[Literary miscellany]

Name:

Virgil; Claudianus, Claudius; Secundus, of Athens, active 2nd century

Timespan:

Early works to 1800; Conspiracy of Catiline, 65-62 B.C.

Date:

1471

Description:

A collection of Latin poetry and prose, consisting of mostly classical sources, but also containing some medieval works. Contains some marginal and interlinear notes and corrections in various near-contemporary hands. Many smaller initials are slashed with red. Many of the sections end with the Greek word telos. Contains some short marginal poems in red in a different hand, along with some commentary arranged in geometric patterns in the margins.

Language:

Latin

Provenance:

Sold by Bernard M. Rosenthal, cat. 22 (1971), no. 56.

Subject:

Catiline, approximately 108 B.C.-62 B.C.; Epigrams, Latin; Pastoral poetry, Latin; Didactic poetry, Latin; Cardinal virtues; Proserpina (Roman deity); Old age -- Early works to 1800; Old age; Cardinal virtues -- Early works to 1800; Cynics (Greek philosophy)

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

codices (bound manuscripts); anthologies; commentaries; annotations; Manuscripts, Latin; Manuscripts, Renaissance; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

172 leaves : paper; 185 x 150 (130-145 x 100) mm bound to 195 x 150 mm

Geographic Subject:

Rome -- History -- Conspiracy of Catiline, 65-62 B.C.

Rights:

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

Ms. codex.; Title supplied by cataloger.; Table of contents: 1. f.1r-21v: Bucolica / Virgil.; Table of contents: 2. f.22r-25r: Moreti / Virgil.; Table of contents: 3. f.26r-81r: Georgica / Virgil.; Table of contents: 4. f.82r-110v: De coniuratione Catilinae / Caius Crispus Sallustius.; Table of contents: 5. f.111r-120r: [Epigrammata, books 1-14, and Liber Speculatorum, 2-28] / Marcus Valerius Martialis.; Table of contents: 6. f.121r-124v: [Commentary on Martial].; Table of contents: 7. f.127r-150v: Raptus Proserpinae / Claudius Claudianus.; Table of contents: 8. f.151r-159v: [Cato maior de senectute, XIV.50 - XXII.85] / Marcus Tullius Cicero.; Table of contents: 9. f.160r-163v, 170r-v: [Somnium Scipionis, books 2-21] / Marcus Tullius Cicero.; Table of contents: 10. f.164r-165v, 169v: [Formula vita honestae] / Martin of Braga.; Table of contents: 11. f.166r-169r: [Fragmentary text] / Secundus.; Table of contents: 12. f.171r-172v: [Fragmentary commentary on Secundus].; Foliation: Paper, 172 leaves; [1-172]: modern foliation in pencil, lower right recto.; Layout: Written in about 20-25 long lines.; Script: Written in a variety of humanistic cursive hands, in part by Gibertus (f. 25r).; Decoration: Red initials, some decorated with faces, capitals stroked in red.; Binding: Leather, possibly 17th century (Zacour-Hirsch).; Origin: Written in Italy (Zacour-Hirsch), ca. 1471 (f. 150v). A later hand added the date 1483 (f. 120r).; Latin, with some Greek.; Related Work: Sallust, 86 B.C.-34 B.C. Bellum Catilinae. Selections; Related Work: Martial. Epigrammata. Selections; Related Work: Cicero, Marcus Tullius. Cato maior de senectute.; Related Work: Martin, of Braga, Saint, approximately 515-579 or 580. Formula vitae honestae.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Codex 1262