MS. Auct. F. 2. 18
Summary Catalogue no.: 2173
Contents
, De Oratore
Rubric: Marci Tulii Ciceronis de institutione oratoria ad Q. fratrem ...
Language(s): Latin
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: parchment
Hand(s)
Humanistic script.
Decoration
Fine border
Fine historiated initials (including Cicero).
Fine initials. (Pächt and Alexander ii. 794, pl. LXXIV)
Binding
Light-brown calf with gold ornament and arms on sides, 17th cent. French work, worm-eaten and repaired.
History
Provenance and Acquisition
The arms on the 17th cent. binding (a chevron between three Moors' heads) may belong to the family of Moreau.
Apparently acquired between 1613 and 1620.
Record Sources
Description adapted (Jan. 2021) from the following sources, with additional reference to published literature as cited:
Otto Pächt and J. J. G. Alexander, Illuminated Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, Oxford, II (1970), no. 794 [script, decoration, origin, date]
Summary Catalogue (1922) [contents, physical description, provenance and acquisition]
Digital Images
Digital Bodleian (2 images from 35mm slides)
Abbreviations
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Last Substantive Revision
2021-01-05: Description revised to incorporate all information in SC.