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MS. Rawl. G. 99

Summary Catalogue no.: 15462

Physical Description

Composite: fols. 9–16, 1, 2–8, 17–20 || fols. 21–65 || fols. 66–137 || fols. 138–162 || fols. 163-end
Extent: ix + 173 leaves
Dimensions (binding): 10 × 7.125 in.

History

Provenance and Acquisition

At fol. ii is a printed account by Robinson Ellis of arts. 5-7.

St Albans, Hertfordshire, Benedictine abbey of St Alban: 'Liber Sancti Albani de libraria conventus ex dono Iohannis abbatis' (fols. i recto and 65v). 'Hunc librum ex industria fratris Hugonis legat perquisitum ad usum conventus monasterii sancti Albani assignavit venerabilis pater dominus Iohannes Stoke abbas monasterii antedicti ...' (fol. ix verso). (MLGB3: evidence from an ex-libris inscription or note of gift to an institution).

Names are scribbled on foll. 62r, 107v, 135v ('Iste liber constat Hugoni [?] Egystun', 15th cent.), 154v (mention of 'Johannes Boter and 'Johannes Heued', 15th cent.).

'Sum cuique Tho: Hearne 1723–4. Ex dono amicissimi doctissimique viri Richardi Graves de Mickleton in agro Glouc. armigeri.'

Richard Rawlinson, 1690–1755

Bequeathed to the Bodleian in 1755

MS. Rawl. G. 99 – Part 1

Contents

Language(s): Latin

1. (fols. 9–16, 1)
Donatus, Ars minor
Incipit: (preface) Tria sunt que commendant
Incipit: (preface) Nomen icio hec pars uocatur
Incipit: (text) Partes orationis quot sunt?
2. (fols. 2–8, 17–20).
Treatise on Latin verbs
Incipit: Amo est uerbum actiuum

A treatise on regular and irregular Latin verbs md verbal nouns, imperfect at end: ends 'plus quam perfecto utinam': the words treated are amo, doceo, lego, audio: sum, eo, volo, edo, fero, fio, gaudeo, tollo, audeo.

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

History

Origin: 13th century, middle

MS. Rawl. G. 99 – Part 2

Contents

3. (fol. 21)
Ovid, Heroides

As far as the twelfth line of the last Epistle; the first nine leaves and a few others more or less damaged.

Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

Decoration

Penwork.

History

Origin: 13th century, second half

MS. Rawl. G. 99 – Part 3

Contents

4. (fol. 66)
Walter of Châtillon, Alexandreis

The tenth book is very badly mutilated.

Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

Decoration

Penwork.

History

Origin: 13th century, second half

MS. Rawl. G. 99 – Part 4

Contents

5. (fol. 138)
Alexander Nequam, De nominibus utensilium
Incipit: Qui bene vult disponere.

With glosses, some in French.

On the French glosses see Tony Hunt, 'Les gloses en langue vulgaire dans les manuscrits du De nominibus utensilium d'Alexandre Nequam', Revue de Linguistique Romane, 43 (1979), 235-269
Language(s): Latin and Anglo-Norman
6. (fol. 150)
Adam of Balsham, De utensilibus
Incipit: Phale tolum cillentibus radiis

Containing the names of utensils, processes and objects of every kind, cast in the form of a narrative.

With glosses, some in French

Language(s): Latin and Anglo-Norman
7. (fol. 156)
John of Garland, Dictionarius
Incipit: Dictionarius dicitur libellus
Incipit: (commentary) Ysidorus dicit quod tria sunt genera lingue.

Wth a commentary but no glosses.

Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

Decoration

Penwork.

History

Origin: 13th century ; English (?)

MS. Rawl. G. 99 – Part 5

Contents

8. (fol. 163)
Missal

Part of a missal, beginning at 'secula seculorum. Amen. ', shortly before the Sursum corda in the Ordinarium Missae, and ending after the Canon with some Memoriae or Commemorationes, the last being 'In die unius Apostoli': with some musical notes. It belongs to a French use, probably of the archdiocese of Rheims, possibly of the diocese of Terouane (afterwards Boulogne).

Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment
Musical Notation:

Notation on staves (see van Dijk 1957).

History

Origin: 12th century, late ; French (?)

Additional Information

Record Sources

Description adapted (2024) from the Summary Catalogue (1895) with additional reference to literature as cited.
Summary Catalogue, Vol. 3, p. 430
Summary Catalogue, Vol. 3, p. 431

Bibliography

    Online resources:

    MLGB3: Medieval Libraries of Great Britain

    Printed descriptions:

    S. J. P. van Dijk, Latin Liturgical Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, Oxford, vol. 5: Fragments - Mass Books (typescript, 1957), p. 112

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Last Substantive Revision

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