Thebais

Creator:

Statius, P. Papinius (Publius Papinius)

Published/Created:

Italy,
1406

Physical Description:

ff. ii + 118 + ii : paper ; 298 x 217 (200 x 85) mm.

Materials:

paper

Related Links:

https://pre1600ms.beinecke.library.yale.edu/docs/pre1600.mars042.htm

Notes:

Watermarks, obscured by text: similar in type to Piccard Horn VI.110-29.
Script: Written by several scribes in scripts ranging from calligraphic mercantesca to a more formal gothic bookhand.
One garishly painted initial, 16-line, red and blue divided with penwork designs in both colors. Spaces left for decorative initials at beginning of remaining books are unfilled. For ff. 1r-13r only: headings, paragraph marks, underlining of passages glossed in marginalia and running headlines, all in red; for ff. 1r-16v: first letter of each verse touched with yellow.
Binding: Twentieth century, England. Quarter bound in alum tawed pigskin, blind-tooled, over oak boards. Title, in ink, on head edge: "Statij. thebaidos". Title on spine: "Statii Thebais/ MS. 1406".
Purchased from C. A. Stonehill in 1952 by Thomas E. Marston.

Abstract:

Manuscript on paper of Statius, Thebais.

Topics:

Epic poetry, Latin
Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Seven against Thebes (Greek mythology)

Topics:

Statius, P. Papinius--(Publius Papinius)

Language:

Latin

Genre:

Manuscripts

Format:

Mixed Material

Content Type:

Archives or Manuscripts

Rights:

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Access Restrictions:

Public

Call Number:

Marston MS 42

Orbis Record:

9806200

Orbis Barcode:

39002091599937

Yale Collection:

Beinecke Library

Digital Collection:

General Collection, BRBL, Yale University

oid pointer:

11427248

Citation:

Shailor, B. Catalogue of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Marston MS 42.
Statius, Thebais. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.

Extent of digitization:

Complete work digitized.

OID:

11403191

PID:

digcoll:3970569