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Manuscripts, Latin

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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Manuscripts entirely or partially in Latin.

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

MS 196: 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)

MS 197: 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