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- Manuscript codex. Orations. Publius Cornelius Sulla was implicated along with Catiline for the insurrection at the beginning of 62 BCE. Through the efforts of Cicero he was exonerated from all charges., Collation: 25 quires: 24 consisting of 10 leaves, the last of one. Vertical catchwords on last leaf of each quire. No signatures., Decoration: One full page illumination with three-quarter border of interlaced white vines set off by blue, rose, and green, with cherubs, birds, butterfly, and florets. Inside the raised gold initial 'Q' is a medallion portrait of Cicero (in blue robe and pink cowl and cap) holding a book. There are scattered clusters of dots of raised gold, outlined in extremely thin penwork. In the lower margin, there is a medallion which held a coat of arms, now obliterated. 37 large initials in gold and white vine against blue, rose, and green, at first lines of orations., Binding: 19th century parchment, gauffered gilt edges in lattice pattern. Spine title in brown ink: M. Tullii Ciceronis Opera. Pink and blue head and tail bands. One paper flyleaf at front and back, Script: Humanistic minuscule in brown ink, rubrication at chapter openings and page titles. Inconsistent use of long 's' (initial, medial, and final letter). Short ascenders and descenders., Content note: l. 1r M. Tullii Ciceronis de Lege Maniliana Oratio and Quirites incipit feliciter -- l. 7v: M. Tullii Ciceronis pro A. Licinio Poeta Oratio incipit ad iudices -- l. 11r M. Tullii Ciceronis Oratio in Catilinam incipit habita in senatu -- l. 14v M. Tullii Ciceronis in L. Catalina Oratio incipit ad quirites secunda -- l. 21r In Catilinam Invectiva IIII -- l. 24r Crispi Salustii in M. Tul. Ciceronem -- l. 24v M. Tullii Ciceronis Oratio in Crispum Salustin incipit -- l. 26v M. Tullii Ciceronis pro T. Annio Milone Oratio incipit -- l. 36r M. Tullii Ciceronis pro cn. Plancio Oratio ad iudices incipit -- l. 47v M. Tullii Ciceronis pro P. Sylia Oratio ad iudices incipit feliciter -- l. 56v M. Tullii Ciceronis pro A. Cecinna oratio incipit -- l. 68v M. Tullii Ciceronis pro C. Rabirio Posthumo Oratio ad iudices incipit -- l. 72r M. Tullii Ciceronis pro C. Rabirio Perduellione o ratio ad Quirites incipit -- l. 75v M. Tullii Ciceronis oratio pro Roscio Comedo -- l. 81r M. Tullii Ciceronis pro Q. Ligario Oratio ad C. Caesarem incipit -- l. 84r M. Tullii Ciceronis in Vatinium testem Oratio incipit -- l. 89r M. Tullii Ciceronis ad Equites Romanos pridie quam iret in exilium incipit -- l. 92r M. Tullii Ciceronis Oratio ad Qurities in Reditu suo incipit -- l. 95r M. Tullii Ciceronis Oratio ad Senatum post reditum suum incipit -- l. 99r M. Tullii Ciceronis de Provinciis Consularibus Oratio incipit -- l. 106r M. Tullii Ciceronis pro M. Caelio Oratio incipit -- l. 111v M. Tullii Ciceronis de lege Agraria Oratio ad Quirites incipit -- l. 123v M. Tullii Ciceronis de lege Agraria liber primus -- l. 126r M. Tullii Ciceronis de lege Agraria contra P. Rullum liber II incipit -- l. 140r M. Tullii Ciceronis pro M. Marcello Oratio incipit -- l. 143r M. Tullii Ciceronis pro Rege Deiotaro Oratio incipit -- l. 146v M. Tullii Ciceronis pro A. Cluentio Habito Oratio ad iudices incipit -- l. 167r M. Tullii Ciceronis pro L. Flacco ad Iudices Oratio incipit -- l. 177r M. Tullii Ciceronis pro P. Quintio Oratio incipit -- l. 185v M. Tullii Ciceronis oratio pro Domo sua ad Pontifices incipit -- l. 201r M. Tullii Ciceronis pro P. Sextio Oratio incipit -- l. 214v M. Tullii Ciceronis pro L. Cornello Balbo Oratio incipit -- l. 221r M. Tullii Ciceronis pro Sexto Roscio Amerino Oratio incipit -- l. 234v M. Tullii Ciceronis pro L. Murena Oratio incipit -- l. 241r M. Tullii Ciceronis de Responsis aruspicum Oratio incipit.
