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MS. Rawl. G. 32

Summary Catalogue no.: 14763

Contents

1.
Cicero, Somnium Scipionis
Language(s): Latin
2. (fol. 6v)
Thirteen six-line poems on Cicero
Incipit: Tullius Hesperios cupiens componere mores

The first is Walther 19546

Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment
vi + 18 leaves
Dimensions (binding): 8.25 × 6 in.
Fols i-vi, 9-end are blank

Decoration

Pächt and Alexander ii. 825

Fine initial

Binding

Red leather with gold tooling (Thomas Rawlinson's). Binding comparable to other Rawlinson manuscripts

History

Origin: 15th century, middle ; Italy, North-east

Provenance and Acquisition

Owned by Thomas Rawlinson

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 (1970)
Summary Catalogue, Vol. 3, p. 346

Abbreviations

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Last Substantive Revision

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