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Cicero — last quarter 15th century; Northern France

Brasenose College MS. 7

Brasenose College, University of Oxford

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Title

Cicero — last quarter 15th century; Northern France

Shelfmark

Brasenose College MS. 7

Place of origin

Northern France

Date

last quarter 15th century

Language

Middle English (1100-1500)

Latin

Contents

Cicero
(fol. 1) De officiis
(fol. 88) Liber de Amicitia
(fol. 111) Liber de Senectute
(fol. 134v) Epistola Lentuli
(fol. 135) Fabricii et Aemilii ad Pyrrhum epistola super proditione
Marginal inscriptions decrying the Abbot of Godstow (i.e. Osney) dated 1528 (folio j¹v)

Form

codex

Support

Parchment;

Physical extent

ii + 139 leaves

Hands

Written in dark brown ink in a cursive gothic bookhand.

Decoration

2 very large illuminated initials in gold and colours on e⁷r. and h⁵v

Initials with illuminated bar extensions fitting the writing area with flowery tendrils

calligraphic ink extensions into some borders

Paragraph markers in red and blue, decorative cadels in red and blue

Binding

18th/19th century calf over boards; blind tooled panel design.

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