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De oratore : [manuscript]

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Description: ff. 1-110v. [Cicero] De oratore. Incipit: Cogitanti mihi sepenumero et memoria. Explicit: Quamobrem recte vides Catule Nihil enim isti adolescenti//. Latin. K. F. Kumaniecki, ed., M. Tulli Ciceronis De Oratore (Leipzig 1969) 1-362 to III, 61, 229, breaking defectively.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: [15th century]
Call number: mssHM 1027
Creator: Cicero, Marcus Tullius(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: On f. 107, the name "Bartolo." Belonged to David John Carnegie, 10th Earl of Northesk (1865-1921); his sale, London, 23 July 1914, n. 419 to G. D. Smith; Smith Cat. 13 (1915) n. 236; placed by him in a sale by Anderson, New York, 26 February 1918, n. 116 to G. D. Smith for Henry E. Huntington.
Restrictions: RESTRICTED. Available with curatorial approval. Requires extended retrieval and delivery time.
Dimensions: 178 x 257 mm
Associated organization: Henry E. Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens.
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Epistolae ad familiares : [manuscript]

Manuscripts

ff. 1-218v. [Cicero] Epistulae ad familiares. Incipit: Marcus Tullius Cicero Publio Lentulo salutem plurimam dicit, Ego omni officio ac potius pietate erga te. Explicit: in medio foro videro dissiaviabo [sic]. Me ama. Vale. Finis. M.T.C. Epistolarum Liber Decimus Sextus Et Ultimus Explicit Feliciter. Rubric: M.T.C. epistolarum liber primus incipit. Latin. H. Sjögren, ed., M. Tullii Ciceronis . . . epistularum ad familiares libri I-XVI (Leipzig 1925) 5-558.

mssHM 1028

Eloquentię principis M. Tullii Ciceronis Ad Brutum Tusculanarum Quęstionum : [manuscript]

Manuscripts

ff. 2-85v; ff. 86-87v blank. [Cicero] Tusculanae disputationes. Incipit: Cum defensionum laboribus senatoriisque muneribus. Explicit: variisque et circumfusis molestiis alia nulla potuit inveniri levatio. P. E. A. F. Rubric: Eloquentię principis M. Tullii Ciceronis Ad Brutum Tusculanarum Quęstionum Liber Primus in quo tractatur de immortalitate animi fęliciter Incipit. Latin. M. Pohlenz, ed., M. Tulli Ciceronis . . . Tusculanae Disputationes (Leipzig 1918) 217-459. Marginal commentary begins for Book I, f. 1v,"Doctrina greca, Homerus . . ."; for Book II, f. 24,"Quod philosophia necessaria sit unicuique generi hominum . . ."; for Book III, f. 35v,"Cicero invocat Brutum Cęsaris occisorem in cuius laude hoc opus composuit . . ."; for Book IV, f. 51,"In hac pręfatione vult ostendere quod omnis voluptas floruerit in urbe roma . . ."; for Book V, f. 66,"Hec questio quinta concludit quod virtus ipsa sola sit contenta . . ." Note on f. 1v,"M. Cicero post C. Cęsaris obitum reversus fuit in Tusculanum et phylosophię operam dedit et quemadmodum alia tempora tradidit precepta artis ita et hic quędam phylosophię pręcepta dare constituit et hoc tempore Cęsaris Augusti Lepidi et Antonii confecit opus.".

mssHM 1031

Sermons by Johann Herolt and Peregrinus, de Opole : [manuscript]

Manuscripts

ff. 1-49v: [Iohannes Herolt, Postilla Discipuli super epistolas dominicales et de sanctis secundum sensum litteralem]. f. 49v: [Short passages identifying the recipients of the Pauline Epistles]. ff. 50-121v: [Iohannes Herolt, Sermones Discipuli super evangelia dominicalia et de sanctis secundum sensum litteralem; here breaking defectively after the first leaf of the sanctorale and lacking the entire common of saints]. ff. 122-227v: [Peregrinus de Oppeln, Sermones de tempore et de sanctis; here breaking defectively in the entry for Clement]. f. 228r-v: [Prayers to say in various occasions, added in an early modern hand, beginning defectively]. ff. 229-243v: [Four collations on John the Baptist]. f. 243v: [Prayer added in the same hand as that on f. 228r-v].

mssHM 51848

Pharsalia : [manuscript]

Manuscripts

f. 1. [Epitath of Lucan]. Incipit: Corduba me genuit rapiunt nero prelia dixi. Explicit: Que tractim serpant plus michi coma placent. Latin. Epitaph of Lucan; Walther, Initia 3329. ff. 2-72v. [Lucan] Pharsalia. Incipit: Bella per hemathios plusquam civilia campos. Explicit: Deformem pallore d[ucem voltusque prementem]//. Latin. C. Hosius, ed., M. Annaei Lucani Belli Civilis Libri decem (Leipzig 1913) 1-229, through Book 8.56.

mssHM 1032

Verbum abbreviatum : [manuscript]

Manuscripts

ff. 1-37v. [Peter the Chanter, Verbum abbreviatum; begins and ends defectively; 4 leaves missing at one point and 6 at another]: Incipit: //Item Gregorius. Sicut viciosi lectoris est manifeste dicta exponere ... Explicit: Que ad litteram in hiis observanda sunt et que non, auctoritate scripturarum proferemus. Scriptum [catchword:] est enim lex domini//. Back flyleaf: [Homiliary; contains some material regarding the Ascension]: Incipit: //dabitur ei statim vel postea, nisi aliud iterim faciat unde mereatur id amittere ... Explicit: similes et pares fieri volebant//

mssHM 28177

De coniuratione Catiline et Bellum Jugurthinum : [manuscript]

Manuscripts

ff. 1-39v. [Sallust] De coniuratione Catiline. Incipit: Omnis homines qui sese student prestare ceteris animalibus . . . Lucius catilina nobili genere natus fuit magna. Explicit: luctus atque gaudium agitabatur. Crispi Salustii De Coniuratione Cateline Contra R. P. Romanorum Liber Explicit Feliciter. Rubric: Crispi Salustii De Coniuratione Catiline Contra R. P. Romanorum Liber Incipit Feliciter. Latin. A. W. Ahlbert, ed., C. Sallusti Crispi Catilina Iugurtha (Leipzig 1919) 2-52. ff. 40-117; ff. 117v-119v and back pastedown blank. [Sallust] Bellum Iugurthinum. Incipit: Falso queritur de natura sua genus humanum. Explicit: Ea tempestate spes atque opes civitatis in illo site sunt. Latin. Ahlberg, 53-162.

mssHM 1039

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