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

MS. Montagu e. 8

Summary Catalogue no.: 25399

Contents

1.
Horace, works
Language(s): Latin
2.
Persius, fragment
Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: 156 fols.
Dimensions (leaf): 218 × 150 mm.

Layout

1 col., 28 lines, 140 × c. 80 mm.

Decoration

Good initials. Written in humanistic script by Jo. Albertaccio di Daniello degli Alberti. (Pächt and Alexander ii. 276)

History

Origin: 1460 ; Italian, Central, Florence (?)

Record Sources

Summary description by Elizabeth Solopova and Matthew Holford, based on the Summary Catalogue and supplementary sources.

Last Substantive Revision

2024-09: Add extent, leaf dimensions and layout from Watson, Dated and Datable.