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

MS. Rawl. G. 138

Summary Catalogue no.: 14863

Contents

Cicero, Orations
(fol. 1)
De Lege Manilia
Rubric: ... Pro Magno Pompeio...
(fol. 11)
Pro Marcello
Rubric: ... Pro M. Marcello...
(fol. 16)
Pro Deiotaro
Rubric: ... Pro Rege Deiotaro ...
(fol. 22)
Pro Ligario
Rubric: ... Pro Quinto Ligario ...
(fol. 28)
Rubric: ... De exilio eius...

A spurious work

(fol. 32)
Post reditum ad Quirites
Rubric: ... De congratulatione sui ...
(fol. 34v)
Pro Archia
Rubric: ... Pro Archia ...
(fol. 39v)
Pro Sulla
Rubric: ... Pro P. Silla...
(fol. 53v)
Pro Milone
Rubric: ... Pro Milone ...

See note on fol. 52

(fol. 67)
Pro Plancio
Rubric: ... Pro Plancio...
(fol. 82)
Pro Flacco
Rubric: ... Pro Lucio Flacco ...
(fol. 95)
Pro P. Quintio
Rubric: ... Pro P. Quintio...
Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: i + 100 leaves
Dimensions (binding): 12.75 × 9.5 in.

Hand(s)

Humanistic script (Pächt and Alexander ii. 349)

Decoration

Pächt and Alexander ii. 349, Pl. XXXIII

Fine border

Fine initials, e.g. fol. 67r, with gold 5-line initial "C" with white vine-stem interlace part border

History

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

Provenance and Acquisition

On fol. 1 is a coat of arms, gules 3 branches couped argent (?), Leni of Rome (?)

'Domenico Bogouani Romano' (17th century) is scribbled on fol. 109

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)

Digital Images

Digital Bodleian (1 image from 35mm slides)

Last Substantive Revision

2024-07-11: Description revised to incorporate all the information in the Summary Catalogue (1895)