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2661. Harley MS 2657

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2657
Title:
Sallust, Catilina; Jugurtha; Epitome historiarum Trogi Pompeii; Epitoma de Tito Livio
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-16r: Sallust, Catilina. ff. 16r-46r: Jugurtha. ff. 46r-137v: Sallust, Epitome historiarum Trogi Pompeii. ff. 138r-176v: Epitoma de Tito Livio, the explicit followed by 4 verses: 'Roma vetus veteres […] Quorum consilio precipitata ruis' . The text written by Giovanni di Pi...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1442
Extent:
1 volume

2662. Harley MS 2658

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2658
Title:
Historia Augusta
Scope & Content:
Biographies of Roman emperors, their heirs, and usurpers from Hadrian (76-138) to Numerian (d. 284), often spurious, and attributed to six authors also of doubtful authenticity (Aelius Spartianus, Julius Capitolinus, Vulcacius Gallicanus, Aelius Lampridius, Trebellius Pollio, Flavius Vopiscus Sy...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
3rd quarter of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

2663. Harley MS 2659

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2659
Title:
Lucius Annaeus Seneca, Epistolae morales ad Lucilium; Pseudo-Seneca, Proverbia, Epistolae Senecae ad Paulum et Pauli ad Senecam; Epitaphium Senecae
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains the Epistolae Morales ad Lucilium (The Moral Letters to Lucilius) by the Roman Stoic philosopher Lucius Annaeus Seneca (b. 4 BC, d. 65). It also contains several works attributed to Seneca, including the Epistolae Senecae ad Paulum et Pauli ad Senecam (Seneca’s Letters t...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd or 3rd quarter of the 12th century
Extent:
A parchment codex

2664. Harley MS 2660

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2660
Title:
Isidore of Seville, Etymologiae and De natura rerum
Scope & Content:
The volume contains the Etymologiae by Isidore of Seville (599-636), an encyclopedia in twenty books dedicated to Braulio, Bishop of Saragossa (631-651), the editor of the text. Isidore of Seville's De natura rerum (ff. 33r-48v), a short treatise on physics, astronomy and geography, composed aro...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1136
Extent:
175 folios.

2665. Harley MS 2661

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2661
Title:
Valerius Maximus, Factorum ac dictorum memorabilium libri IX
Scope & Content:
Copy of Valerius Maximus’ Factorum ac dictorum memorabilium libri IX (Nine Books of Memorable Deeds and Sayings), with a brief gloss. The leaves have been trimmed, removing some of the gloss (e.g. f. 10v). ff. 1r-94r: Valerius Maximus, Factorum ac dictorum memorabilium libri IX. ff. 31v-32r: a...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 14th century
Extent:
1 volume

2666. Harley MS 2662

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2662
Title:
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus, Institutio Oratorio
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains the Institutio Oratorio (Institutes of Oratory), a twelve-volume textbook on the theory and practice of rhetoric by Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (b. c. 35, d. c. 100), also known as Quintilian. The text features marginal annotations, many written in Greek. Contents: ff...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Modern and Latin
Date Range:
1434
Extent:
1 volume

2667. Harley MS 2663

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2663
Title:
Livy, Ab urbe condita
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-151v: Livy, Ab urbe condita, written by two scribes, possibly Michael de Salvaticis (ff. 1r-103v) and Taddeo Querino of Brescia (ff. 104r-151v), in 1454: colophon, 'die Lune 10 Marcii 1454 incepi presentem scribere' (f. 1r). f. 152: A ruled parchment leaf , inscribed: 'nomem ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1454
Extent:
1 volume

2668. Harley MS 2664

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2664
Title:
Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1v-188r: Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (b. c. 35, d. c. 100), Institutio Oratoria (Institutes of Oratory), with running header on the top right of each verso specifying which book of the Institutio is covered, added in the 15th century. ff. 90r-91v: Replacement text for lost folios,...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek and Latin
Date Range:
11th century
Extent:
1 volume

2669. Harley MS 2665

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2665
Title:
Statius, Thebais
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1-63v: Statius, Thebais, with some interlinear and marginal glosses. f. 64 is a blank parchment leaf with an inscription on the verso: 'In nomine sanctae et individue Trinitatis. Eberhardus'. Decoration: 1 large unfinished initial in black ink over plummet with acanthus motifs a...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd or 3rd quarter of the 12th century
Extent:
1 volume

2670. Harley MS 2666

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 2666
Title:
Sextus Iulius Frontinus, Strategemata
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains the Strategemata (Stratagems) by Sextus Iulius Frontinus (b. c. 30, d. 104), a collection of examples of military stratagems from Greek and Roman history. It represents the oldest extant copy of Frontinus’ work (see Bachrach, ‘A Lying Legacy’ (2007), p. 160). Contents: ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 9th century
Extent:
A parchment codex

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