MS. Rawl. G. 24

Summary Catalogue no.: 14757

Ps.-John Chrysostom, Opus imperfectum in Mattheum

Fifty-seven homilies on Matthew 1 i-xxiv.2

Incipit: (prologue) Sicut referunt Mattheum

Incipit: (text) Liber generationis . . . Liber est quasi apotheca gratiarum

A 16th century note ascribes these to Chrysostom.

Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex

Support: parchment

Extent: i + 172 leaves

Dimensions (binding): 8 × 5.5 in.

Decoration

Pächt and Alexander iii. 788

Good initial

History

Origin: c. 1400 ; England

Provenance and Acquisition

'Sum liber Robert Hanslappi' (?), 'John Turner' (fol. 111v) (both 16th century)

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 (1973)

Summary Catalogue, Vol. 3, p. 345

Abbreviations

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Last Substantive Revision

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

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