Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 236: Marcus Valerius Martialis, Epigrammata

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Title:

Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 236: Marcus Valerius Martialis, Epigrammata

Alternate Title:

Martialis

Language:

Latin

Extent:

ff. 71

Dimensions:

210 Height (mm) and 145 Width (mm)

Approximate Date:

[ca. 1200 - 1225]

Provenance:

Given by Daniel Rogers.

Table of contents:

Epigrammata

Description:

CCCC MS 236 contains Martial's epigrams, as well as some added medieval epigrams by Hubert Walter (d. 1205) and others. It was written in the thirteenth century. It is one of the Corpus manuscripts which contains the signature of Daniel Rogers (c. 1539-91), an Elizabethan diplomat and the son of one of Foxe's martyrs. It is not known how some of Rogers' books came into the possession of Corpus Christi. Like several of Rogers' books it contains a price mark.