MS. Rawl. G. 194

Summary Catalogue no.: 14911

Cicero, De natura deorum

Rubric: M. T. Ciceronis de Natura Deorum liber primus [&c.]

The three books

Language(s): Latin

(fol. 9)

Italian-English vocabulary

Language(s): Italian and English

A fragment

Physical Description

Form: codex

Support: parchment

Extent: i + 56 leaves

Dimensions (binding): 10.625 × 7.75 in.

Decoration

By Cristoforo Cortese. Pächt and Alexander ii. 451, Pl. XLIV

Fine border

Fine historiated initial (damaged). Fol. 1. Initial 'C'. Philosophers; in discussion.

History

Origin: c. 1415 ; Italy, Venice

Provenance and Acquisition

At base of fol. 1 is the coat of arms of Enzo of Venice, party per pale or and azure, a bend gules, with the initals 'M. B. S. E.' around it

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)

Summary Catalogue, Vol. 3, p. 376

Abbreviations

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Last Substantive Revision

2024-07-31: Description revised to incorporate all the information in the Summary Catalogue (1895)

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