MS. Lat. class. e. 31
Summary Catalogue no.: Not in SC (late accession)
Contents
, Odes (imperfect at the beginning, lacking I.1 – 18.1.11, and also I.37.1.20 – II 1.1.23)
Language(s): Latin
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: xiii (modern parchment) + 149 + i (modern parchment)
Dimensions (leaf): 195 × 115 mm.
Dimensions (written): 130 × 80 mm.
Foliation: modern pencil i-xiii, 1–120a, 120b-149; a previous pencil foliation in the bottom gutter margin does not repeat fol. 120.
Collation
1(10) (wants 1 and 10) 2(10) – 8(10), 9(10) (wants 1), 10(10) – 14(10), 15(12), catchwords
Layout
24 long lines, above top line
Hand(s)
Humanistic script
Decoration
Fine initials.(Pächt and Alexander ii. 248)
Illuminated initials at the beginning of books in Florentine white vine - scroll pattern.
The remainder plain blue
Binding
Binding by Douglas Cockerell, 1903. Sewn on five bands and quarter-bound in red leather and oak baords, with two plaited leather clasps; the spine lettered in gil 'HORATIVS' and 'MS. XVS'; signed and dated on on the lower turn-in.
History
Provenance and Acquisition
'M. Giovanni Guadagni', 16th century
'Al Magco m. Lorenzo Diozmiò', 16th century
Bequeathed by him, 1931
Record Sources
Typescript description by Bodleian Library staff, revised by Peter Kidd, late 1990s
Abbreviations
View list of abbreviations and editorial conventions.
Last Substantive Revision
2017-07-01: First online publication.