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

MS. Rawl. G. 53

Summary Catalogue no.: 14784

Contents

Priscian, Institutiones grammaticae XVII-XVIII (De constructione)
Rubric: Incipit primus liber Prisiani de Constructione

Books 17 and 18

Rubric: [later] \Incipit decimus septimus liber Prisciani minoris de Construction/
Incipit: Quoniam in ante expositis libris

The second book (fol. 48) has no early rubric

Notes on fols 18, 19 and 52v seem to show that the text is eclectic, from two manuscripts

Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: ii + 80 leaves
Dimensions (binding): 9.125 × 6.25 in.

Binding

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

History

Origin: 14th century ; Italy

Provenance and Acquisition

No. 203 in the Thomas Rawlinson sale, 4 March 1733/1734

Richard Rawlinson, 1690–1755

Bequeathed to the Bodleian in 1755

Record Sources

Description adapted (June 2024) by Stewart J. Brookes from the Summary Catalogue (1895)

Last Substantive Revision

2024-06-21: Description revised to incorporate all the information in the Summary Catalogue (1895)