Lactantius, Basil of Caesarea, P. P. Vergerio, Xenophon — 1441; Italy, Milan

Title

Lactantius, Basil of Caesarea, P. P. Vergerio, Xenophon — 1441; Italy, Milan

Shelfmark

MS. Rawl. G. 47

Place of origin

Italy, Milan

Date

1441

Language

Latin

Contents

Form

codex

Support

parchment

Physical extent

i + 81leaves

Hands

Humanistic script (Pächt and Alexander ii. 696)

Decoration

Fine historiated border

Fine historiated initials

Fine other initials

Acquisition

Bequeathed to the Bodleian in 1755

Provenance

At end, fol. 79v: 'Xenophontis Liber feliciter explicit [...] 1441'

On fol. 3r is an unidentified coat of arms, azure a sea-lion (?) argent scaled or, holding a crown or. The arms are also found in other manuscripts of Italian origin: MS. E. D. Clarke 28and London, British Library, Add. MSS. 16422, 17412 and 17812. 'N.I' is written above the shield as part of the illuminated title.

'Sum Nicholaj liber. Nec muto dominum nisi me (ut mobilis est [)] mutauerit ipse' (fol. 80v, with the name 'Nicholai' written three times, late 15th or 16th century)

Oxford, Oxfordshire, All Souls' College: Watson (1984) notes that the following inscription was treated with a reagent and is now largely beyond recovery but is recorded by the Summary Catalogue as 'Liber Collegij Animarum omnium dei fidelium defunctorum de Oxon' ex dono Reuerendi patris iacobi istius [erased] Goldwellnuper Norwicensis episcopi & olim istius Collegij socij' (base of fol. 4r)

2º folio 'habet quod aut figuram' = Vellum inventory fol. 27v 'Tractatus de ira dei 2º fo habet quod figuram' (MLGB3)

'resarcitus per Gressopum' (base of fol. 4r, s. xvi ex.), referring to an Oxford bookbinder (see Strickland Gibson, Early Oxford Bindings [OUP, 1903], p. 47)

No. 534 in the Thomas Rawlinsonsale, 4 March 1733/1734

Richard Rawlinson, 1690–1755