MS 196: Composite manuscript containing four comedies by Terence, late 14th century (with 15th century gloss)
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.
Written in a fair minuscule, without ornament.
Dates
- Creation: late 14th century (with 15th century gloss)
Creator
- Terence, 185-159 BC (Roman playwright) (Author, Person)
Language of Materials
Latin
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open to all. The manuscripts can be consulted in the Centre for Research Collections, Edinburgh University Main Library.
Extent
1 bound MS volume
Custodial History
An Italian manuscript presented to the Edinburgh University Library by J. Wood Brown in 1914, containing a note of the presentation: Almae matri suae J. Wood Brown 1914, and a further note on the history of the volume, MS. found by me at Naples 1880 in the binding of a xv Century book. J. Wood Brown.
The contents of the volume are listed on a page with letterhead from the Mediceo-Laurentian Library, Florence. The writing is modern, perhaps late 19th- or early 20th-century. This description numbers the fragments of text according to an edition of Terence's comedies by D.C Teubner, published in Leipzig, 1884.
Previous reference
D.b. VI. 8.
Previous title
Title given to the manuscript in Catherine Borland's catalogue: Terentii Comoediae
Physical Facet
Material: Paper fragments inlaid on book pages.
Binding: Italian, inlaid and bound in brown morocco by Maltby, Oxford, 1914, lettered 'Terentius MS. Fragm.'
Dimensions
28 cm x 21.6 cm
General
Foliation and number of lines to a page: ff. 24, double columns and 24 lines to a page.
Significantly damaged folio fragments appear to have been salvaged (see 'Custodial history') and mounted on paper pages in the 20th century. As such, there are no Secundo folio or Collation fields included here.
Creator
- Terence, 185-159 BC (Roman playwright) (Author, Person)
Repository Details
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