Accession number
MS M.413
Object title
Grammatical miscellany (MS M.413).
Created
Italy, ca. 1480.
Binding
Calf, ca. 1790, with the arms of Pope Pius VI.
Credit line
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1910.
Description
337 leaves (1 column, 18 lines), bound : vellum, ill. ; 170 x 120 mm
Provenance
Apparently written for an Ambrosi-Rossi of Rovigno (arms on fol. 1: party per pale; gules a lion or, and argent 4 fesses sable); Pope Pius VI (1717-1799; papacy 1775-1799); probably Marchese Taccone of Naples collection; purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) from Alexandre Imbert in July 1910; J.P. Morgan (1867-1943).
Notes
Ms. grammatical miscellany; written and illuminated in northern Italy, ca. 1480.
Texts: De nota aspirationis, attributed to Apuleius Minor (fol. 1-20v); De dipthongis, attributed to Apuleius Minor (fol. 21-34v); De accentibus, by Priscian (fol. 35-57); De figuris numerorum, by Priscian (fol. 57-78); Institutio de nomine pronomine et verbo, by Priscian (fol. 79-111v); Ars grammtica (Ars major partes) 2, 1, 3, by Donatus (fol. 112-177); De nomine et verbo, by Phocas (fol. 177v-229v); De finalibus, by Servius (fol. 230-239v); De arte metrica, by Venerable Bede (fol. 239v-289v); De schematis et tropis, by Venerable Bede (fol. 289v-310); De ratione metrorum, by Maximus Victorianus (fol. 310v-326v); De finalibus metrorum, by Maximus Victorianus (fol. 326v-337); an inscription from the marble gate at Ancona and Latin proverbs (fol. 337v).
Scribe: Henricus Albi; apparently copying from a manuscript written by Antonius Veronensis.
Decoration: illuminated title page, with initial and full border in white vine; Ambrosi-Rossi arms in medallion at center lower border.
Texts: De nota aspirationis, attributed to Apuleius Minor (fol. 1-20v); De dipthongis, attributed to Apuleius Minor (fol. 21-34v); De accentibus, by Priscian (fol. 35-57); De figuris numerorum, by Priscian (fol. 57-78); Institutio de nomine pronomine et verbo, by Priscian (fol. 79-111v); Ars grammtica (Ars major partes) 2, 1, 3, by Donatus (fol. 112-177); De nomine et verbo, by Phocas (fol. 177v-229v); De finalibus, by Servius (fol. 230-239v); De arte metrica, by Venerable Bede (fol. 239v-289v); De schematis et tropis, by Venerable Bede (fol. 289v-310); De ratione metrorum, by Maximus Victorianus (fol. 310v-326v); De finalibus metrorum, by Maximus Victorianus (fol. 326v-337); an inscription from the marble gate at Ancona and Latin proverbs (fol. 337v).
Scribe: Henricus Albi; apparently copying from a manuscript written by Antonius Veronensis.
Decoration: illuminated title page, with initial and full border in white vine; Ambrosi-Rossi arms in medallion at center lower border.
Script
Roman letters
Language
Latin
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