Città del Vaticano, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Barb.68 Additional shelfmarks Pieralisi I, 103 Old shelfmarks Barb.VIII. 68; 2690 Century 15 Language Latin Material Membr. No. of leaves 57 No. of columns 1 col. Width of columns 145 x 085 Lineation 26 lines Initials etc. Illuminated initials Decorations (1) elaborate ornamented border,(57) drawing of a galley by a later hand Printed catalogs T. Silverstein, Medieval Latin Scientific Writings in the Barberini Collection (1957) 26 Source Silverstein (1957) Type of source cat. Source’s source insp. Work 1Author standard Pomponius Mela Title (standard) De cosmographia, liber I Incipit Orbis situm dicere aggredior impeditum Printed copies Ed. Frick (Leipzig,1880) and Schanz-Hosius, VIII. 2 (4th ed., 1935),656. Folio no. 1r-34v Explicit promontorium operis huius.atque athlantici littoris terminus. Additional copies Barb. 81, Barb. 139 Work 2Author standard Claudianus Title (standard) De raptu Proserpinae Folio no. 35r-37r
