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

MS. Rawl. G. 47

Summary Catalogue no.: 14778

Contents

1.
Lactantius, De ira Dei
Language(s): Latin
2.
Lactantius, De opificio Dei
Language(s): Latin
4.
P. P. Vergerio, De ingenuis moribus
Language(s): Latin
5.
Xenophon, Hiero,

tr. Leonardo Bruni Aretino.

Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

Hand(s)

Written in humanistic script.

Decoration

By the Master of the Vitae Imperatorum . (Pächt and Alexander ii. 696, pl. LXVIII:

Fine historiated border.

Fine historiated initials.

Fine other initials.

History

Origin: 1441 ; Italian, Milan

Provenance and Acquisition

Oxford, Oxfordshire, All Souls' College: '[Liber Collegii Animarum omnium dei fidelium defunctorum de Oxon' ex dono Reverendi patris iacobi istius] Goldwell nuper Norwicensis episcopi [et olim istius Collegii socii]' (foot of fol. 4r, erased). 'Resarcitus per Gressopum' (foot of fol. 4r, s. xvi ex.). 2 o folio 'habet quod aut figuram' = Vellum inventory fol. 27v 'Tractatus de ira dei 2 o fo habet quod figuram'. (MLGB3: evidence from an ex-libris inscription or note of gift to an institution).

Coat of arms and 'N. I.' on fol. 3r, part of the illuminated title. 'Sum Nicholai liber ...' (fol. 80v). No. 534 in Thos. Rawlinson sale March 1734. (MLGB3)

Richard Rawlinson, 1690–1755

Bequeathed to the Bodleian in 1755

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the Summary Catalogue (1895). Decoration, localization and date follow Pächt and Alexander (1970).

Digital Images

Digital Bodleian (3 images from 35mm slides)

Bibliography

Last Substantive Revision

2021-12-14: Add provenance information from MLGB3.