MS. Rawl. G. 33
Summary Catalogue no.: 14764
Contents
4. (fol. 71)
Prose introduction to the De senectute and De amicitia Language(s): Latin
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: parchment
vi + 77 leaves
Dimensions (binding): 8.375 × 6 in.
Hand(s)
Humanistic script
Decoration
Pächt and Alexander ii. 823
Good historiated initials
Good other initials
Good miniature (drawing) added, 15th century, second half, fol. v verso
Binding
Red leather with gold tooling (Thomas Rawlinson's). Binding comparable to other Rawlinson manuscripts
History
Provenance and Acquisition
No. 209 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)