MS. Rawl. G. 44
Summary Catalogue no.: 14775
Contents
2. (fol. 24)
, Jugurtha Rubric: Incipit liber II Iugurthe
Explicit: Explicit hie bellum Mario uincente peractum
Language(s): Latin
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: ii + 69 leaves
Dimensions (binding): 7 × 4.75 in.
Collation
Fols 63-65, and perhaps others, are supplied from a rather later manuscript
Decoration
Pächt and Alexander i. 268
Mappa mundi (fol. 17v). Basic T-O map, 110mm. West is, unusually, at the top
Initials
History
Provenance and Acquisition
'III Septemb. anno M.D. Lxxiix inventi in bibliotheca Gandauensi ad S. Petrum' and 'Ex Sturanis', 'N° 123,' which seem to imply that this volume was in a list of books belonging to the abbey of S. Pierre at Ghent, and was at some time no. 123 in the abbey's library
Bequeathed to the Bodleian in 1755
MS. Rawl. G. 44, binding fragments (fols. ii, 68)
Contents
Language(s): Latin
Lectionary (epistle and gospel book)
Portions of the beginning of Holy Week.
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: two fragments, each with only one side of readable text
Dimensions (fragment): c. 170 × c. 135 mm.
Layout
History
Origin: 10th century, late
Additional Information
Record Sources
Description adapted (July 2024) by Stewart J. Brookes from the Summary Catalogue (1895) and van Dijk (1957). Decoration, localization and date follow Pächt and Alexander (1966)
Digital Images
Digital Bodleian (1 image from 35mm slides)
Bibliography
Printed descriptions:
S. J. P. van Dijk, Latin Liturgical Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, Oxford, vol. 5: Fragments - Mass Books (typescript, 1957), p. 38
Abbreviations
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Last Substantive Revision
2024-07-26: Description revised to incorporate all the information in the Summary Catalogue (1895) and van Dijk (1957)