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MS. Rawl. G. 18

Summary Catalogue no.: 14751

Physical Description

Composite. Formerly one volume, a psalter, with MS. Lat. liturg. f. 11.

History

Provenance and Acquisition

Richard Rawlinson, 1690-1755

Bequeathed to the Bodleian in 1755

MS. Rawl. G. 18 - Part 1

Contents

Deed (once part of the binding): grant of lands at Stapleford Abbot's in Essex by Mrs. Grey, daughter of Thomas Bull.
Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

History

Origin: 16th century (temp. Henry VIII) ; English

MS. Rawl. G. 18 - Part 2

Contents

1.
Psalter
Language(s): Latin
2. fols.102r-105v
Religious poem
Language(s): French
3. fols.105 v-106r
Poem accompanied by music
Incipit: Worldes blis ne last no þrowe...
Language(s): English
4. fols.106v-107v
Poem with music and prayers
Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

Decoration

Coloured capitals

History

Origin: 13th century, early (probably before 1221); additions, 13th century ; English, East Anglia (?)

Additional Information

Record Sources

Summary description based on Elizabeth Solopova, Latin Liturgical Psalters in the Bodleian Library: A Select Catalogue (Oxford, 2013), pp. 92-7. Previously described in the Summary Catalogue.
Summary Catalogue, Vol. 3, p. 343

Digital Images

Digital Bodleian (5 images from 35mm slides)

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