Beinecke MS 71                                                         Italy, s. XV^^2
Juvenal; Persius

     1. ff. 1r-68v    //Flos asye ante ipsum pretio maiore paratus/ Quam
     fuit et tulli census pugnacis et ancis/...Vt qui fortis erit sit
     felicissimus idem/ Vt leti faleris omnes et torquibus omnes.

          Juvenal, Satirae V.56-XVI (lines 29-94 of Satire XV are
     interpolated between lines 293 and 294 of XIV); W. V. Clausen, ed., OCT
     (1959) pp. 56-175.

     2. ff. 68v-79v    Nec fonte labra prolui cabalino/ Nec in bicipiti
     somniasse parnaso/...Continuo crassum ridet fulphennius ingens/ Et
     centum grecos curto centusse licetur.

          Persius, Prologue followed by Satirae I-V.59; and V.
          149-191;
     Clausen, op. cit., pp. 3-25.

          Paper (watermarks similar to Briquet Echelle 5904, 5908 and
     Harlfinger Fleche 12), ff. ii (contemporary paper) + 79 + ii (nearly
     contemporary paper), 215 x 146 (140 x 95) mm. Written in 22 lines of
     verse; double vertical bounding lines ruled in lead; horizontal guide-
     lines in ink. Prickings at top and bottom of folio.
          I-VII^^10, VIII^^8 (+ 1 at end). Catchwords perpendicular to text
     between inner bounding lines.
          Written by a single scribe in humanistic script. Marginal notes
     and corrections in several hands.
          Plain decorative initials with vine work designs, outlined in ink
     but not painted, mark the beginning of satires. Initial of each verse
     stroked with red (much faded). Spaces left for headings.
          Binding: s. xix-xx. Vellum non-adhesive binding.

          Written in Italy in the second half of the 15th century; early
     provenance unknown. Presented to Yale in 1936 by Thomas E. Marston
     (bookplate).

     secundo folio: Gurgite

     Bibliography: De Ricci, v. 2, p. 2254, no. 71.

     Barbara A. Shailor