Add MS 49370

HOLKHAM HALL MSS. Vol. XX (formerly Holkham MS. 416). ONE HUNDRED AND NINETY INSCRIPTIONS collected by Thaddaeus Solatius of Brescia, with related material; early 16th cent., and a later addition, 16th-17th cent. Latin. Mostly copies and extracts. Seen in Venice by Apostolo Zeno, (see Giornale de' letterati d'Italia, Venice, xvi, 1713, p. 496) and by Bernard de Montfaucon, who had an imperfect copy made, now Bibliothèque Nationale Résidu S Germain cod. 1293, MS. lat. 1191, ff. 54-63. See CIL 5, p. 431, col. 1, p. 1074 (Vicetia) and

p. 1079 (ad p. 431 n. XVI). Note on f. ii by Charles Warburton James, Holkham librarian, 20th cent. Signatures as owners, of Paolo Gualdo on f. 2b, 16-17th cent., and Thomas William Coke, 1st Earl of Leicester of Holkham, on f. 3, 19th cent. Bookplate of Coke on f. i.

Paper; ff. iii+83. Small quarto. Early XVI cent. Watermark of two varieties (e.g. ff. 32, 43) of lily with crown at its waist and flower on extension. Ruled dry-point for one column of 29 lines, type P6-20D1 in J. Leroy, Les Types de Réglure des Manuscrits Grecs, Paris, 1976. Gatherings i2, ii-iv12, v-vi10, vii-viii12, ix(last)2. Blue morocco binding, gilt-stamped and -tooled with the Coke crest of an ostrich with a horseshoe in its month, 19th cent.

1. ff. 3, 4. Title-pages, in the form of two monuments bearing 'inscriptions'. See Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum 5, p. 431, col. 1.

2. ff. 5-49. Inscriptions from Brescia and its vicinity, some on drawings of monuments. Includes (CIL 4, 4342) one duplicate. Published in CIL 5, 1872, 1877.

3. ff. 50-62b. Valerius Probus, 'De interpretandis Romanorum litteris'. Migne, Patr. Lat., 130, 1179-96.

4. ff. 63-70, 72b-74, 82b-83. Inscriptions from elsewhere in Italy, some of which are written in minuscule and evidently derive from literary sources, and some others are on drawings of monuments. Published in various volumes of CIL.

5. f. 70b. Pliny, Natural History, VII, 26, 97f. Extracts.

6. ff. 71-72. Macrobius, Saturnalia, III, 9, 7-16. Extracts.

7. ff. 75-81. 'Philiscus', Consolatoria to Cicero. Latin translation, here attributed to Giovanni Aurispa, but usually to Carlo Sigonio. Printed with works of Valerius Probus, Venice, 1499 (IA.24095; Hain 13378).

8. ff. 81b-82. Isidore, Etymologiae, I. xix. Extract.

9. ff. 83-85b. Ten inscriptions, of which six are from Vicenza, added by Paolo Gualdo (b. Vicenza 1548, d. 1621). Published in CIL.

Thaddaeus Solatius, of Brescia: Roman inscriptions collected by: 16th cent: Lat.

Brescia, Italy: Roman inscriptions from: 16th cent: Lat.

Antiquities: Roman inscriptions from Brescia, etc.,: 16th cent: Lat.

includes:

• f. i Bookplates and Book-stamps: Thomas William Coke, 1st Earl of Leicester of Holkham: Bookplate of Lord Leicester of Holkham: 19th cent.
• f. ii Charles Warburton James, Librarian at Holkham Hall: Note by: 19th cent.
• f. 2b Paolo Gualdo, of Vicenza: Signature, as owner: bef. 1622.
• f. 3 Thomas William Coke, 1st Earl of Leicester of Holkham: Signature, as owner: 19th cent.
• ff. 83-85b Paolo Gualdo, of Vicenza: Inscriptions in his hand: bef. 1622.