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MS. Auct. F. 3. 26

Summary Catalogue no.: 28098

Contents

Quintilian, De Institutione Oratoria
Rubric: M. F. Quintiliani de Institutione Oratoria...

12 books, followed by a 'Tabula' of paragraphs

Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: ii + 329 leaves
Dimensions (binding): 12.625 × 9.5 in.

Condition

The first leaf is a later replacement

Hand(s)

Humanistic script

Decoration

Close to Vienna, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Cod. 73 both in script and illumination (see Provenance, below). Pächt and Alexander ii. 709, Pl. LXIX (Fol. 299, initial 'V')

Fine initials. Cf. MS. D'Orville 536

Fine penwork initials

Binding

Dark purple morocco, with gold ornament (English, c. 1800)

History

Origin: 15th century, middle ; Italy , Lombardy

Provenance and Acquisition

Arms azure an arch or with in the centre a column (?) or with an object on it argent, fol. 299, with initials 'JO. BE' and the motto 'super omnia vincit veritas'. This same motto is found in Vienna, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Cod. 73

Old library or catalogue numbers '1459' and '2262'.

Purchased for £5 in 1817

Record Sources

Description adapted (January 2025) by Stewart J. Brookes from the Summary Catalogue (1905). Decoration, localization and date follow Pächt and Alexander (1970)
Summary Catalogue, Vol. 5, p. 409

Digital Images

Digital Bodleian (2 images from 35mm slides)

Abbreviations

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Last Substantive Revision

2025-01-28: Description revised to incorporate all the information in the Summary Catalogue (1905)