Beinecke MS 92                                                       Germany, s. XV^^2
Cicero, Epistolae ad familiares (with glosses)

          All bibliographical references in parentheses refer to D. R.
     Shackleton Bailey, ed., Cicero: Epistulae ad familiares, 2 vol.
     (Cambridge, 1977).

     1. f. 1r-v    Prefatory notes to first letter.

     2. f. 2r-v    To C. Scribonius Curio (v. 1, no. 45, pp. 104-05).

     3. f. 2v    To C. Scribonius Curio (v. 1, no. 46, p. 106).

     4. ff. 2v-3r    To C. Scribonius Curio (v. 1, no. 47, pp. 106-07).

     5. ff. 3v, 5r    To C. Scribonius Curio (v. 1, no. 48, pp. 107-08).

     6. ff. 4 and 9    Lists of vocabulary words arranged according to
     classifications, e.g., Me hercule, castor, ecastor, edepol; Obtestor,
     obsecro, oro).

     7. f. 5r-v    To C. Scribonius Curio (v. 1, no. 49, p. 109).

     8. ff. 5v-7r    To C. Scribonius Curio (v. 1, no. 50, pp. 110-12).

     9. f. 7r-v    To M. Caelius Rufus (v. 1, no. 90, pp. 175-76).

     10. ff. 7v-8v, 10r    To C. Scribonius Curio (v. 1, no. 107, pp. 199-
     200).

     11. f. 10r    To M. Caelius Rufus (v. 1, no. 89, p. 175).

     12. ff. 10r-11r    To Q. Minucius Thermus (v. 1, no. 115, pp. 214-15).

     13. ff. 11r-12r    To C. Coelius Caldus (v. 1, no. 116, pp. 215-16).

     14. f. 12r-v    To Ap. Claudius Pulcher (v. 1, no. 64, pp. 123-24).

     15. f. 13r-v    To Ap. Claudius Pulcher (v. 1, no. 65, pp. 124-25).

     16. ff. 13v-14v    To Ap. Claudius Pulcher (v. 1, no. 76, pp. 150-51).

     17. ff. 14v-17v    Ser. Sulpicius Rufus to Cicero (v. 2, no. 248, pp.
     108-11).

     18. ff. 17v-19r    To Ser. Sulpicius Rufus (v. 2, no. 249, pp. 111-13).

     19. f. 19r-v    To M. Claudius Marcellus (v. 2, no. 229, p. 79).

     20. ff. 19v-20r    To M. Claudius Marcellus (v. 2, no. 233, p. 85).

     2l. f. 20r-v    M. Claudius Marcellus to Cicero (v. 2, no. 232, p. 84).

     22. ff. 20v-22r    Ser. Sulpicius Rufus to Cicero (v. 2, no. 252, pp.
     116-18).

     23. ff. 22r-23r    To C. Antonius (v. 1, no. 5, pp. 36-37).

     24. f. 23r-v    To Cn. Pompeius Magnus (v. 1, no. 3, p. 34).

     25. ff. 23v-24r    Q. Metellus nepos to Cicero (v. 1, no. 11, p. 46).

     26. f. 24r-v    P. Vatinius to Cicero (v. 2, no. 255, pp. 119-20).

     27. ff. 24v-25r    To T. Fadius (v. 1, no. 51, pp. 112-13).

     28. ff. 25v-26r    To P. Vatinius (v. 2, no. 241, p. 98).

     29. f. 26r-v    To Cn. Plancius (v. 2, no. 241, p. 98).

     30. ff. 26v-27r    P. Vatinius to Cicero (v. 2, no. 255, pp. 119-20).

     31. ff. 27v-28v    To L. Lucceius (v. 2, no. 252, pp. 115-16). ff. 29r-
     32v blank

          Marginal and interlinear notes accompany the text of each letter
     (except for that to P. Vatinius appearing on ff. 26v-27v which was
     copied twice, apparently in error).

          Paper (sturdy; watermarks: unidentified letter P in gutter), ff. i
     (paper) + 32 + i (paper), 214 x 149 (162 x 95) mm. Written in ca. 20
     long lines; frame-ruled in lead, often with no horizontal bounding
     lines.
          I-II^^12, III^^8. Catchword (f. 24v) in gutter.
          Written by a single scribe in gothic cursive, with a smaller
     script for glosses.
          Simple initials in red at the beginning of each letter; titles
     preceded by paragraph marks, and underlined, in red.
          Binding: s. xix-xx. Vellum case; spine fragile and splitting.

          Written in Germany in the second half of the 15th century,
     probably for use as a school text (vocabulary lists on ff. 4 and 9).
     Unidentified no. "39906" on back cover, in ink; note inside front
     cover, in French, gives brief description of volume. Bought from
     Stonehill's by Henry Fletcher who presented it to Yale in 1946.

     secundo folio: Quanquam

     Bibliography: Faye and Bond, p. 28, no. 92.

     Barbara A. Shailor