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MS. Rawl. G. 131

Summary Catalogue no.: 14856

Contents

1. (fol. 1)
Virgil, Eclogues
Rubric: Publii Virgilii Maronis Mantuani Buccolicorum liber incipit
Language(s): Latin
2. (fol. 14)
Virgil, Georgics
Rubric: ... Georgicon liber primus [&c.] incipit

Preceded by the usual tetrastich

Language(s): Latin
3. (fol. 49)
Virgil, Aeneid
Rubric: ... Eneidorum primus [&c.] liber incipit

Preceded by metrical arguments

Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: i + 202 leaves
Dimensions (binding): 10.75 × 7.25 in.

Hand(s)

Written in humanistic script by Aringherius Oriens at Siena, fol. 201r ('Aringherius Oriens scripsit Senis')

Decoration

Pächt and Alexander ii. 301, Pl. XXVII

Fine borders

Fine initials

History

Origin: 15th century, third quarter ; Italy, Siena

Provenance and Acquisition

Richard Rawlinson, 1690–1755

Bequeathed to the Bodleian in 1755

Record Sources

Description adapted (July 2024) by Stewart J. Brookes from the Summary Catalogue (1895). Decoration, localization and date follow Pächt and Alexander (1970)
Summary Catalogue, Vol. 3, p. 365

Abbreviations

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Last Substantive Revision

2024-07-31: Description revised to incorporate all the information in the Summary Catalogue (1895)