MS. Lat. misc. d. 54

Summary Catalogue no.: Not in SC (late accession)

(fol. 3)

Hugutio of Pisa, Liber deriuationum

Incipit: (prologue) Dum nostri prothoplausti suggestiva

Explicit: (prologue) assertionis asuspicium sorciamur

Incipit: (text) Augeo es auxi auctum etu 1. amplificare

Explicit: (text) Zoroasten vividum sidus interp

Not mentioned by A.Marigo, I codici manoscritti delle ‘Derivationes’ di Uguccione Pisano, Rome, 1936.

Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Secundo Folio: adulter vel adulator

Form: codex

Support: parchment

Extent: 185 leaves

Dimensions (leaf): 235 × 180 mm.

Dimensions (written): 175–80 × 130–5 mm.

Collation

1(8) – 3(8), 4(8) (+2 added at the beginning), 5(8) – 8(8), 9(8) (8 canc.), 10(8) – 12(8), 13(8) (6 cut out), 14(8) (2 cut out), 15(8) – 22(8), 23(8) (7 and 8 canc.), catchwords, the quires numbered I – XXI (III bis)

Layout

2 cols., the number of lines varying between 45 and 70

Decoration

Red and blue initials with flourishes.

Binding

Oxford binding, 15th cent. panelled calf over oak boards, the back and clasps missing.

History

Origin: 13th century, late – 14th century, early ; French

Provenance and Acquisition

‘Iste liber est guilermus dictus log’, 14th cent. (fol.183a). There are other scribblings in English and French on fol.183v and 183a.

'George Longford 1720' (fol. 2v, cf. fol. 76 and MS. Lat. misc. d. 53)

'P. Brookfield 1904' (fol. 2v)

Given by Miss B. Buckler, 1929.

Record Sources

Typescript description by Bodleian Library staff.

Abbreviations

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Last Substantive Revision

2017-07-01: First online publication.

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