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Alphabetical word list 'Auctoritates et Flores secundum ordinem alphabeti.', c 1455
Part
Identifier: MS 138/ ff. 98r-167v
Contents
The text begins with the word Artifex on f. 98r and ends with Velox on f. 167v.
Dates:
c 1455
Dialogus magistri Pauli Niauis paruulis scholaribus ad latinum idioma perutilissimus by Paulus Niavis, 1486
part
Identifier: MS 210/ff. 188r-203v
Scope and Contents
This section is a manuscript copy of Dialogus parvulis scholaribus ad latinum idioma perutilissimus by Paulus Niavis. This is a Latin textbook for young pupils, in the form of a dialogue and sing topics from the student's everyday life. The text was first published in 1489. The prologue starts on f. 186r with the words 'Paulus Niavis artium magister magnificis viris sapientibus quod se natui Remniezensi domis suis plurimum colendis...
Dates:
1486
Doctrinale, by Alexander of Villedieu, c 1455
Part
Identifier: MS 138/ff. 3r-29v
Contents
The text Doctrinale by Alexander of Villedieu appears on ff. 3r-29v in MS 138. This text was originally composed by Alexander, a French poet and teacher, around 1200 and came to be a classic on Latin grammar in medieval Europe.The text as it appears here in MS 138 begins on f.3r with the words Scribere clericulis parvo doctrinale novellis, and ends on f. 29v with Plurali numero similes...
Dates:
c 1455
Grammatical treatises by Andreas Gutterius Cerasianus, 10-12 May 1490
part
Identifier: MS 210/ff. 254r-267v
Scope and Contents
This section contains a grammatical treatise on Greek orthography by Andreas Gutterius Cerasianus, a Professor of Rhetoric in Salamanca in the 15th century. The text starts on f. 255r with: 'Incipit quarta pars grammatice Andree Gutterii quae graece orthographia appellatur', and ends on f. 261r Hic et super omnia ex grammatica Andreas Gutterius Cerasianus in sua grammatica collecta per me
Georgium Herman in monasterio omnium...
Dates:
10-12 May 1490
List of Latin words, undated
part
Identifier: MS 210/f. 204r
Scope and Contents
Manuscript list of Latin words on one page.
Dates:
undated
Modus Latinitatis by Ulricus Ebrardi, 1490
part
Identifier: MS 210/ff. 2r-43v
Scope and Contents
The section contains a printed copy of Modus Latinitatis, a manual of Latin for young students written by Ulricus Ebrardi in the 15th century. It is a quarto, printed at Strasbourg in 1490 by Johann Reinhard of Grüningen.Due to the fact that it is a printed text, it has been catalogued on Discovered; click here to see the...
Dates:
1490
MS 136: Works on Latin prosody by John Seward, c 1410-1422
Item
Identifier: MS 136
Scope and Contents
MS 136 is a volume of works by the fifteenth-century London schoolmaster, John Seward (or Seguarde). Seward wrote about a dozen short treatises on Latin prosody during the reigns of Henry IV and Henry V, and these works were primarly known and examined in a manuscript of Merton College, Oxford, thought to be unique. However, examination of MS 136 reveals that the Merton manuscript is a slightly later, and finer copy of the original text contained in MS 136. In fact, MS 136 is most probably...
Dates:
c 1410-1422
MS 137: Institutes of Grammar, also known as Priscianus Major, by Priscian Caesariensis, 12th century
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Identifier: MS 137
Contents
MS 137 is a volume on Latin grammar. It contains the first sixteen books on the topic by 6th-century author, Priscian of Caesarea. Priscian's work contains eighteen books, based on earlier works by Herodian and Apollonius. Early medieval scholars in the eighth and ninth centuries produced abridgements of Priscian's original eighteen books. Many manuscripts of these abridgments exists, and they characteristically contain only the first sixteen books of Priscian's original text. This medieval...
Dates:
12th century
MS 201: Partial copy of Expositiones vocabulorum biblie, also known as Summa Britonis, by William Brito, between 1267 and 1399
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Identifier: MS 201
Contents
MS 201 is a partial copy of Expositiones vocabulorum biblie, also known as Summa Britonis, by William Brito. On f. 1r, the manuscript begins with A. littera secundum Ysidorum in omnibus hujus est prior. The text is incomplete, and ends (on f. 128v) with Virago dicitur quod a viro acta et est sumptum non a viri nomine. ...
Dates:
between 1267 and 1399
Rethorica Poncij; Copia latinitatis; Epistole Bruti & Cratis; De arte notariatus by Poncius of Provence, 1486
part
Identifier: MS 210/ff. 128r-187r
Scope and Contents
This section contains a printed copy of several treatises entitled Rethorica Poncij; Copia latinitatis; Epistole Bruti & Cratis; De arte notariatus, by Pontius Provincialis. These are manuals of Latin grammar, of rhetoric, and of letter-writing. Quarto printed by Johann Reinhard of Grüningen in 1486.
Rethorica Poncij: starts on f. 128r...
Dates:
1486