The works of Horace, written in the 15th cent. in Italy

File

MS. D'Orville 157

Comprises:

(fol. 1) 'Q. Horatij Flacci Venusini poete clarissimi Carminum sive Odarum ... liber primus [etc.].'
(fol. 57) '... Liber Epodon incipit. Lege feliciter.'
(fol. 68v) The Carmen Seculare, here regarded as part of the Epodes
(fol. 70) '... Poetrie sive de Arte Poetica ... liber...'
(fol. 79) '... Sermonum liber primus [et alter].'
(fol. 117v) '... Epistolarum liber...'.

Dates

149 Leaves

MS. D'Orville 157

Auct. X. 1. 5. 10

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 17035

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

See also MS. D'Orville 158 for the 'D'Orv. 1' of C. Kirchner's 'Novae Quaestiones Horatianae' (1847)

On paper,with illuminated capitals

8 3/4 × 6 1/2 in.

Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository

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