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

MS. Rawl. G. 126

Summary Catalogue no.: 14851

Contents

1.
Bible
Explicit: Explicit Bibliotheca

With prologues

Language(s): Latin
2. (fol. 493)
Stephen Langton, Interpretaciones nominum hebraicorum
Rubric: Interpretationes hebraycorum nominum
Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: iii + 539 leaves
Dimensions (binding): 10 × 7 in.

Hand(s)

'Iste Bibliotheca finita est ... a Ricardulo de Samforde', fol. 536v (Pächt and Alexander iii. 495)

Decoration

Pächt and Alexander iii. 495, Pl. XLIX

Good borders

Good historiated initials

Good other initials

History

Origin: 13th century, end ; England

Provenance and Acquisition

'Ista Bibliotheca finita est in die Sanctorum Fabiani & Sebastiani [January 20] a Ricardulo de Samforde', fol. 536v

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). Decoration, localization and date follow Pächt and Alexander (1973)

Digital Images

Digital Bodleian (6 images from 35mm slides)

Last Substantive Revision

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