Volume 1

Catalogue of romances in the Department of Manuscripts in the British Museum.

  • British Museum. Department of Manuscripts
Date:
1883-1910
Catalogue details

Licence: In copyright

Credit: Catalogue of romances in the Department of Manuscripts in the British Museum. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    second and third being each in 10 lines of elegiacs, f. 125 b, col. 2. They are headed: “ Epitaphia uero Hectoris Achillisque sunt ista r' Hectoris enim sunt hec et suffecisset primus uersus qui ualde compendiosus est et omnia comprehendens qui talis est.” The first epitaph is as follows : “ Troium protector danaum metus hie iacet hector.” The second and third begin severally thus: a. “ Defensor patrie iuuenum fortissimus hector Qui murus miseris ciuibus alter erat.” b. “ Pelides ego sum Thetidis notissima proles Cui uirtus clarum nomen habere dedi[t].” 5. The epilogue begins: “ Ego autem Guido de Columpnis predictum Ditem grecum in omnibus sum secutus.” f. 126. After saying that he had tried to render Dictys into a finer style than the original, he goes on to say; “ in tantum institi spiritus sancti gratia ministrante quod infra tres menses a • 15 • die uidelicet mensis septembris prime indictionis usque ad • 25 • diem mensis Nouembris proxime subsequentis opus in totum per me perfectum extitit et completum . licet longe ante ad instantiam domini Mathei de porta uenerabilis salernitani archiepiscopi [1263-1272] magne scientie uiri de presenti opere tantum et non plus composuerim primum librum.” The epilogue ends: “ ad presentis operis perfectionem effi- caciter laboraui.” f. 126, col. 2. To this is added: “ Factum est autem presens opus . Anno dominice incamationis • 1000 • 200 • 87 • eiusdem prime Indictionis feliciter.” The transcriber of the present copy has appended to it: “ Explicit liber de casu Troie dictus Troianus. Quern scripsit Albertus filius Johannis alberti presbyter de dyst [Diest in Brabant ?]. Orate pro eo.” The text agrees with the printed editions, of which the first dated was published at Cologne in 1477. See Brunet, under “ Columna Messan. (Guido de).”
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