MS. Rawl. poet. 241
Summary Catalogue no.: 14732
Contents
Short theological and other notes, in Latin.
On p. 20 are the dimensions of the monastery and church of St. Paul's at London, in Latin.
Meyer, 27-47, with partial edition
Dean & Boulton 560Extracts, mostly of exampla, not in the order of the original: for details see Meyer, pp. 47-53.
Preceded by a table of contents
Meyer, 54-72, with edition at 61-72.
Dean & Boulton 686French notes on the characters of each month, and the proper diet for each.
Meyer, 72-77.
A geographical and astronomical poem. Artt. 8 and 9 are in a different hand from the rest.
Dean & Boulton 325 (an adaptation of Honorius of Autun, Imago mundi, bk. 1)A French poem on the 30 days of the month (?, 'lunes') and their astrological character, here ascribed to King Solomon: see art. 8.
Meyer, 77-78.
A French poem on the end of the world.
Meyer, 78-82.
Dean & Boulton 606Physical Description
Layout
Chiefly in double columns
Binding
Medieval binding, extensively repaired, of whittawed skin over wooden boards, with traces of strap-and-pin fastening.
History
Provenance and Acquisition
'Corsaur' (?), 15th century (?), upper pastedown
Price '1-1-0', p. i.
'Sir Thomas Tempest baronet' (p. iii) (d. 1692: A. I. Doyle, 'The library of Sir Thomas Tempest: its origins and dispersal', in G. Janssens and F. Aarts (eds), Studies in seventeenth-century English literature … for Professor T. A. Birrell, 1984, 83-93.). MS. 110 in his or another collection (upper pastedown). 18th-century (?) table of contents, p. v.
Bequeathed to the Bodleian in 1755
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Last Substantive Revision
2024-09: Adapt Summary Catalogue description.