Lucan, Pharsalia. Manuscript (Ms 33)

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Lucan, Pharsalia. Manuscript (Ms 33)

circa 1430

https://www.lib.uchicago.edu/e/scrc/findingaids/view.php?eadid=ICU.SPCL.MS33

A copy of the complete text of an epic poem by Lucan (Marcus Annaeus Lucanus) (circa 39-65). This epic portrays the war between Julius Caesar (circa 100 BCE- 44 BCE)and Pompey the Great (circa 106 BCE-48 BCE), with scholia (marginal notes) for the first three books. Includes rubrication. 18th century Italian half-calfskin, gold-tooled, and painted. Text in Latin.

1 volume; 30 x 22 cm

lat, Latn

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George Musgrave Giger was classics professor at Princeton University, 1850-65. Francis Turretin (1623-1687) was a theologian. From the guide to the Microfilms of a Translation of Franois Turrettin, Institutio Theologiae Elencticae, 20th century (copies of 19th century originals), (Bodleian Library, University of Oxford) ...

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