Terence, 185-159 BC (Roman playwright)

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Composite manuscript containing four comedies by Terence, late 14th century (with 15th century gloss)

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Identifier: MS 196

Contents MS 196 contains four comedies (all incomplete) by the Roman playwright, Terence. His comedies were first performed in the mid-second century BC. They were very popular in the Middle Ages and Renaissance, and survive in hundreds of medieval manuscripts. The four plays contained in MS 196 (Andria, Eunuchus, Heauton Timorumenos and Adelphi) are described separately under these titles. ...

Dates: late 14th century (with 15th century gloss)

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Western Medieval Manuscripts

Composite manuscript containing six comedies by Terence, late 15th century

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Identifier: MS 197

Contents MS 197 contains all six of the comedies by Roman playwright Terence.Andrea: ff. 1r-21v. Starts with the line [N]atus in excelsis tectis cartaginis alteEunuchus: ff. 22r-45v. Starts with the line [T]errentii affri incipit eunucus acta ludis megallensibusHeauton Timorumenos: ff. 45v-68r. The play starts with the line ...

Dates: late 15th century

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Western Medieval Manuscripts

Early Theses

Collection — Box EUA CA3

Identifier: EUA CA3

Scope and Contents Portfolio of printed sheets listing students submitting theses per class. The name of the relevant Regent in charge is recorded on each sheet.Amongst these sheets are some other items includuing a 17th century notice announcing the intention of a group of students to which advertises the intention of some Edinburgh students to burn an effigy of the "Pope of Rome" on Christmas day at the Mercat Cross of Edinburgh and a playbill advertising a Student Performance of Terence's...

Dates: 1641-1694

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections