Shelfmark
MS 155
Author
Uniform title
[Breviarium ab urbe condita]
Title
Eutropius et Paulus Diaconus. manuscript
Varying form of title
Title in M. R. James catalogue: Eutropii Historia cum continuationem Pauli Diaconi
Publication, distribution, etc.
Netherlands, between ca. 1500 and ca. 1600.
Physical description
1 volume (ii, 80, i leaves) : paper, initials ; 20 x 14.5 cm.
Note
Eutropius' Breviarium ab urbe condita with additions continuing the history to A.D. 729; from f. 68v "Cum iam ut premissum est ..." these consist of excerpts from Paulus Diaconus' Historia Langobardorum.
Note
Spaces for the headings of books not filled.
Note
Text ends on f. 79v; f. 80rv left blank and only the inner half remains.
Note
Foliated in the 15th or 16th century.
Note
Written space: 145 x 98 mm.
Note
35 long lines.
Note
Collation: 1-6¹² 7⁸.
Note
Quires signed a-g in the usual later medieval system.
Note
Written in textura (described by M. R. James as "an upright Italian hand").
Note
Pen and ink initials: 7-line on f. 1, elsewhere 5- and 1-line, not filled in, except for a rough P in the ink of the text on f. 1.
Note
Secundo folio: siluius.
Note
Rebound at Eton around 1720.
Note
Written in the Netherlands.
Note
Former Eton shelfmark: Bl.6.10.
Note
This catalogue record is based on the work of Neil Ker and M.R. James, as cited in the references below.
Citation/references note
Ker, N. R.. Medieval manuscripts in British libraries, v. 2 (1977), p. 763-4
Citation/references note
James, M. R. A descriptive catalogue of the manuscripts in the library of Eton College (1895), 155
Citation/references note
Bernard, Catalogi librorum manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae, 1697, 52, 103
Cite as
Eton College Library, MS 155
Binding
18th century English calf binding by Slatter.
Subject
Subject
Rome History Early works to 1800 Manuscripts.
Added entry--name
Slatter, John, active 1693 - 1721 bookbinder.
Added entry--name
Paul, ca. 720 - 799? the Deacon
Added entry--place
Netherlands.
Language code
lat
Identifier
B50121