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

MS. Rawl. G. 161

Summary Catalogue no.: 14885

Contents

1.
Bible

With prologues

Language(s): Latin
2. (fol. 507)
Jerome, Liber interpretationis hebraicorum nominum
Rubric: Incipiunt Interpretaciones nominum Hebraicorum tocius Biblie

As far as 'Senaab'

Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: i + 536 + i leaves
Dimensions (leaf): 335 × 240 mm.
Dimensions (binding): 13.375 × 10 in.

Condition

Imperfect at end. Fol. 180 is torn

Layout

Fols. 1-506: 2 cols, 50 lines, column space 230–5 × 65 mm.

Fols. 507-536: 3 cols., 50 lines, column space 230–5 × 43 mm.

Decoration

Pächt and Alexander i. 151, Pl. X

Decoration related to that by Heinrich Aurhaym in Klosterneuburg, Stiftsbibliothek, MS. 4

Fine borders

Fine historiated initials

Fine other initials

History

Origin: 1399 ; Austria

Provenance and Acquisition

On fol. 507: 'Explicit liber Biblie per manus Vene Anno Domini Mºcccºlxxxxixº die vltima mensis Aprilis.' Fols. 507-536v are in the same hand, probably written at the same time.

Richard Rawlinson, 1690–1755

Bequeathed to the Bodleian in 1755

Record Sources

Description adapted (July 2024) by Stewart J. Brookes from the following sources.
A. G. Watson, Catalogue of Dated and Datable Manuscripts in Oxford Libraries (1984), no. 685
Pächt and Alexander (1966)
Summary Catalogue (1895)

Last Substantive Revision

2024-07-08: Description revised to incorporate all information in printed catalogues.