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Title: The centaures disturb the mariage of Pyrithous
Author: Anonymous
Date(s): 16-- ?
Manuscript: Lt 76
Contents: On the battle with and eventual defeat of the centaurs at the marriage between Pirithous and Hippodame; from Ovid's Metamorphoses, XII
Title: Ocyrhoe the centaures daughter turned into a mare
Author: Anonymous
Date(s): 16-- ?
Manuscript: Lt 76
Contents: On Ocyrhoe's transformation into a mare for revealing the secrets of fate; from Ovid's Metamorphoses, II
Denomination: denarius
Date(s): 139 BCE
Issuer/creator: Marcus Aurelius Cotta
Place: Rome
Material: silver
Title: The death of Nessus
Author: Anonymous
Date(s): 16-- ?
Manuscript: Lt 76
Contents: On the death of the centaur Nessus, killed by Hercules for attempting to steal his wife; from Ovid's Metamorphoses, IX
Calendar: November (fol. 12r)
[ca.1480-1500]
The roundel miniature has the zodiacal sign of Sagittarius (the archer), in the form of a centaur. The border is decorated with a robin, strawberries, speedwells, thistles and acanthus leaves.
Calendar: November (fol. 11r)
[ca. 1490]
The main miniature depicts two men with sticks, one of them knocking acorns out of an oak-tree for pigs to feed on. The border miniature has Sagittarius (the archer) in the form of a centaur.
Aurelii Augustini de ciuitate dei primi libri incipiu[n]t rubricae
Augustine Saint, Bishop of Hippo; Johann of Speier (1470); Wendelin of Speier; Brotherton, Edward Allen Brotherton 1st baron (1856-1930)
M.CCCC.LXX. [1470]
Signatures: [a-b⁸ c-z¹⁰ A-C¹⁰ D⁸ E¹⁰]. Place of printing and date from colophon. Colophon in verse following the end of the text on leaf [E9r]: Qui docuit Venetos exscribi posse Ioann...