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

MS. Rawl. C. 310

Summary Catalogue no.: 12108

Contents

1. (fol. )
Statutes of England (vetera statuta)
(fol. 1)

Stat. de Acton Burnel.

(fol. 2)

De mercatoribus.

(fol. 3v)

De militibus.

(fol. 4)

Modus levandi fines.

(fol. 4v)

De conjunctim feoffatis.

(fol. 4v)

Compositio monetæ.

(fol. 6)

De moneta. fol. 6.

(fol. 6v)

Articuli ejusdem statuti.

The numbering shows that 38 statutes are missing at the beginning.

On fols. 7-8 are added in a later hand the names of the kings of Britian from Brutus to the Saxon conquest.

Language(s): Latin
2. (fol. 9)
Calendar
Language(s): Latin
3. (fol. 15)
Historical notes (Kings of England), 1142–1326
Language(s): Latin
4. (fol. 16)
Register of writs

In 63 sections, with table of contents.

Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: 179 leaves, quarto

Decoration

Pächt and Alexander iii. 600:

Good border.

Good initial.

History

Origin: 14th century, second quarter (after 1327) ; English

Provenance and Acquisition

Fol. 15: “Iste liber constat fratri Johanni ...” (erased, 14th century).

Antony Cuttesham (15th century, ff. 15, 179).

Richard Rawlinson, 1690–1755

Bequeathed to the Bodleian in 1755

Record Sources

Description adapted (2024) 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

    Printed descriptions:

    A. Watson, Catalogue of Dated and Datable Manuscripts in Oxford Libraries (1984), no. 670 (fols. 127-203)
    S. J. P. van Dijk, Latin Liturgical Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, Oxford, vol. 3: Rituals and Directories (typescript, 1957), p. 133

Last Substantive Revision

2024-12: Revised to incorporate all information in printed catalogues.