MS. Rawl. C. 16
Summary Catalogue no.: 11883
A Bonaventure, Breviloqium, England, 13th-14th centuries; B Henry Cossey on Apocalypse, England, 14th century
Physical Description
Binding
19th-century binding for the Bodleian.
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Nicholas Cantelow or Cantelupe OCarm. (d. 1441) (on whom see R. Copsey, Biographical Register of Carmelites in England and Wales 1240-1540 (2020), 256-8), who assembled the volume and added texts. Signed 'Cantelowe', fols. 1r, 131r, 224v; 'de Cantelupo Nich(ola)i' in a verse, fol. 220v, cf. fol. 221r 'Cantelowe Nich(olau)m'; his added texs include short notes on the Carmelite order (fols. 220v-221r).
Probably at Oxford in 1513 (fol. 123r, see below)
'Willelmus Adams', fol. 222v, 15th/16th century
'William Prichard', fol. 127v, 16th century
'William Archbold 172', fol. 223v, 16th/17th century
Francis Pole: no. 1349 in the auction catalogue of his library (Oxford, Bodleian Library, Mus. Bibl. III. 8o 51(11)), 9 March 1752
'563' in an earlier (?) collection (fol. ii recto)
Richard Rawlinson, 1690–1755, purchased at the Pole sale.
Bequeathed by him to the Bodleian in 1755
MS. Rawl. C. 16 - part A (fols. 1-130)
Contents
Language(s): Latin
Texts added by Nicholas Cantelow (see above, Provenance): fol. ii verso, text mostly erased; fol. iii recto, six prayres; fol. iii verso, Walther 11235 ('Mors cur non faris ... iuuabit pacificatus').
Fols. 105-120 are a supplement or replacement leaves probably of the second half of the fourteenth century.
Fols. 119v-120r blank with later scribbling (see Provenance)
Memorandum of books and other items received by sir John Cryse in 1513 from Magister Poxwyll. For two Oxford men called John Cryse see Emden, BRUO 1501-1540, p. 155; for John Poxwell of Merton College see Emden, BRUO, III.1511
Fol. 123v, 128r-v, 129r-v, 130r-v blank except for later names and scribbles (see Provenance).
Physical Description
Layout
Fols. 1r-104v: 1 col., 24 lines; written below top line; ruled space c. 90 × 60 mm.
Fols. 105r-119r: frame-ruled in ink, c. 22-3 lines, 1 col., ruled space c. 90 × 60 mm.
Hand(s)
Fols. 1r-104v: Gothic textualis
Fols. 105r-119r: Anglicana (cursiva antiquior)
Decoration
Dark blue initials flourished in red, alternating with red initials flourished in light blue.
History
MS. Rawl. C. 16 - part B (fols. 131-225)
Contents
Language(s): Latin
Originally blank, partly filled by added texts:
Texts added by Nicholas Cantelow: (fol. 220v) calculation on the age of the Carmelite order, followed by verses; (fol. 221r) verses including extracts from the Speculum stultorum; (fol. 224r) a prayer; (fol. 224v) notes on swearing an oath on the Bible; (fol. 225r) verses including 'Querela unius monachi Lewes de superbo priore ibidem' (four lines), and three lines against Adam Orleton ('Trigamus est ...').
Other additions: (fol. 221v) alphabet and erased line; (fol. 222v) six verses ('In uncem dentes ...') , as in Cambridge, St John's College MS. G. 16 fol. iii, signed, 'quod Willelmus Adams';
Physical Description
Layout
Fols. 131r-176v: frame-ruled in ink, 1 col., c. 32-3 lines, ruled space c. 98 × 65 mm.
Fols. 176v-220v: frame-ruled in ink and plummet, 1 col., c. 22-3 lines ruled space c. 98 × 65 mm.
Hand(s)
Anglicana, two hands (fols. 131r-176v, 176v-220v).
Decoration
None
History
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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.