A catalogue of Western manuscripts at the Bodleian Libraries and selected Oxford colleges

MS. Rawl. B. 502

Summary Catalogue no.: 11849

Physical Description

Composite: fols. 1–12 || fols. 13–18 || fols. 19–89 || fols. 90–103

History

Provenance and Acquisition

Richard Rawlinson, 1690–1755

Bequeathed to the Bodleian in 1755

MS. Rawl. B. 502 – Part 1

Contents

1.
Irish world-chronicle (fragment)
Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

Decoration

Initials. (Pächt and Alexander iii. 1271)

History

Origin: 11th century, end - 12th century, beginning ; Irish

MS. Rawl. B. 502 – Part 2

Contents

1.
Irish historical excerpts copied by Sir James Ware from royal archives
Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: paper

History

Origin: 1642 ; Irish

MS. Rawl. B. 502 – Part 3

Contents

1.
Saltair na Rann (biblical history, in verse)
Language(s): Irish and Latin
2.
Sex aetates mundi
Language(s): Irish and Latin
3.
Miscellaneous prose and poetry
Language(s): Irish and Latin
4.
Irish genealogies including saints
Language(s): Irish and Latin
5.
Legal texts
Language(s): Irish and Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

Decoration

Fine initials. (Pächt and Alexander iii. 1270, pl. CXVII)

History

Origin: 12th century, second quarter ; Irish

MS. Rawl. B. 502 – Part 4

Contents

1.
Documents relating to Ireland, excerpts made by or for Sir James Ware from the royal archives at Dublin
Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: paper

History

Origin: 17th century (partly dated 1647) ; Irish

Additional Information

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).

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Digital Images

Digital Bodleian (full digital facsimile)
Digital Bodleian (18 images from 35mm slides)

Bibliography

    Brian Ó Cuiv, Catalogue of Irish Language Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library at Oxford and Oxford College Libraries, 2 vols (Dublin, 2001–3), I.163–200

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.