MS. Rawl. G. 186
Summary Catalogue no.: 14903
Seneca, Declamations, with commentary of Nicholas Trevet, etc.; Italy, 14th century, second half
Contents
1. (fol. 1)
Seneca, Declamations, with the commentary of Nicholas Trevet round the text (textus inclusus)
, Declamationes
Rubric: Lucij Aneij Senece Cordubensis liber primus Declamationum incipit
, Commentary on Seneca the Elder, Declamationes
Rubric: Incipit exposicio fratris Nicholai Treueth ordinis Praedicatorum […] super decem libros Declamacionum Senece
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.
Language(s): Latin
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: viii + 145 leaves. Fols. iii-viii, 60-end are blank paper.
Dimensions (binding): 16.375 × 11 in.
Layout
2 cols.
Decoration
Penwork.
Binding
Thomas Rawlinson's, red leather with gold tooling.
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 (SC 14904).
Bequeathed to the Bodleian in 1755
Record Sources
Description adapted (June 2022) from the Summary Catalogue (1895).
Digital Images
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Abbreviations
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Last Substantive Revision
2022-06: Description revised to incorporate all information in Summary Catalogue.