Priscian — c. 1200; France, North (?)
MS. Rawl. G. 52
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Priscian — c. 1200; France, North (?)
Shelfmark
MS. Rawl. G. 52
Place of origin
France, North (?)
Date
c. 1200
Language
Latin
Hebrew
Contents
Form
codex
Support
parchment
Physical extent
viii + 187leaves
Decoration
Good painted and decorative initials
Marginal sketch, fol. 145v
Binding
Blue leather with gold tooling (Thomas Rawlinson's). Binding comparable to other Rawlinson manuscripts
Acquisition
Bequeathed to the Bodleian in 1755
Provenance
This manuscript belonged to the monastery of S. Martin at Louvain, and has similar inscriptions, some erased, to MS. Rawl. G. 41 and MS. Rawl. G. 54. Certain Hebrew letters on fols 181v and 182 also connect this manuscript to MS. Rawl. G. 43
'Jehem de Imus' (?) (14th century) is on fol. 181 and 'Godechat de Brebant' (13th century ?) is on fol. 182
No. 39 in the Thomas Rawlinsonsale, 4 March 1733/1734
Richard Rawlinson, 1690–1755
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