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MSS. Rawl. G. 11-12

Summary Catalogue no.: 14744

Summary Catalogue no.: 14745

Contents

Language(s): Latin

Bible

MS. Rawl. G. 11: Genesis-Tobit

MS. Rawl. G. 12: Proverbs-Apocrypha

With prologues

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: MS. Rawl. G. 11: ii + 208 leaves; MS. Rawl. G. 12: ii + 141 leaves
Dimensions (binding): 6.625 × 4.625 in.

Condition

Fol. 1 of MS. Rawl. G. 11 is torn

Layout

2 cols

Hand(s)

In a minute hand

Decoration

Pächt and Alexander ii. 99, Pl. IX

Defaced

Fine borders

Fine historiated initials, but the faces of almost all the figures in the initials are erased, e.g. MS. Rawl. G. 11, fol. 103r and MS. Rawl. G. 12, fol. 63r For intact faces, see, for example, MS. Rawl. G. 11, fol. 7v and MS. Rawl. G. 12, fols 27v, 46 and 89

Fine other initials

Additions: There are notes in several hands

History

Origin: 13th century, end ; Italy, Padua or Venice

Provenance and Acquisition

York, Yorkshire. Benedictine abbey of Saint Mary the Virgin: 'Liber monasterii beate Marie Ebor.' at end of MS. Rawl. G. 11, bottom of last page of text (s. xv?) (MLGB3)

Richard Rawlinson, 1690–1755

Bequeathed to the Bodleian in 1755

Record Sources

Description adapted (June 2024) by Stewart J. Brookes from the Summary Catalogue (1895). Decoration, localization and date follow Pächt and Alexander (1970)
Summary Catalogue, Vol. 3, p. 342

Digital Images

Digital Bodleian (2 images from 35mm slides) [MS. Rawl. G. 11]
Digital Bodleian (3 images from 35mm slides) [MS. Rawl. G. 12]

Bibliography

Abbreviations

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Last Substantive Revision

2024-06-03: Description revised to incorporate all the information in the Summary Catalogue (1895)