Vita Alexandri Magni, libri 3-10 [manuscript], 14th or 15th century.
Curtius Rufus, Quintus. author.; Justinus, Marcus Junianus. Historiae Philippicae. Books 11-12.; Senas, Henri-Balthazar-Armand de Gérente, Marquis de, 1740- former owner.; Firmin-Didot, Ambroise, 1790-1876, former owner.; Smedley, William T. (William Thomas), 1851-1934, former owner.; Folger, Henry Clay, 1857-1930, former owner.; Folger, Emily C. J. (Emily Clara Jordan), 1858-1936, former owner.
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Title
Vita Alexandri Magni, libri 3-10 [manuscript], 14th or 15th century.
Uniform title
Historia Alexandri Magni
Description
166 leaves ; 235 x 160 mm
Associated name
Curtius Rufus, Quintus. author.
Senas, Henri-Balthazar-Armand de Gérente, Marquis de, 1740- former owner.
Firmin-Didot, Ambroise, 1790-1876, former owner.
Smedley, William T. (William Thomas), 1851-1934, former owner.
Folger, Henry Clay, 1857-1930, former owner.
Folger, Emily C. J. (Emily Clara Jordan), 1858-1936, former owner.
Senas, Henri-Balthazar-Armand de Gérente, Marquis de, 1740- former owner.
Firmin-Didot, Ambroise, 1790-1876, former owner.
Smedley, William T. (William Thomas), 1851-1934, former owner.
Folger, Henry Clay, 1857-1930, former owner.
Folger, Emily C. J. (Emily Clara Jordan), 1858-1936, former owner.
Material base
Manuscript on vellum (goatskin).
Scope and content
Contains an incomplete text on the life of Alexander the Great (books one and two are lacking), with a brief text describing the death of king Darius by Marcus Junianus Justinus inserted after Book five (leaves 66r-67r).
Language Note
In Latin.
Note
Manuscript codex.
Title from a later hand on the inside cover.
Collation: Leaves i (paper) + 166 + i (paper); 1-3¹⁰ 4-5⁸ 6-9¹⁰ 10-11⁸ 12-17¹⁰ 18⁴; vertical catchwords throughout.
Layout: Written in 30 long lines (dimensions of written space: 170 x 85 mm); board-ruled with double vertical lines; occassional marginal notes.
Script: Written in Humanistic Cursive script.
Decoration: None.
Origin: Italy, 14th or 15th century.
Shelfmark: Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, MS V.a.111.
Title from a later hand on the inside cover.
Collation: Leaves i (paper) + 166 + i (paper); 1-3¹⁰ 4-5⁸ 6-9¹⁰ 10-11⁸ 12-17¹⁰ 18⁴; vertical catchwords throughout.
Layout: Written in 30 long lines (dimensions of written space: 170 x 85 mm); board-ruled with double vertical lines; occassional marginal notes.
Script: Written in Humanistic Cursive script.
Decoration: None.
Origin: Italy, 14th or 15th century.
Shelfmark: Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, MS V.a.111.
Contents
1. leaves 1r-66r; 67v-166v: "[Book 3] [I]nter haec Alexander, ad conducendum ex Peloponenso militem Cleandro cum pecunia misso ... et nondum in omnium animis memoria maiestatis suae exoleuisse cernebat. [leaf 16v, Book 4] [D]areus, tanti modo exercitus rex, qui triumphantis magis quam dimicantis ... et rege talibus ministries et illos tanto rege fuisse dignissimos. [leaf 47v, Book 5] [Q]uae interim ductu imperioque Alexandri uel in Graecis uel Illyriis ac Thraecia gesta sunt ... plurimis eius beneficiis ornatus, iugum eius tota ceruice receperit. [leaf 67v, Book 6] pugnae discrimen inmisit obtruncatisque qui promptius resistebant, magnam partem ... uidebatur post confessionem; et neque Philotas amicorum misericordiam meruit. [leaf 87r, Book 7] [P]hilotan sicut recentibus sceleris eius uestigiis iure affectum supplicio ... regionisque quae apposita esset ei tutela relictus. [leaf 108v, Book 8] [A]lexander, maiore fama: quam gloria in dicionem redacta petra ... eandem clariorem fore, quo maiores fuissent, quos ipse uicisset. [leaf 133v, Book 9] [A]lexander tam memorabilia uictoria laetus, qua sibi orientis finis apertos ... adeo nec luxuriae quicquam crudelitas nec crudelitati luxuria obstat. [leaf 152v, Book 10] [E]isdem fere diebus Cleander et Sitalces et cum Agathone Heracon superueniunt ... post annis Alexandriam translatum omnisque memoriae ac nomini honos habetur." (Quintus Curtius / edited by John C. Rolfe. 2 vols. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1946, vol. 1, p. 64-428; vol. 2, p. 4-558).
2. leaves 66r-67r: "[Books 11.15-12.1] Emensus deinde plura multa passuum cum nullum Darii indicium reperisset ... ad postremum etsi a multitudine uictus, gloria tamen omnes uicit. [rubr.] Porro quae iam subsequuntur deinceps Curtii sunt omnia."
2. leaves 66r-67r: "[Books 11.15-12.1] Emensus deinde plura multa passuum cum nullum Darii indicium reperisset ... ad postremum etsi a multitudine uictus, gloria tamen omnes uicit. [rubr.] Porro quae iam subsequuntur deinceps Curtii sunt omnia."
Binding information
Bound in 18th-century French sprinked sheepskin with gold tool arms on front and back covers and gold tooled spines. Spine title: Quintcurt Tom. II.
Provenance
Formerly owned by Henri-Balthazar-Armand de Gérente, Marquis de Senas (binding armorial); Ambroise Firmin-Didot (booklabel); Samuel Allen; and W.T. Smedley (bookplate).
Source of acquisition
Purchased as part of the Smedley Collection in 1924 by Henry Clay Folger.
Cited/described in
Ricci, S. de. Census of medieval and Renaissance manuscripts in the United States and Canada, SM.10
Includes
Justinus, Marcus Junianus. Historiae Philippicae. Books 11-12.
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Place of creation/publication
Italy.
Item Details
Call number
V.a.111
Folger accession
Smedley 10