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Books 17 and 18 of Priscian's Institutiones grammaticae, also known as De constructione, a guide to syntax. The Institutiones are a systematic examination and explanation of Latin grammar and were a staple of the medieval study of Latin. The text contains extensive interlinear and marginal annotations in Latin in a secretary script. Text at the end of the manuscript (f. 53v), seemingly not by Priscian, discusses Adonic meter.
Support: parchment; Extent: 53 leaves : 250 x 195 (129 x 97) mm. bound to 262 x 195 mm; Foliation: Parchment, i (modern paper) + 53 + i (modern paper); i-liii; contemporary foliation in Roman numerals in ink, upper right recto.
Written in 2 columns of 31 lines; frame-ruled in lead, with main text written on alternate lines in text block and annotations, when present, written on every line in margins (for example, f. 51v).
Written in a Gothic script, with annotations in a secretary script.
Initials of 2-5 lines in blue and red ink; paragraph markers alternating in red or blue ink; chapter headings in margins in red ink; sketches in ink of a man (f. 14r), tree (f. 22r), and stag (f. 24r); manicules, some with decorated cuffs (f. 20v, 22v, 24r, 24v, 26v, 31r, 37r).
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 from caption title (f. 1r).
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.
Paris?
Probably written in Paris, late 13th century (Zacour-Hirsch).
18th-century half vellum.
Latin
Formerly owned by the monastery of Santa Maria de Carreto, 15th century (f. 53v).
Sold at auction at Hoepli, 21 May 1931, lot 75.
Sold by Laurence Witten (New Haven), 1965.
Paris?
Probably written in Paris, late 13th century (Zacour-Hirsch).
Latin
Formerly owned by the monastery of Santa Maria de Carreto, 15th century
Sold at auction at Hoepli, 21 May 1931, lot 75.
Sold by Laurence Witten
Books 17 and 18 of Priscian's Institutiones grammaticae, also known as De constructione, a guide to syntax. The Institutiones are a systematic examination and explanation of Latin grammar and were a staple of the medieval study of Latin. The text contains extensive interlinear and marginal annotations in Latin in a secretary script. Text at the end of the manuscript (f. 53v), seemingly not by Priscian, discusses Adonic meter.
Ms. codex.
Title from caption title (f. 1r).
Written in a Gothic script, with annotations in a secretary script.
Initials of 2-5 lines in blue and red ink; paragraph markers alternating in red or blue ink; chapter headings in margins in red ink; sketches in ink of a man (f. 14r), tree (f. 22r), and stag (f. 24r); manicules, some with decorated cuffs (f. 20v, 22v, 24r, 24v, 26v, 31r, 37r).
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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