Pomponius Mela / en Curious Insights into New College Library’s MS 280 /curious-insights-new-college-librarys-ms-280 <div class="top-wrapper"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-12"> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/large_navigation/public/2025-07/New%20College%20Library%2C%20Oxford%2C%20MS%20280%2C%20f.%202v%20%5Bdetail%5D.jpeg.webp?itok=aMM-YuEp" width="655" height="435" alt="New College Library, Oxford, MS 280, f. 2v [detail]" class="img-responsive"> </div> <div class="field field--name-node-title field--type-ds field--label-hidden field--item"><h2> Curious Insights into New College Library’s MS 280 </h2> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-author field--type-string field--label-hidden field--item">Agnese Bargagna</div> <div class="field field--name-field-issue field--type-string field--label-above"> <div class="field--label">Issue number</div> <div class="field--item">(2025): 23</div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-notes-category field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field--label">Notes category</div> <div class="field--items"> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/52" hreflang="en">Library Manuscripts</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/642" hreflang="en">MS 280</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/643" hreflang="en">Paulus Diaconus</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/644" hreflang="en">Paul the Deacon</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/645" hreflang="en">Pomponius Mela</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/662" hreflang="en">Victor Vitensis</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/646" hreflang="en">Thomas Candour</a></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="middle-wrapper"> <div class="inner-middle-wrapper"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-8"> <div class="field field--name-field-summary field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><h3>New College Library’s MS 280 is an example of excellent quality. The text of this codex, copied in a very elegant, 15th-century hand, consists of Paulus Diaconus, <em>Historia Romana</em>; an anonymous <em>List of Emperors</em>, from Augustus to Justinus in the sixth century; Victor Vitensis, <em>Historia persecutionis Africanae provinciae</em>; and Pomponius Mela, <em>De chorographia</em>.</h3> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>New College Library, Oxford, MS 280, f. 2v [detail]</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h5><strong>New College Library and Archives, Oxford</strong></h5> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-2 col-md-offset-2 col-sm-3 col-sm-offset-1"> <div class="field field--name-field-attachment field--type-file field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"><span class="file file--mime-application-pdf file--application-pdf icon-before"><span class="file-icon"><span class="icon glyphicon glyphicon-file text-primary" aria-hidden="true"></span></span><span class="file-link"><a href="/sites/default/files/2025-07/23NCN5%20%282025%29%20Bargagna%20on%20MS%20280.pdf" type="application/pdf; length=533480" title="Open file in new window" target="_blank" data-toggle="tooltip" data-placement="bottom">23NCN5 (2025) Bargagna on MS 280.pdf</a></span><span class="file-size">520.98 KB</span></span></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-12"> </div> </div> </div> </div> Mon, 28 Jul 2025 13:53:24 +0000 Christopher 3386 at