MS. Rawl. G. 34
Summary Catalogue no.: 14765
Contents
, De inventione
Added titles: 'Liber Retorice' and 'Veteris Rethorice Tullij liber primus'
One leaf is wanting at end: ends 'Animi autem & laus honesta|'
Language(s): Latin
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: parchment, paper
vi + 131 leaves
Dimensions (binding): 9 × 5.75 in.
Fols i-vi and 50-end are blank paper. Fols 57-106 of an older volume. For other parts, of the original collection see: MS. Rawl. G. 39 (fols 8-56) and MS. Rawl. G. 40 (fols 107-136, with a list of contents) Binding
Red leather with gold tooling (Thomas Rawlinson's). Binding comparable to other Rawlinson manuscripts
History
Origin: 13th century, early
Provenance and Acquisition
No. 463 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)
Abbreviations
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Last Substantive Revision
2023-11-29: Description revised to incorporate all the information in the Summary Catalogue (1895)