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

MS. Rawl. G. 43

Summary Catalogue no.: 14774

Contents

1. (fol. 1)
Sallust, Catilina
Language(s): Latin
2. (fol. 19)
Sallust, Jugurtha
Rubric: Liber II
Final rubric: Explicit Liber Salustii
Language(s): Latin
3. (fol. 52v)
Ps.-Sallust; Ps.-Cicero, Inuectiuae
Incipit: Grauiter et iniquo animo
Incipit: Ea demum magna voluptas est
Language(s): Latin

On fol. 56 are three Provençal glosses, 'rudo . bram' [or bran], 'gannio . lairar', 'Ignio . foguegar', in a grammatical excerpt: on fol. 56v is a rough and simple mappa mundi (12th cent.?). On fol. 1 is an elaborate capital letter.

Language(s): Old Provençal

On fol. 56v are some Hebrew notes, perhaps by a Jew who held the book in pledge, see MS. Rawl. G. 52 (SC 14783)

Language(s): Hebrew

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment
ii (paper, uncut, conjugate with pastedown) + 56 + ii (paper, uncut, conjugate with pastedown) leaves.
Dimensions (binding): 192 × 129 × 20–32 mm.
Dimensions (leaf): 167–185 × 116–125 mm.
Foliation: Later pencil foliation on top right of recto side.

Collation

1–7(8)

Layout

135–142 × 91 mm.

Hand(s)

At least one scribe, writing in a combination of light and dark brown inks, with a possible change in scribe on f. 17r.

Decoration

Pächt and Alexander i. 473:

Decorated initial in black ink depicting two birds on 1r.

Mappa mundi with labels found on 56v.

Binding

Red leather with gold tooling (Thomas Rawlinson's).

History

Origin: 12th century, beginning ; French, South

Provenance and Acquisition

Thomas Rawlinson: No. 102 in his sale, March 1733/4.

Richard Rawlinson, 1690–1755

Bequeathed to the Bodleian in 1755

Record Sources

Description adapted (2025) from the Summary Catalogue (1895). Decoration, localization and date follow Pächt and Alexander (1966).

2025-06-12: Additional data collected by Maura McKeon as part of the 'Big Data' and Medieval Manuscripts workshop held at the Bodleian Libraries, Oxford on 12th June 2025. Data encoded in TEI-XML by Sebastian Dows-Miller on 3rd July 2025.

Digital Images

Digital Bodleian (2 images from 35mm slides)

Last Substantive Revision

2025-06-12: Additional data collected by Maura McKeon as part of the 'Big Data' and Medieval Manuscripts workshop held at the Bodleian Libraries, Oxford on 12th June 2025. Data encoded in TEI-XML by Sebastian Dows-Miller on 3rd July 2025.