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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
Musical Notation:

Notation on staves (see van Dijk 1957).

History

Provenance and Acquisition

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).

'Sum cuique Tho: Hearne 1723–4. Ex dono amicissimi doctissimique viri Richardi Graves de Mickleton in agro Glouc. amigeri.' (MLGB3)

Richard Rawlinson, 1690–1755

Bequeathed to the Bodleian in 1755

MS. Rawl. G. 99 – Part 1

Contents

1.
Donatus, Ars minor
Language(s): Latin
2.
Treatise on Latin verbs,

imperfect at the end

Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

History

Origin: 13th century, middle

MS. Rawl. G. 99 – Part 2

Contents

1.
Ovid, Heroides
Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

Decoration

Penwork.

History

Origin: 13th century, second half

MS. Rawl. G. 99 – Part 3

Contents

1.
Walter of Châtillon, Alexandreis
Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

Decoration

Penwork.

History

Origin: 13th century, second half

MS. Rawl. G. 99 – Part 4

Contents

1.
Alexander Nequam, De nominibus utensilium,

with glosses

Language(s): Latin
2.
Adam of Balsham, De utensilibus
Language(s): Latin
3.
John of Garland, Dictionarius,

with commentary

Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

Decoration

Penwork.

History

Origin: 13th century ; English (?)

MS. Rawl. G. 99 – Part 5

Contents

1.
Missal, Use of Rheims or Boulogne (?),

part

Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

History

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

Additional Information

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the Summary Catalogue (1895).
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

Abbreviations

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Last Substantive Revision

2021-12-14: Add provenance information from MLGB3.