MS. Holkham misc. 33

Summary Catalogue no.: Not in SC (late accession)

Cicero, Tusculan disputations

The first few words of Books III-V are omitted.

Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Secundo Folio: sedens aut

Form: codex

Support: parchment

Extent: ii (paper) + 49 + ii (paper)

Dimensions (leaf): 260 × 190 mm.

Dimensions (ruled): 180 × 130 mm.

Dimensions (ruled): 200–20 × 145–50 mm.

(from fol. 23-end)

Foliation: Modern pencil, i-iii, 1–51.

Collation

1(8), 2(8), 3(6), 4(8)-6(8), 7(3)

Layout

1 column

35 lines

38–42 lines from fol. 23-end

Hand(s)

Rather angular caroline minuscule.

Decoration

Red initials with silvering now oxidized on fols. 1, 15v, 23v.

Binding

Typical Holkham binding of polished brown leather; the spine lettered from top to bottom 'M. T. CICERONIS TUSCULANAR. – MS. SÆC.XV. [sic]'.

History

Origin: German ; 12th century, first half

Provenance and Acquisition

There are marginal notes in various Italian hands of the 13th-15th centuries.

A note on the philosophical works of Cicero on fol. 1r has been erased and re-written on fol. iii verso in a 15th-century humanist hand, headed by 'ies'.

Giuseppe Valletta (1636–1714), Naples (on whom see Hassall, 1970, 22, 22 n. 9), signed 'I. V.' (fol. iii verso).

Bookplate of 'THOMAS WILLIAM COKE', formerly Norfolk, Holkham Hall, MS. 380.

Record Sources

Draft description by Peter Kidd, late 1990s

Abbreviations

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Last Substantive Revision

2017-07-01: First online publication.

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