MS. Rawl. B. 505
Summary Catalogue no.: 11852
Physical Description
Composite: fols. 1–210 || fols. 211–220
Decoration
Historiated initial. fol. 191v
- Type initial I
- Subject Gold initial with half-figure of St Berachus, with crosier, before an altar with chalice, in architectural frame (Life of St Berachus).
- Blue initial on red and gold background, decorated with coiled tendrils with flowers and leaves extending into margins on fol. 184.
- Red and blue initials, usually on contrasting blue or red background, decorated with geometric, floral, zoomorphic and anthropomorphic penwork designs. Black penwork initials. Initials with human figures, heads of men and women, and animal heads are on fols. 2v, 4v, 12v, 25r, 44r, 49v, 67r, 70r, 83r and 124v.
- Catchwords, decorated with geometric and floral designs, grotesques, human and animal heads.
- Initials, formed by bodies of beasts and grotesques, or decorated with interlace and animal heads on fols. 211–220.
History
MS. Rawl. B. 505 – Part 1
Contents
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: parchment
Decoration
Historiated and other initials. (Pächt and Alexander iii. 1280)
History
MS. Rawl. B. 505 – Part 2
Contents
1.
Félire Óengusso Céli Dé (martyrology with commentary for the year from January to December) Language(s): Irish and Latin
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: parchment
Decoration
Good initials. (Pächt and Alexander iii. 1284)
History
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).
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.208–15
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.