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

MS. Rawl. G. 39

Summary Catalogue no.: 14770

Contents

1. (fol. 8)
Boethius, De consolatione philosophiae
Rubric: Incipit liber Anetij Manlij Seuerini Boetij [...] de Consolatione Philosophie
Language(s): Latin
2. (fol. 43)
Boethius, Opuscula sacra
Language(s): Latin
Rubric: (fol. 43) . . . Eiusdem Utrum Pater et Filius et Spiritus Sanctus de diuinitate substantialiter predicentur, ad sanctum Iohannem diaconum ...
Rubric: (fol. 43v) Item eiusdem quomodo substantie in eo quod sunt bone sunt cum non sint sub alia bona, ad eundem
Rubric: (fol. 45) A. M. S. B⟨oëthii⟩ ... liber de Fide Christiana .. .
Rubric: (fol. 48v) . . . Boetij . . . liber contra Euticis et Nestorij hereses incipit

The last two leaves are torn

CPL 890–4; ed. and trans. H. F. Stewart and E. K. Rand (London, 1918 / 1973)

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment, paper
Extent: 141 leaves
Dimensions (binding): 9 × 5.625 in.
Fols 1-7 and 57-end are blank papers. Fols 8-56 of an older volume. For other parts, of the original collection see: MS. Rawl. G. 34 (fols 57-106) and MS. Rawl. G. 40 (fols 107-136, with a list of contents)

Decoration

Pächt and Alexander iii. 276

Good initials

Binding

Red leather with gold tooling (Thomas Rawlinson's). Binding comparable to other Rawlinson manuscripts

History

Origin: 12th century, second half ; England (?)

Provenance and Acquisition

Owned by Thomas Rawlinson

Richard Rawlinson, 1690–1755

Bequeathed to the Bodleian in 1755

Record Sources

Description adapted (November 2023) by Stewart J. Brookes from the Summary Catalogue (1895). Decoration, localization and date follow Pächt and Alexander (1973)

Digital Images

Digital Bodleian (1 image from 35mm slides)

Last Substantive Revision

2023-11-29: Description revised to incorporate all the information in the Summary Catalogue (1895)