MS. Rawl. G. 28

Summary Catalogue no.: 14760

Cicero, De officiis

Rubric: Marci Tullii Ciceronis […] ad Marcum eus filium liber primus de Officiis incipit

Imperfect at end, breaking off (some leaves lost) at 'sitne boni uiri' in 3.23

Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex

Support: parchment

iv + 170 leaves

Dimensions (binding): 5.125 × 3.625 in.

Hand(s)

Humanistic script

Decoration

Pächt and Alexander i. 704:

Good initial

History

Origin: 15th century, second half ; England

Provenance and Acquisition

In the 16th century it was in English hands

Richard Rawlinson, 1690–1755

Bequeathed to the Bodleian in 1755

Record Sources

Description adapted (November 2023) by Stewart J. Brookes from the Summary Catalogue (1895). Decoration, localization and date follow Pächt and Alexander (1966)

Summary Catalogue, Vol. 3, p. 345

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Last Substantive Revision

2023-11-29: Description revised to incorporate all the information in the Summary Catalogue (1895)

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