Latin writings, written in 1483 by L. Carbo

File

MS. D'Orville 146

Comprises:

(fol. 1) 'Luciani de fide non facile calumniæ adhibenda liber...'
(fol. 15) 'Ad ... d. Franciscum Patauinum ... Lapi Castelliunculi præfatio in Theophrasti libellum de Impressionibus', the Χαραρακτψες: followed by the work itself, in Latin, translated by Castelliunculus
(fol. 40) 'Ęmilius Probus de excellentibus ducibus exterarum gentium', the lives of Timoleon, Hamilcar and Hannibal, usually attributed to Cornelius Nepos, with the preface and an extract from the Life of Gracchus 'ex Cornelij Nepotis libro.'
(fol. 60) 'Gaii Plinii Secundi oratoris Veronensis de uiris illustribus... '
(fol. 99v) 'Publij Sexti Ruffi libellus feliciter incipit de gestis Romanorum ad Valentinianum.'
(fol. 117) 'Liber Augustalium per d. Franciscum Petrarcham.'
(fol. 146v) 'Lod. Carbo et scripsit et recognouit 1483 Julio mense.'.

'O. M.' is on fol. 1.

Dates

149 Leaves

MS. D'Orville 146

Auct. X. 1. 4. 44

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 17024

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

On parchment, with an illuminated capital

9 1/8 × 6 1/4 in.

Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository

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