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

MS. Rawl. G. 40

Summary Catalogue no.: 14771

Physical Description

Composite: three parts
Support: Parchment
i + 60 leaves
Dimensions (binding): 9.125 × 6.375 in.

History

Provenance and Acquisition

Part 1 was no. 858 in the Thomas Rawlinson sale, 4 March 1733/1734. All parts belonged to Thomas Rawlinson.

Richard Rawlinson, 1690–1755

Bequeathed to the Bodleian in 1755

MS. Rawl. G. 40 – Part 1

Contents

1. (fol. 1r)
Liber Iparci
Rubric: Liber Iparci philosophi
Incipit: Terra fundata est super stabilitatem suam
Explicit: retro gradiari facit

An astronomical treatise on the planets

See C. H. Haskins, Studies in the History of Medieval Science (Cambridge MA, 1924), p. 89

Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment
Fols 107-136 of an older volume. Fol. 31 (current foliation) lists the contents of that manuscript. For other parts of the original collection see: MS. Rawl. G. 39 (fols 8-56) and MS. Rawl. G. 34 (fols 57-106)

History

Origin: 12th century

MS. Rawl. G. 40 – Part 2

Contents

1. (fol. 32c)
Disputacio inter clericum et militem
Rubric: Disputacio inter clericum & militem [...] super potestate commissa prelatis ecclesiasticis atque principibus terrarum
Incipit: Clericus. Miror, optime miles
Carmen Cardelle de Hartmann, Lateinische Dialoge 1200-1400. Literaturhistorische Studie und Repertorium, Mittellateinische Studien und Texte 37 (Leiden-Boston 2007), R37.
Language(s): Latin
2. (fol. 38v)
Nicolaus de Lyra, Contra iudaeum de uerbis euangelii
Rubric: [added later:] Responsio fratris N. de Lira contra Iudeum nequitiam arguentem

Imperfect at the end.

Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

History

Origin: 15th century

MS. Rawl. G. 40 – Part 3

Contents

1. (fol. 42c)
Roger Conway, De regalibus Christi
Rubric: ... tractatus de regalia Christi editus a fratre Rogero Coduuay doctore sacre theologie in curia Romana quondam ministro Anglie

In three quaestiones on the Temporal Power.

Language(s): Latin
2. (fol. 48v)
William Norton, Tabula super doctorem de Lyra
Rubric: Incipiunt Questiones fratris Nicholai de Lira super Biblia

An alphabetical index

Language(s): Latin
3. (fol. 52)
Quaestio on the date of the passion and Christ's age
Rubric: ... questio notabilis de anno mense kalendis luna passionis Christi & de etate eiusdem
Incipit: Utrum omnia que tradit ecclesia de passione Christi
Listed by G. E. Mohan, 'Initia Operum Franciscalium', Franciscan Studies, 38 (1978), 375-498 at 465, this copy only.
Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment, paper

History

Origin: 15th century

Provenance

'Quatemus fratris Wyllelmi ...' (fol. 42c)

Additional Information

Record Sources

Description adapted (November 2023) by Stewart J. Brookes from the Summary Catalogue (1895)

Last Substantive Revision

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