Apollonius Pictus

Cod. Lat. 4 Országos Széchényi Könyvtár (Budapest, Hungary)

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Apollonius Pictus

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Codicology

Alternative Titles: Apollonius Pictus. An Illustrated Late Antique Romance Around 1000. Facsimile Edition of the Historia Apollonii Regis Tyri
Apollonius pictus. Egy illusztrált, késő antik regény 1000 körül
Roman d'Apollonius de Tyr
Cronique et histoire des mervilleuses aventures de Appolin roy de Thir
Geschichte des Königs Apollonius von Tyros
History of Apollonius, King of Tyre
Historia Apollonii Regis Tyri
Apollonius tyrosi király története
Apollonius Manuscript
Apollonius-Handschrift
Type: Manuscript on parchment
Origin: Germany
Date: Ca. 1000
Epochs: Early Middle Ages
Style: Ottonian
Genre: Literature / Poetry
Language: Latin
Illustrations: 38 pen drawings
Content: Budapest fragment of the oldest known illuminated copy of the late-antique novel Historia Apollonii regis Tyri

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#1 Apollonius Pictus. An Illustrated Late Antique Romance Around 1000. Facsimile Edition of the Historia Apollonii Regis Tyri

Commentary: 1 volume (184 pp.) by Ernő Marosi, Anna Boreczky, Beatrice Radden Keefe, Herbert L. Kessler, András Németh, Andreas Nievergelt, and Xavier Barral i Altet
Languages: English, Hungarian, Abstracts in German and French

This commentary traces the history of the manuscript—of which only four fragments survive today—and examines the visual language of the miniatures, the collaboration between the scribe and the illuminator, and the glosses. It also includes a critical edition of the Latin text.

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