Quintus Curtius Rufus, Historiae Alexandri Magni
Books 8-9
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The digitisation and analysis of this fragment was generously supported by the Stavros Niarchos Foundation.
General Information
The main body of the text is written in Caroline minuscule by a single hand. The rubric on 1r is written in Rustic Capitals.
A running title in a 16th-century humanistic hand has been added to 1r.
Original Condition
The leaves once appeared consecutively in their parent manuscript, the fragment refered to here as 1 before 2.
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The original sewing stations are visible.
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A running title, 'liber nonus', was added at the top of 1r by a 16th-century humanistic hand, indicating its continued use in this period.
Current Condition
The two leaves were joined together and used as a cover or wrapper for the host volume, whose title can just be discerned on the section of the leaf covering the spine on 1r and 2v. The two sets of new sewing stations, and the turn-ins once glued to the binding are also visible.
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As indicated by the trace of the host volume's title, and the level of fading of the text, 1r and 2v faced outwards, rubbing against other books in the library. In places the degree of wear renders the text unreadable.
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In constrast, 1v and 2r -- whose text is slightly better preserved -- show an offset from a later printed leaf with a two-column layout which must have faced the leaving, indicating attitional manuscript material was included in the host volume's binding. Although the offset is not clear enought to identify the specific text, the subject appears to be canon law.
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The fragments are now separated from their host volume.
Book Decoration and Musical Notation
A single red penwork initial 'A'(lexander) opening Book 9 on 1r.
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Rubrics in red.
Content
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Content Item
- Persons Quintus Curtius Rufus
- Text Language Latin
- Title Historiae Alexandri Magni
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Content Description
Two leaves from a manuscript of Quintus Curtius Rufus' Historiae Alexandri Magni:
1r: Book 8, Chapter 14:43-46: "[Quod] hic inquit dies tibi suadet...quo mairoes fuissent / quos viciseet"; (rubric) "Quinti C[urti] Rufi liber VIII explicit. Incipit VIIII"; Book 9, Chapter 1:1-3: "Alexander tam memorabili victoria laetus...quia numquam eos adfirmatio eius fefellerat pollicentur...[continues on 1v]".
1v-2v: Book 9, Chapter 1:3-26: "[continues from 1r]...opearam: dimissisque cum bona spe navigia...sed electa corporum specie quia eadem...".
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- Edition Curtius Rufus, Quintus. Historiae Alexandri Magni. Edited by Edmund Hedicke. 1867.
Host Volume
Host volume unknown at the time of writing.