Manuscripts

Laon, Bibliothèque municipale, MS 468 Glossae super Virgilium et Sedulium

Latin
s. ix^3/4
Continental manuscripts, Non-Celtic manuscripts
parchment

Carolingian manuscript containing material relating to Virgil’s life and works as well as to Sedulius’ Carmen Paschale. It appears to have served as a schoolbook and was compiled under the direction of Martin of Laon, who was himself responsible for a substantial number of annotations.

Identifiers

Location

France Laon, Bibliothèque municipale

Shelfmark

468

Title

Glossae super Virgilium et Sedulium

Provenance and related aspects

Language

Latin

Date

s. ix^3/4

9th century, third quarter (Bischoff).

Origin, provenance

Origin: France

France

No short description available

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Laon, cathedral school

See more ass. with Martin of Laon

Martin of Laon

(819–875)

Irish scholar and teacher at the cathedral school at Laon.

Hands, scribes

Hands indexed:

Main hand

“Hauptsächlich von 1 Hd.” (Bischoff). Anonymous.

Annotating hand

“Sehr reichliche Erg. u. Hervorbehungen von Martinus Scotus” (Bischoff). Additions and annotations in the hand of Martin of Laon (d. 875).

Martin of LaonMartin of Laon
(819–875)
Martin of Laon;Martianus Hiberniensis;Martin Scottus
Irish scholar and teacher at the cathedral school at Laon.
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Patron

Martin of Laon

Martin of Laon

(819–875)

Irish scholar and teacher at the cathedral school at Laon.

Codicological information

Material

parchment

Dimensions

31 cm × 23 cm

Palaeographical information

Script

Category: Caroline minuscule

Table of contents

Legend

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Continental manuscripts, Non-Celtic manuscripts

Sources

Primary sources This section typically includes references to diplomatic editions, facsimiles and photographic reproductions, notably digital image archives, of at least a major portion of the manuscript. For editions of individual texts, see their separate entries.

[dig. img.] Gallica: bibliothèque numérique, Online: Bibliothèque nationale de France, ...–present. URL: <https://gallica.bnf.fr>.

direct link

[facs. ed.] Contreni, John J. [introd. and facs. ed.], Codex Laudunensis 468: a ninth-century guide to Virgil, Sedulius, and the liberal arts, Armarium Codicum Insignium, 3, Turnhout: Brepols, 1984.

Secondary sources (select)

Contreni, John J., “Getting to know Virgil in the Carolingian age: the Vita Publii Virgilii”, in: Valerie L. Garver, and Owen Michael Phelan (eds), Rome and religion in the medieval world: studies in honor of Thomas F. X. Noble, Surrey: Ashgate, 2014. 21–46.

Bischoff, Bernhard, Katalog der festländischen Handschriften des neunten Jahrhunderts (mit Ausnahme der wisigotischen), ed. Birgit Ebersperger, vol. 2: Laon–Paderborn, Veröffentlichungen der Kommission für die Herausgabe der mittelalterlichen Bibliothekskataloge Deutschlands und der Schweiz, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 2004.

37 [id. 2128.]

Laon, Bibliothèque municipale (ed.), Laon, citadelle royale carolingienne: catalogue de l’exposition, présentée du 12 septembre au 31 octobre 1987 à la Bibliothèque municipale de Laon, Laon: A. B. M. Laon, 1987.

55 + illustration

Ganz, David, “Codex Laudunensis 468 [Review of: Contreni, John J. [introd. and facs. ed.], Codex Laudunensis 468: a ninth-century guide to Virgil, Sedulius, and the liberal arts, Armarium Codicum Insignium, 3, Turnhout: Brepols, 1984.]”, Peritia 4 (1985): 360–370.

Munk Olsen, Birger, L’étude des auteurs classiques latins aux XI^e et XII^e siècles, vol. 2: Catalogue des manuscrits classiques latins copiés du IX^e au XII^e siècles. Livius–Vitrivius, Paris: CNRS, 1985.

807

Catalogue général des manuscrits des bibliothèques publiques de France. Départements, vol. 1, Paris, 1849.

Gallica: <link>

250–251