MS. Rawl. G. 103

Summary Catalogue no.: 14829

Ovid, Metamorphoses

Rubric: Hic incipit primus [&c.] liber [?] Ouidij Metamorphoseos

Ending at Book 15 v.848 'Emisitque sinu'

With some notes and glosses

Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex

Support: parchment

Extent: iii + 151 leaves

Dimensions (binding): 6.125 × 8.875 in.

History

Origin: 14th century, first half

Provenance and Acquisition

'(Iste) liber (est) Conuentus beate Marie de caritate super Ligerim (Ligim),' on fols 1 and 149v, referring to the Benedictine monastery of Notre Dame de la Charité-sur-Loire, Nievre

'NH. vidi,' a note of Nicolaas Heinsius, is on fol. iii

Walter Clavell, 8o, MS. 9 (Enright, 'Rawlinson', app. B).

Richard Rawlinson, 1690–1755

Bequeathed to the Bodleian in 1755

Record Sources

Description adapted (July 2024) by Stewart J. Brookes from the Summary Catalogue (1895)

Summary Catalogue, Vol. 3, p. 360

Abbreviations

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Last Substantive Revision

2024-07-12: Description revised to incorporate all the information in the Summary Catalogue (1895)

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