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MS. Auct. F. 2. 26

Summary Catalogue no.: 2509

Contents

1.
Lactantius, Institutiones Divinae
Language(s): Latin
2.
Lactantius, De ira Dei
Language(s): Latin
3.
Lactantius, De opificio Dei
Language(s): Latin
4.
Lactantius, Epitome divinarum institutionum (part)
Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: paper

Decoration

in two styles, fol. 1 northern (?), the others related to Florentine MSS. of the Zanobi Strozzi group. Script of French style. Pächt and Alexander ii. 938:

Fine initials.

History

Origin: 15th century, first half ; Italian

Provenance and Acquisition

The MS. was in England by the middle of the 16th cent. (fol. iiv).

Given by sir Henry Savile in 1620.

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the Summary Catalogue (1922). Decoration, localization and date follow Pächt and Alexander (1970).
Summary Catalogue, Vol. 2, part 1, p. 403

Abbreviations

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Last Substantive Revision

2017-07-01: First online publication.