A catalogue of Western manuscripts at the Bodleian Libraries and selected Oxford colleges

MS. Rawl. G. 35

Summary Catalogue no.: 14766

Contents

Cicero, Disputationes Tusculanae
Rubric: Marci Tullii Ciceronis Tusculanarum disputationum

Book 5

Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: paper with outer parchment bifolium for quires 1, 2, 9, and 10
v + 120 + xiv leaves.
Dimensions (binding): 210 × 144 × 29 mm.
Dimensions (leaf): 204 × 140 mm.
Foliation: Later foliation on top right of recto side. Ink to fol. 120r, pencil thereafter.

Collation

1–10(12)

Layout

146 × 76 mm.

Hand(s)

Two scribes, both Southern Textualis.

Scribe 1 appears in two stints, namely ff. 1r–24v and 95r–120r.

Scribe 2 appears in a single stint, namely ff. 25r–95r.

Decoration

Pächt and Alexander i. 793

Drawings and scribbles found on fols. 37av, 49r, 52v, 65r, and 116r.

Decorated initials in red, blue, and gold of three lines in height on fols. 1r, 3r, 50r, 72r, and 92v.

Flourished initial in red and blue ink of two lines in height on fol. 9r.

Marginal manicula on fol. 36r.

Marginal diagram on fols. 75v and 76v.

Binding

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

History

Origin: 15th century, end ; France

Provenance and Acquisition

No. 210 in the Thomas Rawlinson sale, 4 March 1733/1734

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)

2025-06-12: Additional data collected by Siena Crossley and Hope Edwards as part of the 'Big Data' and Medieval Manuscripts workshop held at the Bodleian Libraries, Oxford on 12th June 2025. Data encoded in TEI-XML by Sebastian Dows-Miller on 3rd July 2025.

Last Substantive Revision

2025-06-12: Additional data collected by Siena Crossley and Hope Edwards as part of the 'Big Data' and Medieval Manuscripts workshop held at the Bodleian Libraries, Oxford on 12th June 2025. Data encoded in TEI-XML by Sebastian Dows-Miller on 3rd July 2025.