 57r). - Part 3 written by Johannes de Lynss, Erfurt (160v). - Part 4 written by Henricus Erwini de Budingen, Erfurt (142r).
Binding: Post-medieval binding.
Textual: (ff. 1r-58v) Alphabetical index on ff. 57v-58v. - (ff. 59r-59v, 121v) Edited under the name of Richard of Bury but written by Robert Holcot. Excerpts of chs. VI, VII (on ff. 59r-59v) and chs. VII, XVI and XX (on ff. 121v). - (ff. 134r-139v) The Historia was written as a letter to pope Nicholas V. - (ff. 142r-144v) Added in a later hand (16th/17th century). Incipit: "Iam nec Hamadriades possunt gaudere puellae...". - (ff. 161r-167v) Incipit: "Cum ad haustus felliti...".
Description (Bouwman 2023): http://hdl.handle.net/1887.1/item:3619870
Description (Catalogus principum 1597): http://hdl.handle.net/1887.1/item:360092
Description (Senguerdius & 1716): http://hdl.handle.net/1887.1/item:290399
Description (Molhuysen 1912): http://hdl.handle.net/1887.1/item:3151098
Description (Catalogus compendiarius 1932): http://hdl.handle.net/1887.1/item:491294
Description (Gumbert 2009): http://hdl.handle.net/1887.1/item:3161419
Also described by MMDC.
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| Reference |
Bouwman 2023 = A. Bouwman, Inventory of western medieval manuscripts held by Leiden University Libraries. Leiden 2023
Catalogus compendiarius 1932 = [H.P. Blok,] Catalogus compendiarius continens codices omnes manuscriptos qui in Bibliotheca Academiae Lugduno-Batavae asservantur. Vol. 1 (Leiden 1932),
Catalogus principum 1597 = Catalogus principum, civitatum, et singulariorum, qui donatione vel inter vivos vel mortis caussa, bibliothecam publicam, in Academia Lugduno-Batava institutam, liberaliter ditarunt. Lugdunum Batavorum 1597
Gumbert 2009 = J.P. Gumbert, Illustrated Inventory of Medieval Manuscripts. Vol. 2. Leiden, Universiteitsbibliotheek BPL (Hilversum 2009),
Hijmans-Tromp 1976 = J. Hijmans-Tromp. 'Boccaccio in Holland'. In: Quaerendo 6 (1976), p. 300.
Lehmann 1921 = P. Lehmann, Holländische Reisefrüchte I-III. München 1921.
Lieftinck 1964 = G.I. Lieftinck, Manuscrits datés conservés dans les Pays-Bas. Vol. 1. Les manuscrits d'origine étrangère, 816-c.1550 (Amsterdam 1964),
MMDC = Medieval Manuscripts in Dutch Collections
Molhuysen 1912 = P.C. Molhuysen, Codices Bibliothecae Publicae Latini. Leiden 1912,
Senguerdius & 1716 = W. Senguerdius & al., Catalogus librorum tam impressorum quam manuscriptorum Bibliothecae Publicae Universitatis Lugduno-Batavae. Leiden 1716,
Wenck 1885 = C. Wenck (ed.), 'Liber cronicorum (Erfordensis)'. In: Zeitschrift des Vereins für Thüringische Geschichte und Altertumskunde N.F. 4 (1998), p. 185-251.
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| Language |
Latin
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| Country |
Germany
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| Extent |
electronic resource
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| Published/created |
Parts 1 and 3: German regions ; Erfurt, 15th century, 1456 - Parts 2, 5 and 6: German regions ; Erfurt, 15th century, mid - Part 4: German regions ; Erfurt, 15th century, 1457
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