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

MS. Rawl. G. 115

Summary Catalogue no.: 14840

Contents

Language(s): Latin

Statius, Achilleis

A fragment of the text: i. 1-667 ('in corde manebat')

(fol. 1)
Explicit: Quo defunctus eget, non tua cura neget

The last 6 verses of a 'liber penitenciarum' (14th century)

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: vi + 32 leaves. Fols i-vi, 11-end are blank paper
Dimensions (binding): 10.125 × 7.125 in.

Binding

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

History

Origin: 14th century, early

Provenance and Acquisition

No. 132 in the Thomas Rawlinson sale, 4 March 1733/1734

Richard Rawlinson, 1690–1755

Bequeathed to the Bodleian in 1755

Record Sources

Description adapted (June 2024) by Stewart J. Brookes from the Summary Catalogue (1895)

Last Substantive Revision

2024-06-03: Description revised to incorporate all the information in the Summary Catalogue (1895)