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MS. Add. A. 168

Summary Catalogue no.: 28748

Contents

Language(s): Latin

1. (fol. 1)
Ovid, Ex Ponto
Rubric: P. Ouidii Nasonis de Ponto liber primus incipit

The four books

2. (fol. 60)
Horace, Ars Poetica
Rubric: Flacci Horatii Ars poetica incipit
Language(s): Latin
3. (fol. 69)
Tibullus, Elegies
Rubric: Albii Tibulli poete illustris liber primus...

The four books, but after II.5.114 the handwriting changes to one less calligraphic

Language(s): Latin
4.
Domitius Marsus, The 4-line epitaph of Tibullus
5.
Ovid, Amores III.9
Rubric: Ouidius de sine titulo
Incipit: Memnona si mater
6.
Paulus Porcius, A poem about the Virgin Mary
Incipit: Hac quocunque uia transis

From a chapel at Terni (Interamna)

7.
An epitaph on Laudacia Philocatta

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment, paper
Extent: i + 113 leaves. Fols 69-98 are parchment; the rest are paper
Dimensions (binding): 9.25 × 6.75 in.

History

Origin: 15th century, second half ; Italy

Provenance and Acquisition

'V. c. 4'

Purchased for £2 8s at Sotheby's on 20-21 June 1860, lot 258, along with eight other manuscripts 'formerly in the archives of two princely Roman families'

Record Sources

Description adapted (June 2025) by Stewart J. Brookes from the Summary Catalogue (1905)
Summary Catalogue, Vol. 5, p. 504

Abbreviations

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Last Substantive Revision

2025-06-20: Description revised to incorporate all the information in the Summary Catalogue (1905) and other printed sources