2. De Oratore
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- Manuscript codex., Collation: In quires of 8 (except 1 of 6, 8 of 7, and last of 1). F. 8 first leaf missing. Folio numbers added in brown ink; partially cut off, indicating pages were trimmed. Two blank flyleaves of handmade paper at front and back added in 2011 rebind., Decoration: First page has elaborate illuminated initial and border on three sides with gilding over raised gesso. Large initial C in pink with architectural motif, filled with vines in wash of green, red, and blue, on a background of blue with whitework scrolls, all surrounded by gilding with tiny dotted punch-work. Along left margin, a bar in blue and gold sprouts vines and leaves on three sides. Vines in red or blue ink with painted leaves in pink, green, blue, gold, and red. Scattered raised gold dots outlined with black ink curlicues. Along top, a green acanthus leaf. Along base, a grotesque dragon in red, blue, pink, gold, and green, and a now illegible coat of arms, including red and blue. The document describes a dark brown shield ... across the center a broad fess azure; above rays gules; below, metallic brown. These details may have been more visible in the past than they are now. However, brown is not a normal heraldic color, so this may be discoloration or a bole (clay) wash under gold which has rubbed off. Above the shield are initials M. A. with red penwork flourishes. Throughout, numerous red and blue initial letters, embellished with delicate penwork in alternating purple or red., Binding: 2011 binding by Etherington Conservation Services. Dark brown calf over beveled boards. Blind-tooled in 15th century style: front and back covers have border with small rosettes; within this a frame of larger rosettes; within this a cross motif made up of small and large rosettes. Five-paneled spine with raised cords laced into boards. White linen head and tail bands. Pastedowns and 2 flyleaves of modern handmade paper at front and back. Interrupted borders of frontispiece indicate the manuscript was trimmed. The manuscript was previously bound in a 20th century velvet binding., Script: Rounded Humanistic book hand. A few lines rubricated. Long 's' throughout, short 's' at start of sentence., Illuminated letters: Leaf 33r: Initial letter 'M' in yellow and red, framed in blue, with whitework vines and leaves, on a background of red and white penwork. Green ink sprays with leaves in yellow, green, red, or blue. Leaf 84r: Initial 'I' in yellow with red highlights, on a rectangular background of blue, pink, and dark green with white highlights, and white vines and leaves in an 'X' shape. A spray of green stems with pink and blue flowers emerges from upper and lower left corners of the rectangle. Leaf 113r: initial 'V' made of two curved fish in yellow and orange wash with brown ink; outer background quartered in red and blue with white linework; inner background green with whitework vines and leaves, sprouting two sprays of leaves in green, blue, or red., Formatted Content Note: De Oratore, Libri ff. 1-115. Liber I, f. 1, begins: Cogitanti mihi sepenumero et memoria vetera repententi per beati fuisse. Quinte frater. illi videri solent... Liber II, f. 33: agna nobis pueris. Q. frater si memoria tenes... Liber III, f. 84: Institutendi mihi Quinte te frater. Orator ff. 115-150v, begins: Vtruiii Dificilius aut Maius e[ss]et (negare) tibi s[a]epius idem roganti un effice[re] id quod rogares diu multum q: Brute dubitavi. Ends: Marcii Tullii Ciceronis Oratoris Liber Explet LXXXDI-[?]XII.