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MS. Rawl. G. 135

Summary Catalogue no.: 14860

Contents

Terence, Comedies

With prologues and the subscriptions of Calliopius

Phormio
Explicit: ... explicit Phormio ... scripta cum reliquis precedentibus Papie per Vbertum Decembrem de Vigleuano &c., sub anno Domini miIlesimo quadringentesimo octaua indictione de mense Februario
Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: iv + 88 leaves
Dimensions (binding): 11.75 × 9 in.
Dimensions (leaf): 287 × 215 mm.

Layout

1 col., 39 lines, 190-195 × 125 mm.

Hand(s)

Written at Pavia by Ubertus December de Viglevano in 1400.

Decoration

Pächt and Alexander ii. 685, Pl. LXVI

Fine historiated initial (defaced)

Fine penwork initials

Fine borders by a French artist (?)

Fine initials by a French artist (?)

Binding

English red leather with gold tooling.

History

Origin: 1400 ; Italy, Pavia

Provenance and Acquisition

'Joannes Perlotus' (15th century)

Owned by Augustus Tremulanus a priest who, according to a note, entered the household of Hieronymo Foscari, bishop of Torcello, at Venice 15 December 1526: (Fol. 1) ‘Ego presbyter Augustus Tremulanus veni in domum Foscareni Venetijs: apud Reuerendum Dominum Hieronymum foscarum electum Torcellanum episcopum. sub diem Quintumdecimum mensis Decembris anno presentis .M.D.xxvj. id est Milesimi quingentesimi uigesimi sextj. Decimo octauo Kalendas Januarij.’

'Ludouicus Saptus Termulanus nepot. presbiter Augno ' (16th century)

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). Decoration, localization and date follow Pächt and Alexander (1973). Page and column sizes follow Watson (1984)
Summary Catalogue, Vol. 3, p. 367

Digital Images

Digital Bodleian (2 images from 35mm slides)

Bibliography

    Printed descriptions:

    A. Watson, Catalogue of Dated and Datable Manuscripts in Oxford Libraries (1984), no. 684

Abbreviations

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Last Substantive Revision

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