MS. Rawl. G. 154
Summary Catalogue no.: 14878
Contents
Poems include: Elegiae, Funem, Epigrammata, Basia, Elegiae Epistolicae (including Heroica Carmina), Odae, Sylvae
All are stated to be autograph except the Basia (fol. 79) and one other poem (fol. 135), which are written perhaps by Philippus Morus and corrected by Secundus
There is also later handwriting, as if by an editor
Physical Description
History
Provenance and Acquisition
'Nicolajj 33' (fol. xviii: 1533; perhaps a brother of the author of the volume, Johannes Secundus)
A note by Rawlinson states: 'This was purchased amongst Ld. Somers's M.S.S. and has I believe been collated for the 2d edition by Scriverius, Lugd. Bat. 1619. 12º'. The note indicates that this manuscript also belonged to Sir Joseph Jekyl1
Bequeathed to the Bodleian in 1755
Record Sources
Abbreviations
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Last Substantive Revision
2024-07-08: Description revised to incorporate all the information in the Summary Catalogue (1895)