Medieval Manuscripts in Flemish Collections · Vlaamse Erfgoedbibliotheken

Manuscript description

Manuscript ID

mmfc-25395

Title

Diogenes Laertius, Vitae philosophorum, Latin translation

Collection

Gent, Universiteitsbibliotheek Gent

Shelfmark

Gent, Universiteitsbibliotheek Gent, HS.0148

Manuscript Category

philosophy

Document type

library book / reference book

Provenance

Owner

Pierre-Jean Grosley (1718-1785)

Date

18th century

References

Online catalogue record

Aleph (UGent)

Digital reproduction

UGent IIIF Viewer

IIIF Manifest

https://adore.ugent.be/IIIF/manifests/archive.ugent.be:0215C616-D07A-11E7-A5FA-8FCD6DE4309A

Other online data sources

Mirabile (manuscripts)

Bibliography

Derolez, Albert, Medieval Manuscripts: Ghent University Library (Ghent: Snoeck, 2017) (p. 72 (catalogue description))

Binding

UNIT ID

mmfc-25397

Leaf count

122 fol.

Binding

Binding type

Cardboard boards

Cover material

Leather, Paper

Decoration

Gold tooling

Description

Romantic gold-tooled quarter binding: brown leather and paper over cardboard, 19th century.

Book block

UNIT ID

mmfc-25396

Page range

fol. 1-122

Integrity

Unknown

Language

Latin (main)

Quires

Regular quires (6 bifolia per quire)

Folding format

Folio

Origin

Date

second half 15th century (Derolez 2017)

Place

France (Derolez 2017)

Support

Material

Paper

Page dimensions

h: 345 mm x w: 240 mm

Layout

Section

Description

Ruling in pink ink

Layout formula

| T ||

Writing

Script

Hors-système script (Gothica “hors système” libraria script)

Description of hands

Initials of the scribe after the explicit: D.B.K.

Decoration

Type

plain initials, illuminated, floral border, ornamental initials, champ initials, initials with marginal extensions, paraphs

Description

Alt. red and blue paragraph signs; alt. red and blue plain initials, dentelle initial with floral borderpiece.

1. Diogenes Laertius, Vitae philosophorum, Latin translation by Ambrosius Traversarius

UNIT ID

mmfc-55236

Page range

fol. 1r-122r

Title

Diogenes Laertius, Vitae philosophorum, Latin translation by Ambrosius Traversarius

Vitae philosophorum

Contributors

Diogenes Laertius (author)

Ambrosius Traversarius (translator)

Language

Latin (main)

2. Alphabetical table

UNIT ID

mmfc-55237

Page range

fol. 122r-v

Title

Alphabetical table

Language

Latin (main)