MS. Auct. F. 2. 7
Summary Catalogue no.: 4030
Contents
(fols 1, 7-8, 14-15, 20-21)
, Aeneid Fragment, comprising Book V.83-VII.195, with glosses and the ten-line metrical summary of Book VI
Language(s): Latin
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: parchment, paper
Extent: i + 22 leaves
Dimensions (binding): 12 × 8.625 in.
Condition
Imperfect at both ends
Layout
40-50 lines per page. Written space: 208 × 85 mm.
Additions: Frequent interlinear and marginal glosses, mostly one-word lexical information
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Christopher Hatton, 1st Baron Hatton (d. 1670).
Bought, along with most of Hatton’s collection, in 1671 by the Bodleian Library from London bookseller Robert Scot (who had purchased it from the Hatton family itself).
Record Sources
Description adapted (January 2025) by Stewart J. Brookes from the Summary Catalogue (1937) and Christopher Baswell, Virgil in Medieval England: Figuring the Aeneid from the Twelfth Century to Chaucer (Cambridge University Press, 1995), p. 306
Abbreviations
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Last Substantive Revision
2025-01-28: Description revised to incorporate all the information in the Summary Catalogue (1937)