MS. Rawl. G. 60
Summary Catalogue no.: 14791
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Notes on foll. 1v, 2v, 71v make it probable that the scribe of A-D was William Smyth ('Master Willelmus Smyth'): the scribe of F may have been 'Bosvyll' (see fol. 133).
'330 MS.'
Bequeathed to the Bodleian in 1755
MS. Rawl. G. 60 – Part 1
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With prologue
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MS. Rawl. G. 60 – Part 2
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Language(s): Latin
In hexameters, sometimes ascribed to St. Bernard of Clairvaux.
Here anonymous.
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MS. Rawl. G. 60 – Part 3
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A list of deponent verbs, with English explanations.
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MS. Rawl. G. 60 – Part 4
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Partly in verse.
For discussion of the text see T. Hunt, Teaching and Learning Latin in Thirteenth-Century England (1991), III, 138-140, stating (140 n. 58) that the present manuscript contains English glosses.
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MS. Rawl. G. 60 – Part 5
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Language(s): Latin
A treatise on Greek grammar
A treatise on Latin words with long vowels, in verse.
On the 32 'colores ad metrum pertinentes', i.e. kinds of verse, partly in verse. Followed by a prose piece on nine metres:
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MS. Rawl. G. 60 – Part 6
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Language(s): Latin
On grammar, William and Robert being supposed to be two pupils.
Some religious pieces treated grammatically.
Rules of grammar, partly in verse. A second set about verbs (fol. 148b) beg.:
Other grammatical texts on fols. 135r, 161v.
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Written by 'Bosville'?
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Last Substantive Revision
2025-01: Description revised to incorporate all information from Summary Catalogue.