'Incipiunt Glose supra Catilinarium et (fol. 19) Iugurtinum Salustij feliciter' and (fol. 42) 'Histoires sur les deux liures de Saluste', written in the 15th cent. in France, by J. le Begue ?

File

MS. D'Orville 141

Comprises:

(fol. 1) 'Incipiunt Glose supra Catilinarium et (fol. 19) Iugurtinum Salustij feliciter': beg. 'Salustius vti mos erat.'
(fol. 42) 'Histoires sur les deux liures de Saluste': beg. 'Cy commencent [?] les histoires que len puet raisonnablement faire et pourtraire sur le liure de Saluste par moy J. le Begue deuisees et mises par escript '

The Jugurthine part begins on fol. 46. These are suggestions for a series of pictures ('figures des histoires') illustrating the two books.

Dates

56 Leaves

MS. D'Orville 141

Auct. X. 1. 4. 39

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 17019

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

8 5/8 × 6 1/8 in.

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