Orations of Cicero, written in the 11th cent.

File

MS. D'Orville 77

Comprises:

(fol. 1v). 'Ciceronis [oratio] de Marcello.'
(fol. 7). Ciceronis oratio '... pro Q. Ligario.'
(fol. 13v). Ciceronis oratio '... pro Deiotaro.'
(fol. 21). 'M. Tullii [Ciceronis] de Amicitia.'
(fol. 34v). 'M. T. Ciceronis', 'M. T. de sent[ent]iis Catonis de Senectute incipit.'
(fol. 48). '... Oratio Ciceronis in Sallustium.'
(fol. 51). '... Oratio Sallusti contra Ciceronem.'
(fol. 53). Ciceronis 'Somnium Scipionis.'
(fol. 56v). '... Commentum' Macrobii in Ciceronis Somnium Scipionis, with a mappa mundi on fol. 100: at end 'Macrobii Ambrosii V.C. Commenta ex Cicerone in Somnium Scipionis expliciunt.'
(fol. 111v). The spurious 'Epistola sancti Iheronimi de carminibus' or de diversis generibus musicorum, with illustrations.

Followed (fol. 114) by two short musical pieces:

(1) beg. 'Ad omnem autem sonum'
(2) 'Ambrosii Macrobii de simphoniis musicae', an extract from the Commentary on the Somnium Scipionis.

There are some scholia throughout the volume. The MS. perhaps once contained 'Yginus de ymaginibus cæli', see fol. 1.

Dates

115 Leaves

MS. D'Orville 77

Auct. X. 1. 3. 18

Falconer Madan, et al., A summary catalogue of western manuscripts in the Bodleian Library at Oxford which have not hitherto been catalogued in the Quarto series (7 vols. in 8 [vol. II in 2 parts], Oxford, 1895-1953; reprinted, with corrections in vols. I and VII, Munich, 1980), vol. IV, no 16955

Our best descriptions for medieval items in this collection are in Medieval Manuscripts in Oxford Libraries under MSS. D'Orville.

On parchment, with illuminated capitals

9 7/8 × 7 in.

Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository

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