Terence — c. 1430–1440; Italy, Florence (?)
MS. Rawl. G. 112
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Terence — c. 1430–1440; Italy, Florence (?)
Shelfmark
MS. Rawl. G. 112
Place of origin
Italy, Florence (?)
Date
c. 1430–1440
Language
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Support
parchment
Physical extent
250 leaves
Hands
Humanistic script (Pächt and Alexander ii. 220)
Decoration
One fine initial in Florentine style, fol. 88v
Fine border (partly damaged) and initials in a different style
Binding
Red leather with gold tooling (Thomas Rawlinson's). Binding comparable to other Rawlinson manuscripts
Acquisition
Bequeathed to the Bodleian in 1755
Provenance
Fol. 3 exhibits an uncoloured shield bearing a deer or goat (?) saliant, perhaps Capella of Verona.
On fol. 243v (in the scribe's hand) is 'Sum Petri . . . lli Vincentini suorumque' (altered to 'Sum Petri Ximini Valentinisuorumque')
On fol. 1v: 'Iste libellus specta t Collegio . . . in oppido [correction of ecclesia] Louaniensi [?],' probably the Collegium Buslidianum, cf. MS. Rawl. G. 134.
No. 837 in the Thomas Rawlinson sale, 4 March 1733/1734
Richard Rawlinson, 1690–1755
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