MS. Rawl. G. 30
Summary Catalogue no.: 14762
Contents
, De arte rhetorica ad Herennium
Rubric: Marci Tulij Ciceronis Rethoricorum liber primus incipit
Ends, with some leaves having been lost, in 4.56: 'cognatio facit. Cęttera phy...'
Language(s): Latin
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: i + 83 leaves
Dimensions (binding): 7.25 × 5 in.
Condition
A leaf bearing an illumination has been lost (after fol. 10) since Thomas Rawlinson foliated the book.
Hand(s)
Humanistic script
Decoration
Close in style to Rome, Bibl. Rossiana MS. 555 (former IX. 245, Tietze 217), Mantua, 1436. (Pächt and Alexander ii. 795, Pl. LXXIV):
Fine historiated border
Fine historiated initials (fols 1, 32, 47)
Fine other initials
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Arms (repainted?) partly erased, fol. 1: sable a lion rampant gules (?)
No. 196 in the Thomas Rawlinson sale, 4 March 1733/1734
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 (1970)
Abbreviations
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Last Substantive Revision
2023-11-29: Description revised to incorporate all the information in the Summary Catalogue (1895)