Horace, 65 BC- 8 BC (Roman poet)
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Ars Poetica by Horace, late 15th century
Part
Identifier: MS 198/ff. 17r-28v
Contents
The second text contained in MS 198 is Horace's Ars poetica, on ff. 17r-28v. In this poem, Horace explores the art of writing poetry and drama, and focuses on the mechanics of writing, rather than the theoretical approach taken by Aristotle and Plato.Horace's Ars poetica begins on f. 17r with the line [H]umano capiti cervicem pictor equinamOn f. 28v the ...
Dates:
late 15th century
Commonplace Book - Extracts by Charles Lyell - Prose and Verse, 1826
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Identifier: Coll-203/A2/5
Scope and Contents
Small label affixed reads 'Extracts by Charles Lyell Prose & Verse - Crown Office Temple Row'. Commonplace book of notes and quotations compiled by Lyell when a practicing barrister in London in his early twenties. The book is inscribed with his address: 9 Crown Office Row, Temple, where he moved in 1826 after vacating the cramped quarters he had known as a law student in nearby Norfolk Street (no longer in existence, checked 2021). This Notebook is paginated. Insertion at the front of...
Dates:
1826
Epistles Books I and II by Horace, late 15th century
Part
Identifier: MS 198/ff. 85v-124r
Contents
The final text in MS 198 is Horace's Epistles. Published in two books, Horace's epistles were perhaps inspired by his increasing age, and are more reflective than his earlier work. The epistles are letters addressed to correspondents, such as the Emperor Augustus (in Book II). Book I generally deals with contemporary issues facing the Roman empire, while Book II has a literary focus.The text of Book I begins on f. 85v, with the line ...
Dates:
late 15th century
MS 200: Scholia by pseudo-Acro, 15th century
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Identifier: MS 200
Contents
MS 200 contains a set of commentaries on works by the first-century BC Roman poet, Horace. This set of commentaries is known as the Scholia and it is attributed to pseudo-Acro. Acro, or Helenius Acron was a third-century AD Roman commentator who wrote on the works of Terence and Horace. The commentary ("Scholia") found in MS 200 was not attributed to Acro before the fifteenth century, so his authorship is...
Dates:
15th century
Satires Book I and II by Horace, late 15th century
Part
Identifier: MS 198/ff. 29r-85r
Contents
The third text contained in MS 198 is Horace's Satires. Horace composed two books of satiric poems dealing with contemporary political challenges facing the new Roman empire, such as motivating 'new men' to take their societal place alongside the prexisting Republican nobility. Both books are contained in MS 198.Satires I begins on f. 17r, with the line [C]ui fit Mecaenas : ut nemo quam...
Dates:
late 15th century