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

MS. Rawl. G. 171

Summary Catalogue no.: 14894

Contents

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: 265 leaves
Dimensions (binding): 13.375 × 10.625 in.

Layout

2 cols

Decoration

Pächt and Alexander iii. 405

Good initials

History

Origin: 13th century, first half ; England

Provenance and Acquisition

'Rheynes' is written on fol. 263v (16th century?)

Phin. Fowke M.D. Donum Joan. Huntbach de Fetherston in Agro Staffordiensi Generosi. A. D. 1691.'

No. 153 in the Thomas Rawlinson sale, 4 March 1733/1734

Richard Rawlinson, 1690–1755

Bequeathed to the Bodleian in 1755

Record Sources

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

Last Substantive Revision

2024-07-31: Description revised to incorporate all the information in the Summary Catalogue (1895)