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Sallust — c. 1440–1450; Italy, Florence

MS. Rawl. G. 42

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Title

Sallust — c. 1440–1450; Italy, Florence

Shelfmark

MS. Rawl. G. 42

Place of origin

Italy, Florence

Date

c. 1440–1450

Language

Latin

Contents

1. (fol. 3) Sallust Catilina
2. (fol. 57) Sallust Jugurtha

Form

codex

Support

parchment

Physical extent

i + 163leaves

Hands

Humanistic script

Decoration

Fine historiated border.

Fine historiated initials.

Fine other initials.

The first page is written in silver.

Acquisition

Bequeathed to the Bodleian in 1755

Provenance

Arms partly erased, fol. 3, azure a fess, over an undecipherable charge.

Walter Clavell, sale, 8o, lot 72. (B. J. Enright, 'Richard Rawlinson: collector, antiquary, and topographer', D.Phil thesis, Oxford, 1957, app B.)

Richard Rawlinson, 1690–1755

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  • Clavell, Walter, F.R.S. (d. by 1740)

  • Sallust, 86 B.C.-34 B.C.

  • Rawlinson, Richard, 1690-1755

  • Gioacchino di Gigantibus de Rottenburg, German illuminator, active 1453-1485, active in Italy

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