A catalogue of Western manuscripts at the Bodleian Libraries and selected Oxford colleges

MS. Add. C. 150

Summary Catalogue no.: 24767

Contents

Language(s): Latin

1. (fol. 1)
Donatus, Vita Vergili
Incipit: Publius Virgilius Mara parentibus modicis fuit
2. (fol. 5)
Servius, Commentary on Virgil

Commentary on the Eclogues begins on fol. 5

Commentary on the Georgics begins on fol. 30

Commentary on the Aeneid begins on fol. 98

With colophons, prologues and some notes and corrections in the margins

Language(s): Latin
3. (fol. 335)
Epitaph on Pallas
Rubric: Pallas filius Evandri
Language(s): Latin

The Letters of Lentulus to Augustus and of Pilatus to Tiberius mentioned in the Libri catalogue as on the last leaf are no longer there

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: paper
Extent: ii + 339 leaves
Dimensions (binding): 13.875 × 10 in.

Decoration

Pächt and Alexander ii. 404

Fine borders

Fine initials

History

Origin: 15th century, third quarter ; Italy, Ferrara (?)

Provenance and Acquisition

Erased arms, fol. 1, perhaps a lion rampant

'Codice Nº lxxvii' (18th century)

A note of 1843 by E. Nupini (?), who presumably owned the volume, is on fol. ii. Said by Nupini to have been used for a printed edition

Purchased by the Bodleian at Sotheby's on 4 April 1859 from the collection of Guillaume Libri. No. 937 in the sale catalogue

Record Sources

Description adapted (May 2025) by Stewart J. Brookes from the Summary Catalogue (1905)

Bibliography

    MSS. Add., handwritten catalogue by F. Madan [Weston Library, shelved at R. 6. 58]

Last Substantive Revision

2025-05-29: Description revised to incorporate all the information in the Summary Catalogue (1905) and other printed sources