Pentateuch, with gloss — 13th century, second quarter; France, Paris
MSS. Rawl. G. 183-4
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Pentateuch, with gloss — 13th century, second quarter; France, Paris
Shelfmark
MSS. Rawl. G. 183-4
Place of origin
France, Paris
Date
13th century, second quarter
Language
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Support
parchment
Physical extent
ii + 185leaves in MS. Rawl. G. 183 and ii + 169leaves in MS. Rawl. G. 184
Decoration
Fine historiated border
Fine historiated initials (e.g. MS. Rawl. G. 184, fol. 111v, showing Moses putting the tablets of the Law into the ark
Fine other initials
Acquisition
Bequeathed to the Bodleian in 1755
Provenance
'tradidi Roberto Anglico x sol. Turonensium, item x Turonensium, tercio c sol. Parisiensium, quarto x sol. Turonensium' (MS. Rawl. G. 183, fol. 183r, late 13th century?)
Mottisfont, Hampshire. Augustinian priory of Holy Trinity: 'Istum librum contulit magister Albericus de Vitriacoecclesie de Motesfunt' (MS. Rawl. G. 184, fol. 168r), s. xiii ex ( MLGB3)
Holland family of Quidenham, Norfolk: 'Secreta mea mihi T. Holland' (MS. Rawl. G. 183, fol. 3r) (MLGB3); sale of the library of Sir John Holland (approximately 1669-approximately 1724), Bibliotheca Hollandiana, Norwich, 1730, Folio, no. 4 (p. 3).
James Brydges, Duke of Chandos (Enright, 'Rawlinson', app. B)
Richard Rawlinson, 1690–1755
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