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MS. Rawl. C. 81

Summary Catalogue no.: 11946

Physical Description

Composite: two parts

History

Provenance and Acquisition

Pershore, Worcestershire, Benedictine abbey of St Edburga (originally of St Mary the Virgin, St Peter, and St Paul) (?) : 'De Pershore' at top inner corner of front flyleaf (s. xv?). (MLGB3: evidence from an ex-libris inscription or note of gift to an institution).

'Hic liber fuit quondam R. R. de T.' Scribble 'Thomas Rochester for Thomas' (s. xvi). (MLGB3)

Paper, except for flyleaves. (MLGB3)

Richard Rawlinson, 1690–1755

Bequeathed to the Bodleian in 1755

MS. Rawl. C. 81 – Part 1

Contents

1.
Medical treatises.
Language(s): Middle English
2.
'Macer', De uiribus herbarum (English translation)
Language(s): Middle English
3.
Herbal
Language(s): Middle English

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: paper

History

Origin: 15th century, end ; English

MS. Rawl. C. 81 – Part 2

Contents

1.
Dorothy Hudson, Medical recipes
Language(s): Middle English

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: paper

History

Origin: 17th century ; English

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).
Quarto Catalogue, col. 26
Summary Catalogue, vol. 3, p. 206

Digital Images

Digital Bodleian (1 image from 35mm slides)

Bibliography

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Last Substantive Revision

2021-12-14: Add provenance information from MLGB3.

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