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MS. Rawl. G. 16

Summary Catalogue no.: 14749

Contents

Bible

Part of a Bible, with prologues, containing Genesis-Tobit

Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: iii + 125 leaves
Dimensions (binding): 8.375 × 6 in.

Decoration

Pächt and Alexander iii. 428

Fleuronnée initials

Accompanying Material

Two flyleaves are part of a printed English paraphrase on Acts (ch. xix)

History

Origin: 13th century, middle ; England

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 the foot of fol. 1r (MLGB3).

'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

Description adapted (June 2024) by Stewart J. Brookes from the Summary Catalogue (1895). Decoration, localization and date follow Pächt and Alexander (1973)
Summary Catalogue, Vol. 3, p. 343

Bibliography

Abbreviations

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Last Substantive Revision

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