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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)
Senatus, monk of Worcester, 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).

Richard Rawlinson, 1690–1755

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.
Summary Catalogue, Vol. 3, p. 373

Abbreviations

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Last Substantive Revision

2024-08-01: Description revised to incorporate all the information in the Summary Catalogue (1895)

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