MS. Bywater 17
Collection of Moral Sayings; France or Italy, 15th - 16th century
Contents
(fol. 1r)
Altercatio Adriani et Epicteti, beginning imperfect due to the loss of the first leaf (in the first version of those pr. by L. W. Daly and W. Suchier, Illinois Studies in language and Literature, 24 (1939).
Language(s): Latin
(fol. 6r)
Florilegium, arranged by subject Rubric: Sequntur quam plurimi flores multorum auctorum
Incipit: Cicero libro de amicitia. Iustitia est fundamentum
Explicit: Horatius libro primo sermonum. Mors ultima lignea rerum est.
Among other authors quoted are Cassiodorus, Catullus, Euripides, Hesiod, John Chrysostom, Pallades, Propertius, Sophocles (Ajax), and Tibullus.
Language(s): Latin
(fol. 67r)
Florilegium Rubric: Sententie secundum elementa a variis poetis excerpte
Similar to the preceding section, but without giving sources
Incipit: Vir probus non odit unquam virum probum
Explicit: Animum assuefac bonis
Language(s): Latin
Physical Description
Secundo Folio: Adria. Qua
Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: 87 leaves
Dimensions (leaf): 110 × 80 mm.
Dimensions (ruled): 80 × 60 mm.
Collation
1(8)(wants 1), 2(8)-6(8), 7(6), 8(6), 9(8)-11(8), 12(4)
Layout
17 long lines
Hand(s)
Humanistic script
Decoration
Small initials in blue, red and gold
Binding
modern binding
History
Record Sources
Typescript description by Bodleian Library staff, revised by Peter Kidd, late 1990s.
Digital Images
Digital Bodleian (1 image from 35mm slides)
Abbreviations
View list of abbreviations and editorial conventions.
Last Substantive Revision
2017-07-01: First online publication.