A catalogue of Western manuscripts at the Bodleian Libraries and selected Oxford colleges

MS. Rawl. G. 112

Summary Catalogue no.: 14837

Contents

Terence, Comedies

At the end of each play is the usual subscription of Calliopius

Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: 250 leaves
Dimensions (binding): 7.25 × 5.125 in.

Hand(s)

Humanistic script (Pächt and Alexander ii. 220)

Decoration

Pächt and Alexander ii. 220

One fine initial in Florentine style, fol. 88v

Fine border (partly damaged) and initials in a different style

Binding

Red leather with gold tooling (Thomas Rawlinson's). Binding comparable to other Rawlinson manuscripts

History

Origin: c. 1430–1440 ; Italy, Florence (?)

Provenance and Acquisition

Fol. 3 exhibits an uncoloured shield bearing a deer or goat (?) saliant, perhaps Capella of Verona.

On fol. 243v (in the scribe's hand) is 'Sum Petri . . . lli Vincentini suorumque' (altered to 'Sum Petri Ximini Valentini suorumque')

On fol. 1v: 'Iste libellus specta⟨t⟩ Collegio . . . in oppido [correction of ecclesia] Louaniensi [?],' probably the Collegium Buslidianum, cf. MS. Rawl. G. 134.

No. 837 in the Thomas Rawlinson sale, 4 March 1733/1734

Richard Rawlinson, 1690–1755

Bequeathed to the Bodleian in 1755

Record Sources

Description adapted (June 2023) by Stewart J. Brookes from the Summary Catalogue (1895)

Last Substantive Revision

2023-06-27: Description revised to incorporate all the information in the Summary Catalogue (1895)