Horace — 1463; Italian, Lombardy (?)
MS. Auct. F. 4. 20
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Horace — 1463; Italian, Lombardy (?)
Shelfmark
MS. Auct. F. 4. 20
Place of origin
Italian, Lombardy (?)
Date
1463
Language
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Support
paper
Physical extent
i + 90 + i fols.
Hands
Written in humanistic script by Johannes de Munti (fol. 88v). For another MS. written by this scribe see Colophons de mss., iii., no. 10713.
Decoration
Initial (unfinished). (Pächt and Alexander ii. 955)
Penwork initial.
Spaces left for other initials.
Rubrics.
Acquisition
Purchased from Bernard's widow for the Bodleian in 1698.
Provenance
Fol. 88v: Horatij de arte poetica explicit feliciter. τὲλωσ αγατου. Finitum per me Johannem de Munti die 18 Aprilis 1463.
Nicolas Heinsius, 1620–81: his sale, March 1683, catalogue, II, p. 89, no. 361.
Purchased by Edward Bernard (1638–97).
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Title
The Odes and others
Shelfmark
MS. Auct. F. 4. 20
Summary
The Odes (fol. 1), Epodes (fol. 64), Carmen Seculare (fol. 77), and De Arte Poetica (fol. 79) of Horace, with a few notes. At end, 'Horatij de Arte poetica explicit feliciter. Τέλως αγατον. Finitum per me Johannem de Munti die 18 Aprilis 1463.'.
Date
Written in A.D. 1463 in Italy, by Johannes de Munti
Language
Latin
Physical facet
On paper
Physical extent
91 Leaves
Custodial history
the Heinsius sale catalogue, tom. ii. p. 89, this MS. is no. 361.
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Collection contents
Bernard Latin
The Odes and others
