This is a 12th-century collection of works by the Alexandrian poet
Claudianus Claudius (d. after 404), including De Raptu Proserpinae
(The Rape of Proserpine), De Bello Gildonico (On the Gildonic War),
and his poems on the marriage of the Emperor Honorius, for whom he
was a court poet, and the consulship of his minister Stilicho.
Contents: ff. 1r-17v: Claudianus, In Rufinum (Against Rufinus),
with preface beginning ‘Phebeo domitus phiton’. ff. 17v-27r:
Claudianus, De Bello Gildonico , with preface beginning ‘Pandite
defensum reduces’. ff. 27r-48v: Claudianus, In Eutropium (Against
Eutropius), two books, beginning ‘Spartus metuenda’. ff.
48v-50v: Claudianus, Fescennina de Nuptiis Honorii Augusti
(Fescennine Verses on the Marriage of Honorius Augustus), beginning
‘Princeps chorusco sidere pulcrior’. ff. 50v-57r: Claudianus,
Epithalamium de Nuptiis Honorii Augusti (Epithalamium for the
Marriage of Honorius Augustus), beginning ‘Surgeret in
thalamum’. ff. 57r-61v: Claudianus, Panegyricus de Tertio
Consulatu (Panegyric on the Third Consulship), beginning ‘Paruos
non aquilis’. ff. 61v-73r: Claudianus, Panegyricus de Quarto
Consulatu (Panegyric on the Fourth Consulship), beginning
‘Auspiciis iterum sese regalibus annus’. ff. 73r-79v:
Claudianus, Panegyricus Dictus Manlio Theodoro Consuli (Panegyric
on Consul Manlius Theodorus), beginning, with preface beginning
‘Audebis non precor docte’. ff. 79v-101v: Claudianus, De
Consulatu Stilichonis (On the Consulship of Stilicho), three books,
beginning ‘Continuant superi pleno’. ff. 101v-113v: Claudianus,
Panegyricus de Sexto Consulatu Honorii Augusti (Panegyric on the
Sixth Consulship of Honorius Augustus), with preface, beginning
‘Omnia que sensu voluunta’. ff. 113v-125v: Claudianus, De Bello
Gothico (On the Gothic War), beginning ‘Post resides annos
longo’. ff. 125v-138r: Claudianus, Carmina Minora (Minor Poems),
beginning ‘Urbs in conspectu montana’. ff. 138r-142r:
Claudianus, Laus Serenae (In praise of Serena), beginning ‘Dic
mea calliope’. ff. 142r-147v: Claudianus, Epistolae et Carmina
Minora (Letters and Minor Poems), beginning ‘Orphea cum
primum’. ff. 147v-149v: Claudianus, Gigantomachia (Battle of the
Giants), beginning ‘Terra parens quondam’. ff. 149v-166v:
Claudianus, De Raptu Proserpinae , beginning ‘Inventa primum
secuit’. Decoration:10 large puzzle initials in red, blue and
green, with foliate decoration, on ff. 1r, 8r, 17v, 18r, 48v, 57r,
61v, 73r, 73v, 114r; numerous large initials in red, blue and
green, with foliate decoration. Small initials in red, blue, or
green, with penwork decoration in black ink. Rubrics in red.
