MS. Rawl. G. 186
Summary Catalogue no.: 14903
Seneca, Declamations, with commentary of Nicholas Trevet, etc.; Italy, 14th century, second half
Contents
Seneca, Declamations, with the commentary of Nicholas Trevet round the text (textus inclusus)
The place of the lost books of the Declamationes or Controversiae is supplied by the usual epitome, see fol. 58v. The Commentary is continued on fol. 35v.
Physical Description
Layout
2 cols.
Hand(s)
By the same scribe as MS. Rawl. G. 187 and a companion volume
Decoration
Penwork.
Binding
Red leather with gold tooling (Thomas Rawlinson's). Binding the same as MS. Rawl. G. 187 and comparable to other Rawlinson manuscripts
History
Provenance and Acquisition
No. 69 in the Thomas Rawlinson sale, March 1733/4: it had been lent to Thomas Hearne by Rawlinson in May 1720: see MS. Rawl. G. 187
Bequeathed to the Bodleian in 1755
Record Sources
Digital Images
Digital Bodleian (full digital facsimile)
Abbreviations
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Last Substantive Revision
2022-06: Description revised to incorporate all information in Summary Catalogue.