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

MS. Auct. F. 5. 8

Summary Catalogue no.: 2193

Contents

1. (fol. 1)
Sallust, Catilina
Rubric: Salustius in Catilinam
Language(s): Latin
2. (fol. 35v)
Sallust, Jugurtha
Rubric: Salustius in Jugurtham

The last leaf is lost, and the MS. ends, on a worn page, 'animo uarius que sci' in the penultimate chapter.

Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: iii + 104 leaves
Dimensions (binding): 8.875 × 6.375 in.

Decoration

Marginal drawings by an amateur, fols. 24v, 32v, 33r, 41v, 42v, chiefly of soldiers, to illustrate the text, made with a lead stilus.

Initial. (Pächt and Alexander ii. 179, pl. XVII)

Illuminated capitals.

History

Origin: 14th century, second half ; Italian

Provenance and Acquisition

In England, 15th century; initials 'T.H.', fol. 1, very probably Thomas Hill, fellow of New College 1449–1469.

Presented by sir Henry Savile in 1620.

Record Sources

Description adapted (Jan. 2021) from the following sources:
Otto Pächt and J. J. G. Alexander, Illuminated Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, Oxford, II (1970), no. 625 [decoration, origin, date, provenance]
Summary Catalogue (1922)

Last Substantive Revision

2021-01-13: Description revised to incorporate all information in SC and Pächt and Alexander.