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MS. Rawl. B. 484

Summary Catalogue no.: 11831

Contents

Collectanea of Sir James Ware, comprising fragments, extracts and notes mostly on Ireland but including (fol. 85) cutting without text from a Psalter, English, Winchester, 10th century, second quarter.
Language(s): Latin, French, English, and Irish

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment, paper

Decoration

Fine miniature on fol. 85, originally an addition in the Athelstan Psalter (London, British Library, Cotton MS. Galba A. XVIII). (P&A iii. 19, pl. II)

fol. 85r

  • Type miniature
  • Subject Nativity of Christ.

History

Origin: 10th century - 17th century ; English, Winchester (in part)

Provenance and Acquisition

Richard Rawlinson, 1690-1755

Bequeathed to the Bodleian in 1755

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the Quarto Catalogue (W. D. Macray, Catalogi codicum manuscriptorum Bibliothecæ Bodleianæ...viri munificentissimi Ricardi Rawlinson, J.C.D., codicum...complectens, Quarto Catalogues V, 5 fascicles, 1862-1900). Decoration, localization and date follow Pächt and Alexander (1973).
Summary Catalogue, Vol. 3, p. 203
Quarto Catalogue, Col. 700
Quarto Catalogue, Cols. 701-2

Digital Images

Digital Bodleian (1 image from 35mm slides)

Bibliography

Abbreviations

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Last Substantive Revision

2019-10-31: Toby Burrows/Mapping Manuscript MigrationsProvenance and acquisition information added using https://github.com/mapping-manuscript-migrations/oxford-tei-updates/blob/master/update_oxford_prov.rb in collaboration with the Mapping Manuscript Migrations project.