Bruges. Bibliothèque publique, Ms. 545

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Attested title :
- Libri Metamorphoseon Ovidii [titel Carolus de Visch]
Other label of the document :
- Bruges Public Library, Ms. 545
- Bruges. Bibliothèque publique, Ms. 545
Held at : Bruges. Bibliothèque publique
Languages : Latin
Author : Ovide (0043 av. J.-C.-0017)
Date of Origin :
- 1201 - 1300 (Source: Mmmonk)
- 13de eeuw (Source: Mmmonk)
Script :
- gotische textualis ; met semi-textualis kenmerken
Support Material : Perkament
Composition :
- ii (papier) + 114 ff. + iii (papier)
Dimensions :
- 220 x 140 mm

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Data Source: Mmmonk

Manuscript 545 is a thirteenth-century copy of the Metamorphoses, the famous work by the Roman poet Ovid (43 BC - c. 17 AD). The text is incomplete: the first leaf containing the first 66 verses of Book I is lacking and the text ends abruptly in Book XIV, leaving out a quarter of that book and the entirety of book XV. These parts were lost by the time the cross-shaped stamp of Ten Duinen was added. The text is extensively annotated, both in the margins and between the lines, and contains several doodles. Over time, several tears and holes have been repaired. The text is written in a single column, with decorated initials in red and blue ink. The manuscript is bound in a seventeenth-century binding of the 'Campmans' type. [Summary by Dr. Mark Vermeer]

Data Source: Biblissima

Munari, Franco. Catalogue of the mss of Ovid's Metamorphoses. London: University of London Institute of classical studies. 1957
Online catalogue description by Dr. Evelien Hauwaerts (Public Library Bruges). Online catalogusbeschrijving door Dr. Evelien Hauwaerts (Openbare Bibliotheek Brugge)

Data Source: Mmmonk

[F. 1r], inc.: 'Hec super imposint liquidum et grauitate carentem / Ethera nec quicquam terrene fecis habentem'
Titel Carolus de Visch op f. 1r
Uitvoerig geannoteerde kopie
[F. 114v], expl.: 'Concubitus que fugis nec te coniungere curas / Atque utinam uelles helene non pluribus esset'
Bevat Metamorphoses I, 67 - XIV, 669; aan het begin ontbreken 66 verzen, wat overeenkomt met één folio (à 33 regels per zijde)

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DE POORTER, Alphonse (1934), Catalogue des manuscrits de la bibliothèque publique de la ville de Bruges, Gembloux | Paris, Duculot | Les Belles Lettres (Catalogue général des manuscrits des bibliothèques de Belgique, 2), ici p. 646 (https://bibmedia.brugge.be/HF_images/DePoorter/CatalogusDePoorter_Compressed.pdf)