Finding Aid for the Priscian Fragments Collection
(MUM01753)
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Finding Aid for the Priscian Fragments Collection
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Descriptive Summary
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| PURL: |
http://purl.oclc.org/umarchives/MUM01753/ |
| Title: |
Priscian Fragments Collection |
| Dates: |
10th century-15th century |
| Physical Extent: |
1 box (0.5 linear feet) |
| Repository: |
University of Mississippi. Department of Archives and Special Collections. University, MS 38677, USA |
| Identification: |
MUM01753 |
| Location: |
General Special Collections
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| Language of Material: |
Latin; Greek, Ancient |
| Abstract: |
The collection contains fragments from medieval manuscripts that focus heavily on
the works of Priscian and Livy.
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Administrative Information
Processing Information
Collection processed by Archives and Special Collections staff. Finding aid encoded
by Kathryn Michaelis, November 2011.
Additions
No further additions are expected to this collection.
Alternative Formats
This collection has been digitized and made available online: http://clio.lib.olemiss.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/medieval
Subject Terms
Priscian, fl. ca. 500-530
Livy
Manuscripts, Medieval
Formats
books of hours
glosses (annotations)
illuminated manuscripts
manuscripts (document genre)
missals
songs (document genre)
Biographical Note
Priscian, a 5th-century Constantinople-based Latin grammarian, composed Institutiones grammaticae, an extensive work explaining Latin grammar through literary works. Livy was a first-century
Roman historian who wrote a comprehensive history of Rome and the Roman people.
Scope and Content Note
The collection contains fragments from medieval manuscripts that focus heavily on
the works of Priscian and Livy, as well as on classic Christian texts.
User Information
Preferred Citation
Priscian Fragments Collection, Archives and Special Collections, J.D. Williams Library,
The
University of Mississippi
Access Restrictions
The Priscian Fragments Collection is open for research.
Copyright Restrictions
The copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the
making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material. Under
certain conditions specified in the law, libraries and archives are authorized
to furnish a photocopy or other reproduction. One of these specified conditions
is that the photocopy or reproduction is not to be "used for any purpose other
than private study, scholarship or research." If a user makes a request for,
or
later uses, a photocopy or reproduction for purposes in excess of "fair use,"
that user may be liable for copyright infringement.
Related Material
Resources at the University of Mississippi
This collection has been digitized and made available online: http://clio.lib.olemiss.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/medieval
Container List
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| Folder 1
| Priscianus Grammatius Caesariensis. Institutes Grammaticarum Cum Glossis Marginalibus
Et Interlinearibus Fragmentus SAEC. X Exeuntis, circa 950-1000 |
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Scope: Seller's Notes: One leaf on vellum, 4 to (195: 170 mM.), 25 lines to the page, small
Caroline script, with traces of folding and writing on verso much rubbed off, an interesting
fragment with the quotation from the Greek in Greek uncials
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| Folder 2
| Fragment of Priscian's Institutes, circa 950-1000
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Scope: Seller's Notes: Written in a bold Carolingian minuscule, probably in Germany. The
right margin has been cut away, with a loss of text. This fragment contains quotations
from Vergil, Horace, Lucanus, Lucilius, and Persius. This fragment once belongs to
Ernst J. A. Seyfert, an important 18th century grammarian.
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| Folder 3
| Fragment of Priscian's Institutes, circa 950-1000
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Scope: Seller's Notes: Written in a small Carolingian script. Contains citations from Livy,
Virgil, and Homer, the last being given in Greek uncials. This fragment once belongs
to Ernst J. A. Seyfert, an important 18th century grammarian.
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| Folder 4
| Fragment, circa 1050 |
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Scope: Seller's Notes: This fragment contains quotations from Lucilius, Persius, Vergil,
Plautus, Naevius, Ennius, Livy, and Ovid…Contain part of Priscian’s Institutes, inscribed about A.D. 1050, in the time of William the Conqueror. The handwriting
is a fine Carolingian minuscule. The holes in the parchment are original- note that
the scribe carefully wrote around them.
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| Folder 5
| Unidentified fragment, circa 15th century |
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Scope: Seller's Notes: Humanis; two leaves
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| Folder 6
| Fragment, New Testament with glosses, 1160 |
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Scope: Seller's Notes: From Switzerland. Vellum. Text in center panel about 18 lines of well
written revived Carolingian script, with commentaries and glosses added at a slightly
later date. Glosses by Beda, Jerome, and Gregory. Leaves stained, ink brownish tint.
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| Folder 7
| Fragment, Donatus (Aelius) Ars Grammatica Cum Commento Marginali Incerti Auctoris Fragmenta
SAEC. XIII, circa 1250
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Scope: Seller's Notes: Probably from England. Eight leaves upon vellum, 8 vo. (250:180 mM.),
single column with 24 lines to the page, early Gothic script, very broad marginal
commentary occasionally running into the textual column in smaller script, red and
blue initials with pen-flourishes, red rubrics.
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| Folder 8
| Fragment, Golden Legend, circa 1400
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Scope: Seller's Notes: From England or Germany
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| Folder 9
| Fragment, French Missal, circa 15th century |
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| Folder 10
| Fragment, circa 1450 |
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Scope: Seller's Notes: Flemish. The illumination on the leaf from the Book of Hours, a devotional
text, is heightened by pure gold applied in leaf form.
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