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MS. Rawl. G. 87

Summary Catalogue no.: 14815

Contents

Plutarch, Lives of Alexander and Caesar

Translated by Guarino

The original rubrics are erased and written over by replacements that ascribe the authorship of the Lives to Guarino

Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: ii + 129 leaves
Dimensions (binding): 8.125 × 5.625 in.

Hand(s)

Humanistic script (Pächt and Alexander ii. 409)

Decoration

Pächt and Alexander ii. 409, Pl. XL

Fine border

Fine initials

History

Origin: 15th century, third quarter ; Italy, Ferrara

Provenance and Acquisition

Arms: azure a bend or between three leather bottles or, in chief three fleurs-de-lis. Muzzarelli of Ferrara have the same arms, but with a label of three points gules. Motto, 'o tigre o amara. O m(e) dica'. A later hand has added the initials 'G.V.' and on the band 'Gu[ ]ri', trying to pretend the arms are those of Guarino

On fol. 1 is 'In hoc libro continentur secunda deca Liujj, que in alis deficit.'

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. 359

Digital Images

Digital Bodleian (2 images from 35mm slides)

Abbreviations

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Last Substantive Revision

2024-07-05: Description revised to incorporate all the information in the Summary Catalogue (1895)