MS. Rawl. C. 346
Summary Catalogue no.: 12200
Contents
Statutes of England (nova statuta), 1 Edward III to 16 Richard II
A table of contents is prefixed, up to 13 Rich. II. Contents very close to MS. Rawl. C. 321.
Four leaves (?) missing at end.
Language(s): Anglo-Norman and Latin
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: 80 leaves, folio
Decoration
Good initials. (Pächt and Alexander iii. 847)
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Thomas, lord Scales (d. 1460): see below.
“Iste liber constat ⟨…⟩\Henrico Tofft/ ex dono Thomæ domini de Scales”: Henry Tofft, fl. 1477-1505, for whom see J. Baker, The Men of Court 1440 to 1550, Selden Society supp. ser. 18 (2012), II. 1537
George Montagu, first earl of Halifax: his sale, 1740, lot 369.
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).
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Last Substantive Revision
2024-12: Revised to incorporate all information in printed catalogues.