Beinecke MS 93                                                       Italy, s. XV^^2/4
Cicero, Orationes, etc.

     1. ff. 1r-9v    De imperio Cn. Pompeii; P. Reis, ed., Teubner v. 6, 1
     (1931), pp. 3-34.

     2. ff. 9v-22v    Pro T. Annio Milone; A. Klotz, ed., Teubner v. 8
     (1918) pp. 13-66.

     3. ff. 22v-37r    Pro Cn. Plancio; A. Klotz, ed., Teubner v. 7 (1919)
     pp. 473-536.

     4. ff. 37r-49r    Pro P. Sulla; F. Richter, ed., Teubner v. 6, 2 (1932)
     pp. 120-62.

     5. ff. 49r-59r    De haruspicum responsis; A. Klotz, ed., Teubner v. 7
     (1919) pp. 122-58.

     6. ff. 59v-66v    De provinciis consularibus; A. Klotz, ed., Teubner v.
     7 (1919) pp. 334-59.

     7. ff. 66v-79r    Pro M. Caelio; A. Klotz, ed., Teubner v. 7 (1919) pp.
     277-332.

     8. ff. 79r-88r    Pro L. Cornelio Balbo; A. Klotz, ed., Teubner v. 7
     (1919) pp. 361-400.

     9. ff. 88v-94r    In P. Vatinium Testem; A. Klotz, ed., Teubner v. 7
     (1919) pp. 252-75.

     10. ff. 94r-111r    Pro P. Sestio; A. Klotz, ed., Teubner v. 7 (1919)
     pp. 161-250.

     11. ff. 111v-130v    De domo sua; A. Klotz, ed., Teubner v. 7 (1919)
     pp. 41-120.

     12. ff. 131r-134v    Pseudo-Cicero, Oratio antequam in exilium
     iret; M.
     Gianascian, M. Tullius Cicero, in Scriptorum romanorum quae extant
     omnia v. 102-03 (Venice, 1968) pp. 160-72.

     13. ff. 134v-140r    Orationes cum Senatui gratias egit; A. Klotz, ed.,
     Teubner v. 7 (1919) pp. 2-24.

     14. ff. 140r-143v    Oratio cum populo gratias egit; A. Klotz, ed.,
     Teubner v. 7 (1919) pp. 26-39.

     15. ff. 143v-147r    Pro M. Marcello; A. Klotz, ed., Teubner v. 8
     (1918) pp. 69-81.

     16. ff. 147r-151r    Pro Q. Ligario; A. Klotz, ed., Teubner v. 8 (1918)
     pp. 84-100.

     17. ff. 151v-156r    Pro rege Deiotaro; A. Klotz, ed., Teubner v. 8
     (1918) pp. 101-19.

     18. ff. 156v-160r    Pro L. Licinio Archia; P. Reis, ed., Teubner v. 6,
     2 (1932) pp. 165-80.

     19. ff. 160r-176r    In L. Catilinam IV; P. Reis, ed., Teubner v. 6, 2
     (1932) pp. 5-68.

     20. ff. 176r-187v    Pro P. Quinctio; A. Klotz, ed., Teubner v. 4
     (1923) pp. 4-44.

     21. ff. 187v-200r    Pro L. Flacco; L. Fruechtel, ed., Teubner v. 6, 2
     (1932) pp. 182-243.

     22. ff. 200r-201r    Pseudo-Sallust, Invectiva in M. Tullium
     Ciceronem;
     M. Gianascian, ed., C. Sallustius Crispus, in Scriptorum romanorum quae
     extant omnia v. 49 (Venice, 1965) v. 1, pp. 83-86.

     23. ff. 201r-203v    Pseudo-Cicero, Invectiva in Crispum Sallustium;
     ibid., v. 1, pp. 87-95.

     24. ff. 203v-228r    Pro A. Cluentio; L. Fruechtel, ed., Teubner v. 6,
     1 (1931) pp. 37-140.

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     secundo folio: rerum magna

     Bibliography: Faye and Bond, p. 28, no. 93.

     Barbara A. Shailor