Details

Subject(s)

• Virgil—Aeneis—Criticism, Textual—Early works to 1800 [Browse]
• Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)—New Jersey—Princeton [Browse]

Attributed name

Anselm, of Laon, -1117 [Browse]

Former owner

Marsanne, Counts of [Browse]

Bookseller

Goldschmidt, E. Ph. (Ernst Philip) [Browse]

Donor

Morgan, Junius Spencer [Browse]

Related name

Princeton University. Library. Manuscript. Princeton MS. 43. [Browse]

Getty AAT genre

• decorated initials [Browse]

Medium/​Support

parchment rdamat

Summary note

Commentary on Virgil's Aeneis. The commentary has been attributed to Anselm of Laon.

Notes

• Ms. codex.
• Incipit: "Avctor iste sicut bucolica scripsit rogatu pollionis georgica uero rogatu mecenatis ... telluris in altum &c. His et finitis et praelibatis literam exponamus. [Commentary] Arma uirumque cano id est armatum et bellicosum uirum et est endiadis. Endiadis enim est quedam figura scilicet sermonis improprietas ..."
• Explicit: "Vtinam Statius Indignantem animam propriis non reddidit astris. Expliciunt Glosule Eneydos."
• Collation: Parchment ; fol. i (modern parchment) + 46 + i (modern parchment) ; modern foliation in pencil.
• Layout: 58-66 lines per page in two columns ; ruled.
• Decoration: Simple 4- to 5-line red Romanesque initials mark the Accessus section (fol. 1r), and the opening of books 2-6, 8-9; space left for unexecuted initials for books 10-12. The opening leaf for book 7 is lost.
• Origin: Written in France, perhaps Paris, in the first quarter of the 13th century.

Binding note

Later binding. France or Italy, 18th century. Brown calf over pasteboard; textblock sewn on 4 bands.

Language note

Latin;

Script

Littera glossularis.

Provenance

Early provenance is unknown. In the 18th century in the library of "le comte de Marsane". Intermediate provenance unknown. Ernst Philip Goldschmidt offered the manuscript for sale in 1928. Purchased by Junius Spencer Morgan as a gift to the Princeton University Library, where it was accessioned on 29 July 1929 (no. 658657).

Source acquisition

Gift; Junius Spencer Morgan, 1929.

References

Medieval & Renaissance manuscripts in the Princeton University Library, volume 2, pages 230-231.

Other format(s)

Also available in an electronic version.

Place name(s)

France Paris.

Other title(s)

Scholia in Aeneidem

Title from print catalog

Commentary on Aeneid

OCLC

1107166140

Statement on responsible collection description

Princeton University Library aims to describe library materials in a manner that is respectful to the individuals and communities who create, use, and are represented in the collections we manage. Read more...