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

MS. Rawl. G. 96

Summary Catalogue no.: 15567

Physical Description

Composite: five parts
Extent: iv + 252 pages
Dimensions (binding): 9 × 6.875 in.

History

Provenance and Acquisition

'Suum cuique Tho: Hearne 1723. Ex dono amicissimi doctissimique viri Richardi Graves, de Mickleton in agro Gloucestrensi, armigeri.'.

Richard Rawlinson, 1690–1755

Bequeathed to the Bodleian in 1755

MS. Rawl. G. 96 – Part 1

Contents

1. (p. 1)
John of Garland, Usus omnium

With glosses in Latin, French, and English

Incipit: Commoda dicemus, sed in hiis non metra tenemus | Sensum non metrum sibi postulat hoc documentum
Explicit: Est zinzirnare pardorum quis leo compo
Language(s): Latin, Anglo-Norman, and Middle English

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

History

Origin: 13th century

MS. Rawl. G. 96 – Part 2

Contents

2. (p. 91)
Alexander de Villa Dei, Doctrinale magnum
Incipit: (prol.) Informans pueros
Incipit: (text) Scribere clericulis paro Doctrinale nouellis

Imperfect, ending with 'quod raro participantis', near the end of the first part. On p. 90 is 'Nota quod materia huius libri sunt regule artis grammatice a voluminibus Preciani extracte, vnde iste liber dicitur Introductorium quod introducit nos ad vtrumque volumen Preciani...'

There are many scholia and glosses, in Latin.

Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

History

Origin: 13th century, first half

MS. Rawl. G. 96 – Part 3

Contents

Language(s): Latin

(p. 131)
John of Garland, Accentuarius
Explicit: Metrifica recte, uoces intellige recte

Fragment, last page only, 'In terminaciones vocabulorum', as a scholium suggests.

3. (p. 132)
John of Garland, De mysteriis ecclesiae
Rubric: Misteria sacre Ecclesie
Incipit: Anglia quo fulget, quo gaudet presule claro | Londonie
Final rubric: Expliciunt misteria sacre Scripture
Incipit: Nobilis Anglorum.

On the margin of p. 145 are some semiretrograde verses on St. Thomas of Canterbury, in Latin

Incipit: Nobilis Anglorum
4. (p. 155)
John of Garland, Morale scholarium
Rubric: Morale Scolarum
Incipit: (pref.) Humiles in spineto
Incipit: Scribo nouam satiram

With scholia and glosses.

On p. 176 is added the hymn 'Gaude virgo mater Christi'.

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

History

Origin: 13th century

MS. Rawl. G. 96 – Part 4

Contents

Language(s): Latin

5. (p. 177)
Grammatical commentary on Alexander Nequam, De nominibus utensilium
Incipit: Qui bene wlt disponere etc. Virorum [i.e. Cum rerum] notitia precedat notitiam causarum

On p. 196 follow some slightly later notes on the Calendar

On pp. 198-9 the beginning of a Dictionarium de Anatomia

Incipit: Dictionarium dicitur iste libellus.

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

Layout

2 cols.

History

Origin: 13th century

MS. Rawl. G. 96 – Part 5

Contents

6. (p. 201)
Horace, Epistles

As far as bk. II. i. 117 (poemata passim), with scholia and notes: imperfect, and with the last leaf damaged.

Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

History

Origin: 13th century

Additional Information

Record Sources

Description adapted (2024) from the Summary Catalogue (1895).

Last Substantive Revision

2024-12: Description revised to incorporate all information from Summary Catalogue.