General
| Library: | Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana |
| Sheflmark: | Vaticano Latino 5895 |
| Information source: |
Physical description: InformationSource object (1) Segmentation: InformationSource object (6) |
| Described by: |
Bindings
| Description: | Red leather over pasteboards, with gold tooling. There are holes where clasps were once present. |
| Date : | None |
| Title on binding: | none |
| Cover material: | Material object (5) |
| Board material: | Material object (9) |
| Fastening: | |
| Chaining: | |
| Edges: | |
| Front end papers (2): | 1 paper leaf (modern), and 1 parchment leaf (with notes in Latin in a 15th-c. cursive, crossed out). |
| End papers (2): | 1 parchment leaf (with notes in Latin in a 15th-c. cursive, crossed out), and 1 paper leaf (modern). |
Bibliography
| Reference | La Légende de Troie en France au moyen âge (Basel; Tubingen: Francke Verlag, 1996) |
| Notes | Description pp. 351-2. |
| Reference | , Die Illustrationszyklen zur 'Histoire ancienne jusqu’à César' (1250-1400) (Frankfurt and New York: Peter Lang, 1989) |
| Notes | pp. 312-5 |
| Reference | , 'Nuovi frammenti dell'Histoire ancienne jusqu'à César', Cultura Neolatina, 54 (1994), 213-61 |
| Notes | Brief mention of date of Vat. Lat. 5895 on p. 217n. |
| Reference | 'Notice des manuscrits français et provençaux de Rome antérieurs au XVIe siècle', Notices et extraits des manuscrits de la Bibliothèque nationale et autres bibliothèques, 33.2 (1889), 1-347 |
| Notes | pp. 277-9 |
| Reference | , 'Histoire ancienne jusqu'à César: forme e percorsi del testo', Critica del testo, VII.1 (2004), 213-56 |
| Notes | |
| Reference | , 'Étude de la décoration filigranée et reconstitution des ateliers: le cas de Gênes à la fin du XIIIe siècle', Arte medievale, 2 (1988), 1, 121-52 |
| Notes |
MS Parts
| Title | Date | Place | Dedicatee |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dou viel testament et coment Diex fist toutes choses (table rubric) | ?1275 to 1325 | Genoa-Pisa | none |
Related MS
MS Part Library: Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana
General
| Shelfmark: | Vaticano Latino 5895 |
| MS Part Title: | Dou viel testament et coment Diex fist toutes choses (table rubric) |
| Ms Part Folios: | 146 folios |
| Page layout: |
Material
| MS Part Material: | Material object (4) |
| Watermark: | na |
| Condition: | Good quality parchment, with holes restricted to margins (e.g. ff. 3, 29, 37). Ink and decoration has often rubbed (esp. ff. 6v-7r). |
Date Information
| Date(s): | ?1275 to 1325 |
| Notes: | 'spätes 13., frühes 14. Jahrhundert' (Oltrogge 1989, 312; cf. Palermi 2004, 228); 'fin du XIIIe siècle' (Langlois 1889, 277; cf. Jung 1996, 351); 'risale al XIII sec.' (Longobardi 1994, 217n). |
Hand
| Level of Execution: | Execution object (4) |
| Folio(s): | From 1va to 146ra |
| Date(s): | ?1275 to 1325 |
| Scribe description: | A mid-sized, rounded textualis with the following traits: two-compartment 'a' (open upper bow); 'd' with a short, near-horizontal shaft; figure of 8 'g'; 'i' with occasional ticks; both straight and (less often) round 's' in final position; 'u' in initial position; rounded 3-shaped 'z', scarcely descending below the baseline. Tironian 'et' is uncrossed. |
Folios: 1 - 146
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1v - 5v
(§00-00) Table of Contents (N/A)
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7r - 62r
(§1-513) Genesis (Common redaction)
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62r - 64r
(§1-22) Orient I (Common redaction)
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64r - 83r
(§23-125) Thebes (Common redaction)
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83r - 85r
(§126-147) Greeks and Amazons (Common redaction)
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85r - 98v
(§1-71) Troy (Common redaction)
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98v - 115v
(§1-57) Eneas (Common redaction)
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115v - 130r
(§00-00) Rome I (Common redaction)
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130r - 146v
(§00-00) Orient II (Common redaction)
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130r - 146v
(§00-00) Alexander (Common redaction)
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