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MS. Rawl. G. 55

Summary Catalogue no.: 14786

Contents

1.
Priscian, Institutiones grammaticae

The 17th and 18th books of the Institutiones grammaticae, with notes and glosses

The 18th book begins on fol. 33, but the greater part is lost, with fol. 35 ending with 'auctoritate ueterum genitiuis coniuncta'

Language(s): Latin
2. (fols 36–40)
Grammatical fragments

Written in other hands

Language(s): Latin
3.
A short grant by Willelmus de Buick
Language(s): Latin
4.
Two hymns
Laus Patri Genito
Gloriosa Dauidis Virgo
Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: 51 leaves. Fols 2-10 and 41-end are blank
Dimensions (binding): 9.625 × 7.375 in.

History

Origin: 13th century, second half ; England

Provenance and Acquisition

Richard Rawlinson, 1690–1755

Bequeathed to the Bodleian in 1755

Record Sources

Description adapted (July 2024) by Stewart J. Brookes from the Summary Catalogue (1895)
Summary Catalogue, Vol. 3, p. 353

Abbreviations

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Last Substantive Revision

2024-07-22: Description revised to incorporate all the information in the Summary Catalogue (1895)