ThebaisStatius, P. Papinius (Publius Papinius)1406.latManuscript on paper of Statius, ThebaisIn Latin.Watermarks, obscured by text: similar in type to Piccard Horn VI.110-29.Script: Written by several scribes in scripts ranging from calligraphic mercantesca to a more formal gothic bookhand.One garishly painted initial, 16-line, red and blue divided with penwork designs in both colors. Spaces left for decorative initials at beginning of remaining books are unfilled. For ff. 1r-13r only: headings, paragraph marks, underlining of passages glossed in marginalia and running headlines, all in red; for ff. 1r-16v: first letter of each verse touched with yellow.Binding: Twentieth century, England. Quarter bound in alum tawed pigskin, blind-tooled, over oak boards. Title, in ink, on head edge: "Statij. thebaidos". Title on spine: "Statii Thebais/ MS. 1406".