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9th-century copy of Boethius's Latin translation of Aristotle's De interpretatione, referred to in the manuscript as Periermenias, with the shorter of two commentaries that Boethius wrote on that work. Replacement leaves added in the 11th century to the beginning (f. 1-4) and end (f. 45-64) of the manuscript, in addition to providing the beginning and end of the Boethius (which is probably lacking 2 gatherings between extant gatherings 6 and 7), include the Periermeniae attributed to Apuleius in the medieval period, a poem by Decimus Magnus Ausonius on the seven days of Creation, a sample letter of a monk to an abbot with interlinear and marginal glosses, and other miscellaneous verses, definitions, and excerpts.
Support: parchment; Extent: 64 leaves : 204-206 x 172-174 (136-148 x 100-128) mm. bound to 219 x 190 mm; Collation: Parchment, i (19th-century paper) + i (19th-century parchment) + 64 + i (19th-century parchment) + i (19th-century paper); 1⁴ 2⁴(+4) 3-8⁸ 9⁴; 1-64, 19th-century foliation in ink, upper right recto.
Written in 20 (f. 5-36), 23 (f. 1-4, 45-64), and 27 (f. 37-44) long lines, with the first line above the top line; ruled in drypoint, with a narrow vertical column at each side of the text block into which initials extend in part or in whole; prickings visible on most leaves.
Written in a 9th-century Carolingian minuscule, with replacement leaves in 11th-century Carolingian minuscule at beginning (f. 1-4) and end (f. 45-64), with headings in rustic Latin capitals.
5 9th-century diagrams, 3 in the ink of the text (f. 37v, 54v) and 2 with colored inks added in the 11th century (f. 36r, 36v); 11th-century full-page decorated initial with Celtic knotwork and lions' heads (f. 1v); 2 11th-century 3-line initials in red and blue (f. 2r, 60v); 11th-century red and blue ink added to 9th-century 3-line initial (f. 5r); 1- and 2-line initials, mostly in the ink of the text (but alternating with red, f. 30-34); 2 3-line and many 2-line 11th-century calligraphic initials in ink of the text with simple ornamentation (f. 44-64).
For a full list of Decorations in this manuscript please see the Content and Decorations section by clicking on the [i] button in the top left corner of the image viewer above.
Ms. codex.
Title for manuscript from caption title for predominant work (f. 1v).
These are pages that we pulled aside that disrupted the flow of the manuscript reader. These may be bindings, inserts, bookmarks, and various other oddities.
France
Written in north central France, possibly at the abbey in Saint-Benoît-sur-Loire, also known as the Abbaye de Fleury.
19th-century English diced russia leather (lower flyleaf has J. Whatman 1832 watermark), bound for Sir Thomas Phillips.
Latin
Sold by bookseller James Taylor (London) to Sir Thomas Phillipps, ca. 1826.
Formerly owned by Sir Thomas Phillipps, ms. 2179 (stamped crest inside upper cover; inscription with alternate number 717, f. 1r; label on spine).
Sold as part of the residue of the Phillips collection first to William H. Robinson Ltd., 1945, and again to H. P. Kraus, Mar. 1978.
Sold by H. P. Kraus to Helmut Beck (Stuttgart), ms. 3 (embossed label, inside upper cover).
Sold at auction at Sotheby's as part of the Beck Collection, 16 June 1997, lot 3, to Lawrence J. Schoenberg.
Gift of Barbara Brizdle Schoenberg in honor of Amy Gutmann, President, University of Pennsylvania, 2014.
France
Written in north central France, possibly at the abbey in Saint-Benoît-sur-Loire, also known as the Abbaye de Fleury.
Latin
Sold by bookseller James Taylor
Formerly owned by Sir Thomas Phillipps, ms. 2179
Sold as part of the residue of the Phillips collection first to William H. Robinson Ltd., 1945, and again to H. P. Kraus, Mar. 1978.
Sold by H. P. Kraus to Helmut Beck
Sold at auction at Sotheby's as part of the Beck Collection, 16 June 1997, lot 3, to Lawrence J. Schoenberg.
Gift of Barbara Brizdle Schoenberg in honor of Amy Gutmann, President, University of Pennsylvania, 2014.
9th-century copy of Boethius's Latin translation of Aristotle's De interpretatione, referred to in the manuscript as Periermenias, with the shorter of two commentaries that Boethius wrote on that work. Replacement leaves added in the 11th century to the beginning (f. 1-4) and end (f. 45-64) of the manuscript, in addition to providing the beginning and end of the Boethius (which is probably lacking 2 gatherings between extant gatherings 6 and 7), include the Periermeniae attributed to Apuleius in the medieval period, a poem by Decimus Magnus Ausonius on the seven days of Creation, a sample letter of a monk to an abbot with interlinear and marginal glosses, and other miscellaneous verses, definitions, and excerpts.
Ms. codex.
Title for manuscript from caption title for predominant work (f. 1v).
Written in a 9th-century Carolingian minuscule, with replacement leaves in 11th-century Carolingian minuscule at beginning (f. 1-4) and end (f. 45-64), with headings in rustic Latin capitals.
5 9th-century diagrams, 3 in the ink of the text (f. 37v, 54v) and 2 with colored inks added in the 11th century (f. 36r, 36v); 11th-century full-page decorated initial with Celtic knotwork and lions' heads (f. 1v); 2 11th-century 3-line initials in red and blue (f. 2r, 60v); 11th-century red and blue ink added to 9th-century 3-line initial (f. 5r); 1- and 2-line initials, mostly in the ink of the text (but alternating with red, f. 30-34); 2 3-line and many 2-line 11th-century calligraphic initials in ink of the text with simple ornamentation (f. 44-64).
For a full list of Decorations in this manuscript please see the Content and Decorations section by clicking on the [i] button in the top left corner of the image viewer above.
These are pages that we pulled aside that disrupted the flow of the manuscript reader. These may be bindings, inserts, bookmarks, and various other oddities.
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