Part 1: Low Countries, northern part ; Arnhem, 15th century, 1459 - Part 2: Low Countries, northern part ; Arnhem, 15th century, 1473 - Part 3: Low Countries northern part ; Arnhem, 15th century, third quarter
Language
Latin
Title
Composite manuscript, three parts (Latin)
Rhetorica ad Herennium
Invectivae in Sallustium
Invectiva in Ciceronem
Orationes
Speeches
Catilina
Bellum Catilinae
Bellum Catilinarium
De Catilinae coniuratione
Jugurtha
Iugurtha
Bellum Iugurthinum
1. (ff. 1-45) Rhetorica ad Herennium / Pseudo-Cicero, and other text(s). - 2. (ff. 46-196) Orationes / Cicero. - And other part(s), BPL 50
Content:
Part 1 contains: (ff. 1r-42r) Rhetorica ad Herennium /
Pseudo-Cicero. - (ff. 42v-43r) Invectiva in Ciceronem /
Pseudo-Sallust. - (ff. 43r-45r) Invectiva in Sallustium /
Pseudo-Cicero. - Empty: f. 45v followed by three unnumbered
leaves.
Part 2 contains: (ff. 46v-196v) Speeches by Cicero: (ff. 46r-52v)
De imperio Cn. Pompei. - (ff. 52v-62v) Pro Milone. - (ff. 63r-74r)
Pro Plancio. - (ff. 74r-82r) Pro Sulla. - (ff. 82v-86v) Pro Archia
Poeta. - (ff. 86v-89r) Pro Marcello. - (ff. 89r-92v) Pro Ligario. -
(ff. 92v-96v) Pro rege Deiotaro. - (ff. 96v-115r) Pro Cluentio. -
(ff. 115v-124r) Pro Quinctio. - (ff. 124v-134r) Pro Flacco. - (ff.
134r-136v) Post reditum ad Quirites. - (ff. 137r-141r) Post reditum
in Senatu . - (ff. 141r-143v) Pridie quam in exilium iret. - (ff.
143v-152v) Pro Sestio. - (ff. 153r-166v) De domo sua ad pontifices.
- (ff. 167r-175r) Pro Caelio. - (ff. 175r-181v) Pro Balbo. - (ff.
181v-184r) In Vatinium. - (ff. 184v-191v) De haruspicum responso. -
(ff. 191v-196v) De provinciis consolaribus. - Empty: seven
unnumbered leaves after f 196.
Part 3 contains: (ff. 197r-211r) Catilina / Sallust. - (ff.
211v-236v) Jugurtha / Sallust. Note:
Date (part 1): Based on colophons: (f. 42r) "Eosdem guilhelmus de
Elden exscripsit anno domini 1459. In die sancte cecilie virginis
et martiris. - (f. 45r) "Guilhelmus de Elden scripsit anno domini
1459°. Ego guilhelmus de Elden volo quod post mortem meam volumen
hoc detur fratribus Monasterii fontis beate Marie prope Arnhem quod
protestor scripto manus mee."
Date (part 2): Based on colophon: (f. 196v) "Marci tulii Ciceronis
21a oratio De provinciis consularibus Explicit Scripta per me
guilhelmum de Elden Anno domini 1473° 13° die Mensis Maii Et volo
quod fratres conventus monasterii fontis beate Marie prope Arnhem
[words "quod ... Arnhem"crossed out] volumen hoc habeant quibus ex
nunc donatione inter vivos irrevocabiliter ob merita et beneficia
mihi olim impensa illud dono. quod protestor hoc manus mee scripto.
guilhelmus de Elden".
Origin: (parts 1 and 3) Based on decoration.
Script (parts 1-2): Written by William of Elden, who also wrote
codex GRO 2, for the same patrons.
Binding: Post-medieval binding.
Textual: (ff. 1r-42r) Often falsely attributed to Cicero.
Description (Bouwman 2023):
http://hdl.handle.net/1887.1/item:3619870
Description (Spanhemius 1674):
http://hdl.handle.net/1887.1/item:359671
Description (Senguerdius & 1716):
http://hdl.handle.net/1887.1/item:290399
Description (Molhuysen 1912):
http://hdl.handle.net/1887.1/item:3151098
Description (Catalogus compendiarius 1932):
http://hdl.handle.net/1887.1/item:491294
Description (Gumbert 2009):
http://hdl.handle.net/1887.1/item:3161419
Also described by BNM, MMDC and A.W. Byvanckgenootschap (database
RKD, The Hague). Subject (temporal):
Middle Ages
15th century