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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Burney MS Name Grillius, rhetorician and author of commentary on De Inventione, fl 5th century Level [40] File

1. Burney MS 162

Reference (shelfmark):
Burney MS 162
Title:
Cicero, De Inventione; preceded by Grillius, In Ciceronis Libros de Inventione, excerpt; Rhetorica ad Herennium
Scope & Content:
Cicero, De Inventione (ff. 5r-106r); preceded by Grillius, In Ciceronis Libros de Inventione 1.17 (ff. 1r-4r) (see Olsen 1982, p. 132 no 489; cf. Burney MS 164); Rhetorica ad Herennium (ff. 107r-187v). Decoration: Decorated with five- to nine-line rudimentary vine-stem/interlace initials on pa...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 15th century
Extent:
Parchment codex

2. Burney MS 164

Reference (shelfmark):
Burney MS 164
Title:
Rhetorica ad Herennium; Grillius, In Ciceronis Libros de Inventione, excerpt
Scope & Content:
Rhetorica ad Herennium (ff. 1r-65r); Grillius, In Ciceronis Libros de Inventione 1.17 (ff. 65r-67r) (cf. Olsen 1982, p. 132 no. 489). Sporadic marginal and interlinear glosses in humanistic hands. Decoration: Decorated with five- to seven-line initials in blue with red penwork ornament, or vi...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
3rd quarter of the 15th century
Extent:
Parchment codex