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

MS. Rawl. G. 69

Summary Catalogue no.: 14799

Contents

Bestiarium moralizatum
Rubric: Hic incipit liber bestiarum, volucrum, piscium, vermium, lapidum, & arborum
Incipit: De columba. [Praefatio] Desiderii tui karissime peitionibus satisfacere cupiens ... edo N...
Explicit: iudicium Domini futurum non pertimescunt

The first part of a short Bestiarium moralizatum. The first part is 'de columba', then 'de uento aquilonis', 'de uento australi', 'de speciebus accipitris'. Ends in 'de ciconia', with the likelihood that some pages are missing

Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: 109 leaves
Dimensions (binding): 9.125 × 6.5 in.

Condition

Fol. 1 is mutilated. Probably missing some leaves.

Layout

2 cols

Decoration

Spaces left blank for small pictures.

Additions: 'Charitas Harmonia' is a motto added on fol. 1 (16th century)

History

Origin: 13th century, late

Provenance and Acquisition

Richard Rawlinson, 1690–1755

Bequeathed to the Bodleian in 1755

Record Sources

Description adapted (January 2023) by Stewart J. Brookes from the Summary Catalogue (1895)

Last Substantive Revision

2023-01-25: Description revised to incorporate all the information in the Summary Catalogue (1895)