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

MS. Rawl. G. 187

Summary Catalogue no.: 14904

Contents

Boethius, De consolatione philosophiae
Rubric: Anicij Manlij Seuerini Boetij... de Consolatione Phylosophie liber primus [&c.] incipit

The commentary round the text is headed 'Expositio super librum Boecij de Consolatione secundum fratrem Nicholaum Treueth Anglicum...'

On fol. 54 'Correctum est ad unguem totum per fratrem Beati Egidij, qua anima requiescat in pace'

Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: vi + 122 leaves
Dimensions (binding): 16.375 × 11 in.

Layout

2 cols

Hand(s)

By the same scribe as MS. Rawl. G. 186 and a companion volume

Binding

Red leather with gold tooling (Thomas Rawlinson's). Binding the same as MS. Rawl. G. 186 and comparable to other Rawlinson manuscripts

History

Origin: 14th century, second half ; Italy

Provenance and Acquisition

No. 62 in the Thomas Rawlinson sale, 4 March 1733/1734

Lent to Thomas Hearne by Rawlinson in April 1720. See MS. Rawl. G. 186

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)

Digital Images

Digital Bodleian (9 images from 35mm slides)

Last Substantive Revision

2024-07-12: Description revised to incorporate all the information in the Summary Catalogue (1895)