Leiden. Universiteitsbibliotheek, BPL 31

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  • Part 1 contains: (ff. 1r-58v) De casibus virorum illustrium / Giovanni Boccaccio. Incomplete. - (ff. 59r-59v) Philobiblion / Robert Holcot. Excerpts.
    Part 2 contains: (ff. 60r-121r) De claris mulieribus / Giovanni Boccaccio. - (f. 121v) Philobiblion / Robert Holcot. Excerpts.
    Part 3 contains: (ff. 122r-133v and 145r-160v) Opus quadripartitum / Cyril of Jerusalem.
    Part 4 contains: (ff. 134r-139v) Historia captae a Turcis Constantinopolis / Leonard of Chios. - (ff. 140r-142r) Historia de excidio civitatis Constantinopolitanae / Gottfried Langius of Lüneburg. - (ff. 142r-144v) Disticha about the death of the unmarried daughter of count William IV van den Bergh, and Maria of Nassau.
    Part 5 contains: (ff. 161r-167v) De rota fortunae.
    Part 6 contains: (ff. 168r-285v) Chronicon Erfordense.
    Subject (temporal):
    Middle Ages
    15th century

    Titre(s) :
    Composite manuscript, six parts (Latin)
    De casibus virorum illustrium
    Philobiblion
    De claris mulieribus
    De mulieribus claris
    Opus quadripartitum
    Historia captae a Turcis Constantinopolis
    Historia de excidio civitatis Constantinopolitanae
    Historia de Excidio Constantinopolis
    De rota fortunae
    Liber chronicorum Erfordensis
    Chronicon Erfordense
    1. (ff. 1-59) De casibus virorum illustrium / Giovanni Boccaccio, and other text(s). - 2. (ff. 60-121) De claris mulieribus / Giovanni Boccaccio, and other text(s). - And other part(s), BPL 31

    Langue(s) des textes : latin

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  • Origin: (ff. 1r-58v) Based on the colophon on f. 57r.
  • Textual: (ff. 1r-58v) Alphabetical index on ff. 57v-58v. - (ff. 59r-59v, 121v) Edited under the name of Richard of Bury but written by Robert Holcot. Excerpts of chs. VI, VII (on ff. 59r-59v) and chs. VII, XVI and XX (on ff. 121v). - (ff. 134r-139v) The Historia was written as a letter to pope Nicholas V. - (ff. 142r-144v) Added in a later hand (16th/17th century). Incipit: "Iam nec Hamadriades possunt gaudere puellae...". - (ff. 161r-167v) Incipit: "Cum ad haustus felliti...".
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