MS. Auct. F. 5. 8
Summary Catalogue no.: 2193
Contents
2. (fol. 35v)
, 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
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)
Abbreviations
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Last Substantive Revision
2021-01-13: Description revised to incorporate all information in SC and Pächt and Alexander.