MS. Rawl. G. 43
Summary Catalogue no.: 14774
Contents
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.
On fol. 56v are some Hebrew notes, perhaps by a Jew who held the book in pledge, see MS. Rawl. G. 52 (SC 14783)
Physical Description
Collation
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
Provenance and Acquisition
Thomas Rawlinson: No. 102 in his sale, March 1733/4.
Bequeathed to the Bodleian in 1755
Record Sources
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)
Abbreviations
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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.