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Finding Aid for the Priscian Fragments Collection (MUM01753)
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Recommended Citation Priscian Fragments Collection, Archives and Special Collections, J.D. Williams Library, The University of Mississippi
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Descriptive Summary Administrative Information Subject Terms Biographical Note Scope and Content Note User Information Related Material Container List
Descriptive Summary
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 Language of Material: Latin; Greek, Ancient Abstract: The collection contains fragments from medieval manuscripts that focus heavily on the works of Priscian and Livy.
Administrative Information
Processing Information
Collection processed by Archives and Special Collections staff. Finding aid encoded by Kathryn Michaelis, November 2011. Updated by Abigail Norris, May 2020.
Additions No further additions are expected to this collection.
Alternative Formats
This collection has been digitized and made available online.
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
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Related Material
Resources at the University of Mississippi
This collection has been digitized and made available online.
Container List
Folder 1 Priscianus Grammatius Caesariensis. Institutes Grammaticarum Cum Glossis Marginalibus Et Interlinearibus Fragmentus SAEC. X Exeuntis, circa 950-1000 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 Folder 2 Fragment of Priscian's Institutes, circa 950-1000 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. Folder 3 Fragment of Priscian's Institutes, circa 950-1000 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. Folder 4 Fragment, circa 1050 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. Folder 5 Unidentified fragment, circa 15th century Scope: Seller's Notes: Humanis; two leaves Folder 6 Fragment, New Testament with glosses, 1160 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. Folder 7 Fragment, Donatus (Aelius) Ars Grammatica Cum Commento Marginali Incerti Auctoris Fragmenta SAEC. XIII, circa 1250 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. Folder 8 Fragment, Golden Legend, circa 1400 Scope: Seller's Notes: From England or Germany Folder 9 Fragment, French Missal, circa 15th century Folder 10 Fragment, circa 1450 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.