This manuscript contains In Catilinam (The Speech against
Catiline), Pro Ligario (The Speech in Defense of Ligarius), Pro
rege Deiotaro (The Speech in Defense of King Deiotarius) and the
second In Verrem II (The Second Speech Against Verres) by the Roman
orator Marcus Tullius Cicero (b. 106 BC, d. 43 BC). This
manuscript, written at Tours in the early 9th century, is one of
the earliest and best witnesses to Cicero’s four speeches.
Contents: ff. 1r-18v: Cicero, In Catilinam , imperfect, beginning:
‘Quousque tandem abutere Catilina patientia nostra’. ff.
19r-21r: Cicero, Pro Ligario , imperfect, beginning: hoc victore
esse non possumus sed non loquor‘. ff. 21r-27v: Cicero, Pro rege
Deiotaro , imperfect, beginning: ‘Cum in omnibus causis
gravioribus’. ff. 28r-39v: Cicero, In Verres , imperfect,
beginning: ‘Multa mihi necessario praetermittenda sunt’.
Decoration:One small initial in brown ink with some penwork
decoration (f. 1r). Several small initials in black ink. Capitals
in black and brown.
