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MS. Rawl. G. 44

Summary Catalogue no.: 14775

Contents

1. (fol. 2)
Sallust, Catilina
Rubric: de coniuracione Catiline
Language(s): Latin
2. (fol. 24)
Sallust, 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

Origin: 11th century, second half ; Flanders (?)

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

Richard Rawlinson, 1690–1755

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)
Summary Catalogue, Vol. 3, p. 350

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)

Data

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