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

MS. Rawl. G. 16

Summary Catalogue no.: 14749

Contents

Bible (part: Genesis to Tobias)
Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

Decoration

Fleuronnée initials. (Pächt and Alexander iii. 428)

History

Origin: 13th century, middle ; English

Provenance and Acquisition

Evesham, Worcestershire, Benedictine abbey of St Mary the Virgin and St Egwin: "Liber monasterii beate Marie sanctique Egwini episcopi et confessoris Eueshamie" (c. 1400?); at foot of fol. 1r. (MLGB3: evidence from an ex-libris inscription or note of gift to an institution).

"Ricardus Stodeley". "Wyllyam Palmer" (scribbled s. xv/xvi, fol. 92r). "Thomas Barwell" (c. 1600). (MLGB3)

Richard Rawlinson, 1690–1755

Bequeathed to the Bodleian in 1755

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the Summary Catalogue (1895). Decoration, localization and date follow Pächt and Alexander (1973).

Bibliography

Last Substantive Revision

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