MS. Add. A. 208
Summary Catalogue no.: 29224
Contents
Florilegium from classical Latin poets
A set of short extracts (usually one to ten lines) from the following Latin poets:
(fols 1r-2r)
Rubric: Ouid(is). de arte Amandi.
(fol. 2r)
Rubric: Boiciu(s)
(fol. 2v)
Rubric: Ouid(is). de remed(ia) amoris.
(fol. 4r)
Rubric: Ouid(is). herodium
(fol. 8r)
Rubric: Ouid(is). de tristib(us).
(fol. 9r)
Rubric: Ouid(is). de ponto.
(fol. 12r)
Rubric: De prudentio.
(fol. 13r)
Rubric: Claudianus
(fol. 29r)
Rubric: Lucanus
(fol. 33r)
Rubric: Bucol(ica)
(fol. 37r)
Rubric: Argon(autica)
(fol. 37r)
Rubric: Tibullius
(fol. 38r)
Rubric: De Alexandro
(fol. 38v)
Rubric: Stacius thebaidos
(fol. 40r)
Rubric: Persius
(fol. 41r)
Rubric: horati(us) in Poet(ic)a
(fol. 47r)
Rubric: hiuenalis.
(fol. 53v)
Rubric: Marcial(is) coc(us)
(fol. 68v)
Grammatical notes (late 13th century)
Language(s): Latin
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: ii + 70 leaves
Dimensions (binding): 9.625 × 6.875 in.
Dimensions (leaf): 244 × 170 mm.
Dimensions (written): 163 × 80 mm.
History
Origin: 13th century, second half
Provenance and Acquisition
'Cardigan' (Thomas Brudenell, 1st Earl of Cardigan) is at fol. 1, and 'No. 3. Cl: 2. Sh: 4' on the cover. Cf. MS. Lat. class. e. 48
Purchased at a sale at Sotheby's on 1 August 1882 for £5 5s
Record Sources
Description adapted (July 2025) by Stewart J. Brookes from the Summary Catalogue (1905)
Abbreviations
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Last Substantive Revision
2025-07-25: Description revised to incorporate all the information in the Summary Catalogue (1905) and other printed sources