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

MS. Rawl. G. 48

Summary Catalogue no.: 14779

Contents

1. (fol. 2)
Lactantius, De ira Dei
Rubric: ... Firmiani Lactantij De ira Dei incipit feliciter prohemium [&c.]...
Language(s): Latin
2. (fol. 26)
Lactantius, De opificio Dei
Rubric: Firmiani Lactantij De opificio Dei siue de hominis formacione feliciter incipit
Colophon: ... Liber explicit feliciter anno domini 1439

Preceded by two tables of contents

Language(s): Latin
3. (fol. 48)
Quintilian, Institutio oratoria
Rubric: Incipit Aratus de laudibus poetarum & oratorum
Incipit: Igitur ut Aratus ab Joue

A later title correctly notes that this is a fragment of Book 10: 'Fragmentum ex Xº [libro] Quintiliani de laudibus poetarum et oratorum'

Ends (some leaves being lost) 'iuuenis successerat subli'

Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: ii + 54 leaves
Dimensions (binding): 8.625 × 6 in.
Dimensions (leaf): 213 × 150 mm.

Collation

With catchword 'mis doctos'

Layout

32 lines per page. Written space: 140–145 × 90–95 mm.

Hand(s)

The whole manuscript is in the hand of Johannes Baerts (Watson [1984) who also wrote MS. Bodley 339, Magdalen College MS. Lat. 191 and New College MS. 219

Additions: Andrew Watson states that annotations 'passim are in Andrew Holes's hand' (1984, no. 683). Margaret Harvey is more specific, noting additions by Holes on fols 9v and 12v ('An Englishman at the Roman Curia During the Council of Basle: Andrew Holes, His Sermon of 1433 and His Books', Journal of Ecclesiastical History, 42 [1991], p. 29). However, as David Rundle shows, there are several layers of correction, annotation and marginalia: the textual variants added by the main scribe throughout the manuscript, both between the lines and also in the margins; textual variants added by John Burgh (in his characteristic spiky script) on fols 2r, 5v, 9v, 10v and 15r and a single correction by Andrew Holes of the contents list for De opificio Dei on fol. 25r ('Andrew Holes and John Burgh: Two Wykehamists, One Manuscript Collection', New College Notes, 19 [2023], p. 10)

History

Origin: 1439 ; Italy, Florence

Provenance and Acquisition

The colophon by Johannes Baerts on fol. 47v gives the date '1439' (which would be during his time in Florence)

In 1549 the volume was in England (fols 44v, 51v)

Richard Rawlinson, 1690–1755

Bequeathed to the Bodleian in 1755

MS. Rawl. G. 48, flyleaves (fols 1, 53)

Contents

Breviary
Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: Parchment

History

Origin: 15th century

Additional Information

Record Sources

Description adapted (July 2024) by Stewart J. Brookes from the Summary Catalogue (1895) with additional reference to other literature as cited.

Bibliography

    Printed descriptions:

    A. Watson, Catalogue of Dated and Datable Manuscripts in Oxford Libraries (1984), no. 683 and Pl. 385
    S. J. P. van Dijk, Latin Liturgical Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, Oxford, vol. 6: Fragments - Office Books, Rituals, Directories (typescript, 1957), p. 260

Last Substantive Revision

2024-07-31: Description revised to incorporate all the information in the Summary Catalogue (1895)