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Seneca, Declamations, with commentary of Nicholas Trevet, etc.; Italy, 14th century, second half

MS. Rawl. G. 186

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Title

Seneca, Declamations, with commentary of Nicholas Trevet, etc.; Italy, 14th century, second half

Shelfmark

MS. Rawl. G. 186

Place of origin

Italian

Date

14th century, second half

Language

Latin

Contents

1. (fol. 1) Seneca, Declamations, with the commentary of Nicholas Trevet round the text (textus inclusus)
Seneca the Elder Declamationes
Nicholas Trevet Commentary on Seneca the Elder, Declamationes
2. (fol. 32v) Ps.-Seneca De morum institutione
3. (fol. 33) Seneca Epistulae morales

Form

codex

Support

parchment

Physical extent

viii + 145 leaves. Fols. iii-viii, 60-end are blank paper.

Hands

By the same scribe as MS. Rawl. G. 187and a companion volume

Decoration

Penwork.

Binding

Red leather with gold tooling (Thomas Rawlinson's). Binding the same as MS. Rawl. G. 187 and comparable to other Rawlinson manuscripts

Acquisition

Bequeathed to the Bodleian in 1755

Provenance

No. 69 in the Thomas Rawlinson sale, March 1733/4: it had been lent to Thomas Hearne by Rawlinson in May 1720: see MS. Rawl. G. 187

Richard Rawlinson, 1690–1755

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  • Rawlinson, Thomas, 1681-1725

  • Rawlinson, Richard, 1690-1755

  • Trevet, Nicolas

  • Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, the elder, approximately 55 B.C.-approximately 39 A.D.

  • Hearne, Thomas, 1678-1735

  • Seneca, the Younger, pseudo

  • Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, the younger, approximately 4 B.C.-65 A.D.

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