MS. Rawl. G. 168
Summary Catalogue no.: 14891
Contents
Gospel Harmony, with gloss
Rubric: Euuangelium Domini nostri Ihesu Christi secundum quatuor Euuangelistas
The Eusebian sections (698 in all) woven into a continuous narrative or Diatessaron, with notes
Language(s): Latin
Prefatory texts:
2. (fols. 164v–165v)
, Ep. 2 (Tractatus de concordia et dispensatione canonum euangeliorum) Incipit: Amonius quidam Alexandrinus
Explicit: cum aliis reperiri potest
C. H. Turner, Early Worcester MSS. (1916), pp. xlv-l sig. L (starting at line line 27) 3. (fol. 165v–166r)
Incipit: Nouum opus facere me cogis
Explicit: uel uicina dixerunt. Opto ut in Christo valeas et memineris mei papa beatissime
Stegmüller 595 (Jerome, Ep. ad Damasum) 4. (fol. 166r)
Incipit: Sciendum etiam ne quis ignarum
Explicit: quod solum est. Opto ut in Christo valeas et memineris mei beatissime papa
Stegmüller 601 6. (fol. 166r–v)
Incipit: Plures fuisse qui euangelia scripserunt
Explicit: Vltimus Iohannes apostolus et euangelista quem Ihesus amauit plurimum
Stegmüller 596 (extract) Language(s): Latin
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: i + 167 leaves
Dimensions (binding): 12.5 × 9.5 in.
Decoration
Coloured capitals
History
Origin: 13th century, early
Provenance and Acquisition
At Lincoln in the early 13th century: 'liber iste Simonis de Biham [Bytham] scolaris magistri Willemi cancellarii Lincolnensis, traditus magistro R. Scoto per manum Garini de Colevill. Restituendus ei Linc' siue magistro Willelmo filio Galfridi persone ecclesie sancti Petri ad Archas' [St Peter at Arches, Lincoln] (fol. 130v: Early Worcester MSS., p. xliv n. 1).
Bequeathed to the Bodleian in 1755
Record Sources
Description adapted (August 2024) by Stewart J. Brookes and Matthew Holford from the Summary Catalogue (1895), with additional reference to published literature as cited, and additional description of fols. 164v-166v.
Abbreviations
View list of abbreviations and editorial conventions.
Last Substantive Revision
2024-08-01: Description revised to incorporate all the information in the Summary Catalogue (1895)