'Imago mundi' by Honorius of Autun, 'Speculum regum' by Godfrey of Viterbo, and an anonymous poem 'De laude civitatis Laudae'. A manuscript written in Italy in the late 13th or early 14th century.
Scope and Contents
The contents of the manuscript are as follows:
(i) The `Imago mundi` of Honorius (folio 1), here entitled `Mappa mundi`, and attributed in both the title and the colophon to Isidore of Seville.
(ii) `Speculum regum` by Godfrey of Viterbo (folio 23 verso). It contains the preface, list of chapters, and list of popes, but not the poem itself.
(iii) ‘De laude civitatis Laudae’ (folio 38). An anonymous poem.
Written in an Italian littera textualis formata by one scribe throughout.
Rubrics and initials in red, with decorative penwork. In the lower margins of folios 3 verso-4 are two maps of the world in green.
Dates
- Creation: Late 13th century-early 14th century.
Extent
1 Volumes (iv (paper) + 40 folios.)
Language of Materials
Latin
Arrangement
Collation: 1-5⁸. Catchwords parallel to the text. Folio 40 verso blank. 24 lines.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Vellum. Late eighteenth-century vellum binding, gold-tooled.
Custodial History
There are no marks of ownership, but a few annotations in 16th-century Italian hands. The manuscript was presented to the Advocates’ Library in 1787 by Walter Ross, Writer to the Signet.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Presented, 1925, by the Faculty of Advocates to the nation on the foundation of the National Library of Scotland.
Existence and Location of Copies
Microfilm available: Mf.Sec.MSS.883.
Bibliography
(ii) is manuscript Ia of the edition by Georg Waitz in ‘Monumenta Germaniae historica’, Scriptorum tomus xxii (Hanover, 1872), pages 21-93.
(iii) was published from this manuscript by Georg Waitz in ‘Monumenta Germaniae historica’, Scriptorum tomus xxii (Hanover, 1872), pages 372-373, and also, with facsimiles, by Alessandro Caretta (Lodi, 1962).
Physical Description
0.00 linear metresiv (paper) + 40 folios.185.00 x 265.00 millimetres
Dimensions
185.00 x 265.00 millimetres
Genre / Form
- Title
- National Library of Scotland Catalogue of Manuscripts
- Author
- National Library of Scotland
- Date
- 28 01 2015
- Description rules
- Finding Aid Prepared Using Local Descriptive Rules
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division Repository
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