Royal MS 15 A VIII

CICERO, several works, and Terence &c. It does not appear at what time the different sections (artt.

1-3, artt. 4, 5, art. 6, art. 7) were bound together. Contents: 1. 'M. T[ulli] C[iceronis] de uera amicitia': Cicero's Laelius, a text which seems to agree with Halm's DE rather than with BSV. A few notes in a small late 14th cent. hand. A 17th cent. note on f. 1 refers to two other copies of the Somnium Scipionis. f. 1.

2. 'Liber de senectute' : Cicero's Cato Maior. The text seems somewhat akin to V (the Leiden MS. of Mommsen), but has also readings characteristic of P (Halm's Paris MS.). f. 20.

3. 'Paradoxe Tullii' (so late title): Cicero's Paradoxa Stoicorum, a text with the usual corruptions and lacuna. Some various readings in a 14th cent. hand, and notes in a smaller hand. Colophon, 'Explicit quod erat multum graue populo'. f. 36.

Artt. 1-3 are five gatherings of eight leaves (sig. i-v) and one of four. The lower margins have a few grotesques and ornaments in red and black. On f. 44 b is a charm in a 15th cent. hand, beg. 'Accipe ouum cuiusdam galline nigre factum die Iouis', and on f. 4.4 the ownership note (15th cent.) 'Iste liber est fratris Petrini de Ianua ord. sancti Augustini'.

4. Cicero, De officiis (the title is cut ofi): a text akin to 15 A. VI, and more nearly to 15 A. XX, art. 1. Colophon, 'M. T. C. ad M. filium liber iii. de officiis explicit'. f. 45.

5. Boethius, lib. iv of the work De differentiis to (Migne, Patr. Lat. lxiv. 1205). Without title, but a note prefixed in the hand of Peter Young (see below) correctly conjectures the authorship. Beg. 'Si quis operis titulum'. f. 87 b.

An owner of artt. 4, 5 is noted on f. 91 b, 'Liber iste constat Willelmo delystug. (?) anno domini mccc.tercio'. The same name perhaps also occurs on f. 65 b with that of Henr. Walderner (?). Gatherings of 8, 6, 8, 8, 10.

6. 'Philippicarum libri 14' (so late title): Ciecro's Philippic orations, with the lacunae characteristic of Halm's D class of MSS. Colophon, 'Philippicarum liber xiiii explicit feliciter'. f. 93.

At the end of art. 6 is the note 'Pe. Yowng 1569 emit Eboraci in Anglia mense Augusti'. Peter Young was tutor to James VI and father of Patrick Young, afterwards Royal librarian (see Add. MS. 34275).

7. Terence, the comedies in the following order:-(a) Andria. f. 144;-(b) Eunuchus. f. 163 (c) Heautontiniorumenos. f. 182;-(d) Adelphoe. f. 199 b;-(e) Hecyra. f. 205.-(f) Phormio, imperfect, breaking off, iii. 1. 19, 'ut audio'. f. 230 b. The text is the recension of the grammarian Calliopius, with the usual didascaliae (none to Andria) and arguments (none to Eunuchus). A marginal commentary (beginning cut off) in a 13th cent. hand does not extend beyond the first page. A few initials in red. f. 144.

Vellum; ff. 238. 7³/₄ in.x 4³/₄ in. Early XIII and (art. 7) late XII cent. Sec. fol. '-mant. Tribuebatur'. An old numbering 'no 18' (f. 11). Royal press-mark of a seal (a ship). Not in cat. of 1666; CMA. 8627.