MS. Rawl. G. 37

Summary Catalogue no.: 14768

1. (fol. 1)

Rubric: Petri Pauli Vergerij Histri ad Vbertinum Carrariensem de ingenuis moribus & liberalibus adolescentie studijs liber...

Language(s): Latin

2. (fol. 41v)

Cicero, Ad familiares

Three letters: i.10, iv.15, ii.2

Preceded by a (modern) letter, beginning '[C?]rimutius Cornelio suo . . . salutem. Diebus proximis superioribus ad te scripsi'

Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex

Support: parchment

Extent: iv + 48 leaves

Dimensions (binding): 8.375 × 6 in.

Decoration

Pächt and Alexander ii. 824

Good initial

Binding

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

History

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

Provenance and Acquisition

Richard Rawlinson, 1690–1755

Bequeathed to the Bodleian in 1755

Record Sources

Description adapted (June 2024) by Stewart J. Brookes from the Summary Catalogue (1895). Decoration, localization and date follow Pächt and Alexander (1970)

Summary Catalogue, Vol. 3, p. 347

Abbreviations

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Last Substantive Revision

2024-06-03: Description revised to incorporate all the information in the Summary Catalogue (1895)

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