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

MS. Add. A. 371

Summary Catalogue no.: 29622

Contents

1. (fol. 3)
Sallust, Jugurtha
Rubric: ... Prologus Salustij de Iugurtino Bello

Followed by the 'Ystoria Iugurtini Belli'

Language(s): Latin
2. (fol. 49)
Sallust, Catilina
Rubric: Prologus Salustij de Coniuratione Katilinaria

Followed by 'Incipit a natura & moribus Katiline tractare' and the rest of the book

Language(s): Latin
3. (fol. 77)
Sallust; Ps. -Sallust; Ps.- Cicero, Inuectiuae

The four Invectives of Cicero against Catiline

Incipit: Grauiter et iniquo animo

Followed (fol. 106) by Sallust's Invective against Cicero and Cicero's Answer

Incipit: Id demull1 magna
Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: 113 leaves
Dimensions (binding): 8.5 × 6.125 in.

Hand(s)

Humanistic script (Pächt and Alexander ii. 699)

Decoration

Pächt and Alexander ii. 699

Good penwork initials

Binding

Mottled calf with gold ornament, late 18th century, not English

History

Origin: 15th century, second quarter ; Italy Milan (?)

Provenance and Acquisition

With the signature and bookplate of the rev. William Maskell, ahout 1840'

Owned by Thomas Kerslake, who sold it to his nephew, J. E. Cornish (see MS. Add. A. 370, fol. 227)

'Bought by the Bodleian for £5 5s. from Cornish's advert. in Notes and Queries for Oct. 9, 1856.'

Record Sources

Description adapted (July 2025) by Stewart J. Brookes from the Summary Catalogue (1905). Decoration, localization and date follow Pächt and Alexander (1970)

Last Substantive Revision

2025-07-21: Description revised to incorporate all the information in the Summary Catalogue (1905)