MS. Auct. F. 5. 15
Summary Catalogue no.: 2169
Contents
1. (fol. 1)
, De inventione Incipit: Sepe autem multum
Here without title or author's name.
Language(s): Latin
2. (fol. 43)
, De arte rhetorica ad Herennium Incipit: Etsi in negociis
Here without title or author's name, and wanting all after 'breuitatis causa sic Recens' in bk. iv, cap. 34 de Translatione.
Language(s): Latin
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: vi + 76 leaves
Dimensions (leaf): 9.25 × 5.875 in.
Decoration
Good miniature (coloured drawing).
Good initials. (P&A ii. 40, pl. V)
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Presented by William Harwood, prebendary of Winchester, in 1611. 'Codicem hunc contuli cum Edit. Gronov. Maij 18°. 1709 Tho. Hearne'.
Record Sources
Description adapted (June 2020) from the following sources:
Otto Pächt and J. J. G. Alexander, Illuminated Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library Oxford, II (1970), no. 40 [decoration, origin, date]
Summary Catalogue (1922) [contents, physical description, provenance and acquisition]
Digital Images
Digital Bodleian (1 image from 35mm slides)
Abbreviations
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Last Substantive Revision
2020-07-23: Description revised to incorporate all information in SC.