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

MS. Rawl. G. 17

Summary Catalogue no.: 14750

Contents

Job with gloss

With prologue, commentary in the margins and interlinear notes

Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: i + 87 leaves
Dimensions (binding): 8.5 × 6.25 in.

Decoration

Pächt and Alexander i. 470

Good initial

History

Origin: 12th century, beginning ; France, West (Laon?)

Provenance and Acquisition

'Memorandum. Habui hunc librum ex mutuo a m(agister) j. Redynge' (15th century) (perhaps John Redyng, fl. 1449-1471, M.A. Oxon. 1454, for whom see Emden, BRUO III.1562).

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 (1966)

Last Substantive Revision

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