A catalogue of Western manuscripts at the Bodleian Libraries and selected Oxford colleges

MS. Auct. F. 4. 28

Summary Catalogue no.: 8863

Contents

1. (fol. 1)
Ovid, Fasti

With glosses

From i.74 (Iurgia) to the end

The Calendar follows

Language(s): Latin
2. (fol. 121v)
Ps.-Virgil, Elegia in Maecenatem
Rubric: Mecenas Maronis
Language(s): Latin

Followed by some Latin epigrams

Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: paper
Extent: 131 leaves
Dimensions (binding): 8.875 × 6.625 in.

Condition

Some leaves are torn in the first item

History

Origin: 15th century ; Italy

Provenance and Acquisition

'Petri Seruij Medici' (c. 1600)

Nicolaas Heinsius: this volume is no. 327 in the Heinsius sale catalogue (March 1682-1683), tom. ii. p. 87

Bought at the Heinsius sale by Edward Bernard (1638–1697).

Bequeathed by Bernard to his widow.

Purchased from her by the Bodleian in 1698.

Record Sources

Description adapted (June 2023) by Stewart J. Brookes from the Summary Catalogue (1895)

Last Substantive Revision

2023-06-09: Description revised to incorporate all the information in the Summary Catalogue (1895)