| Shelfmark |
MS. Rawl. Q. b. 5 |
| Summary Catalogue no.
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16019 |
| Summary of contents |
Bible, vol. 1. |
| Language |
Latin |
| Origin |
English |
| Date |
12th century, third quarter |
| Material |
parchment |
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| Decoration |
| Fine historiated and other initials in various styles. Good
marginal sketches in plummet, fol. 123v, etc. (P&A iii. 179, pl. XIX)
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| fol. 5v |
| Type |
initial I
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| Subject |
Band, edged with gold, decorated with geometric
designs, acanthus leaves, animal head and four medallions with bearded
heads.
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| fol. 48v |
| Type |
initial L
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| Subject |
Band, edged with gold, decorated with eleven square
panels, where a four-petalled flower alternates with other designs (three
heads, an eagle and a lion).
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| fol. 64r |
| Type |
initial H
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| Subject |
Interlace, acanthus-leaf designs. The loop of the
initial is formed by a dragon; a mask decorates the top of the
ascender.
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| fol. 76v |
| Type |
initial T
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| Subject |
Christ, seated in green and gold mandorla, holding a
book and blessing; a gold bar with two lions above.
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| fol. 86r |
| Type |
initial P
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| Subject |
A young man with a sword and shield faces a dragon
with a knotted tail. Interlace, acanthus-leaf designs, three human faces inside
the loop of the initial.
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| fol. 112r |
| Type |
initial F
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| Subject |
Two figures with long hair and ankle-length robes
cutting leaves from a plant with knives. Two grotesques form horizontal bars of
the initial.
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| fol. 137v |
| Type |
initial C
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| Subject |
Mythological beast surrounded by coiled tendrils and
acanthus leaves.
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| fol. 162r |
| Type |
initial O
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| Subject |
Seated crowned Solomon embraces a female
figure.
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| fol. 170r |
| Type |
initial O
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| Subject |
Interlace, acanthus-leaf designs, two profile human
heads.
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| fol. 187v |
| Type |
initial A
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| Subject |
Coiled tendrils with foliage and flowers, mask, bird,
winged grotesque with floral decoration growing out of its mouth and human hand
clutching its feet.
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| Gold initials, decorated with interlace, coiled tendrils, foliage,
flowers and geometric designs on fols. 23r, 38r, 77r, 95r, 123v, 151r, 159r,
163v, 187r and 199v.
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| Unfinished initials on fols. 96v, 96v and 170r. |
| Sketches in margins on fols. 120r and 123v (human half-figure and
faces)
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| Images |
| Catalogue image |
Vol. 3, p. 547 |
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| Bibliography |
| 2001 |
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R. M. Thomson (with Michael Gullick), A descriptive catalogue of the medieval manuscripts in Worcester Cathedral Library, Cambridge: D. S. Brewer, on behalf of the Dean and Chapter of Worcester Cathedral, 2001, p. 114
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|
| 1972 |
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Neil R. Ker, 'The English manuscripts of the Moralia of Gregory the Great', in Kunsthistorische Forschungen Otto Pächt zu seinem 70. Geburtstag (eds. A. Rosenauer & G. Weber), Salzburg: Residenz Verlag, 1972, pp. 77-89, at pp. 80 col. 2 -- 81 col. 1 (note on nos. 61, 62)
SCWMSS archive: = REFS. XCIV. 24
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| Shelfmark |
MS. Rawl. Q. b. 6 |
| Summary Catalogue no.
|
27855 |
| Summary of contents |
Lancelot Cycle, Branches 3, 4, 5. |
| Language |
French |
| Origin |
French |
| Date |
14th century, beginning |
| Material |
parchment |
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| Decoration |
| Fine miniature (defaced), borders, historiated and other initials.
Fols. 1-245 were written by Ernouls of Amiens, colophon fol. 187v. (P&A i.
586, pl. XLIV)
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| Images |
| Catalogue image |
Vol. 5, p. 372 |
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| Bibliography |
| 2001 |
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Andrea M. L. Williams, The adventures of the Holy Grail: a study of La Queste del Saint Graal, Oxford, etc.: Peter Lang, 2001, p. 194 (listing in Bibliography only)
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|
| 2000 |
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Geert H. M. Claassens & David F. Johnson, 'Arthurian literature in the medieval Low Countries: an introduction', in King Arthur in the medieval Low Countries, eds. Geert H. M. Claassens & David F. Johnson (Mediaevalia Lovaniensia, Series 1 / Studia XXVIII), Louvain: Leuven University Press, 2000, pp. 1-34, at pp. 7 n. 21, 11 n. 38, 24 n. 101
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| 1998 |
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Alison Stones, 'The stylistic context of the Roman de Fauvel, with a note on Fauvain', in Fauvel studies: allegory, chronicle, music, and image in Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale de France, MS français 146, eds. Margaret Bent & Andrew Wathey, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1998, pp. 529-67, at p. 553 n.
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|
| 1996 |
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Cited in more than one article in Word and image in Arthurian literature, ed. Keith Busby, New York & London: Garland Publishing, Inc., 1996, pp. 152, 239 n. 13, 241 n. 23, 243 n. 33, 245 nn. 48, 54
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| 1995 |
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Patricia M. Gathercole, Animals in medieval French manuscript illumination, Lewiston, NY, etc.: The Edwin Mellen Press, 1995, p. 95
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|
| 1993 |
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Andrea Hopkins, Chronicles of King Arthur, London: Collins & Brown, 1993, p. 108 fig. [fol. 211b], p. 180 fig. [fol. 390v], p. 173 [fol. 392v]
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| 1990 |
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Muriel Whitaker, The legends of King Arthur in art, Woodbridge: D. S. Brewer, 1990, pp. 28, 41, 42, 43-5, 48
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| 1964 |
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Cited in Studi Medievali, 3rd Series, vol. V, 1 (1964), p. 395 [Reference taken from Studi Medievali, 3rd Ser., Indici, Anni I-XX: 1960-1979 (ed. G. Zanella), Spoleto: Centro italiano di studi sull'alto medioevo, 1981, pp. 272-6]
Bodleian shelfmark: = Per. 3962 d. 224
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| Shelfmark |
MS. Rawl. Q. e. 20 |
| Summary Catalogue no.
|
15606 |
| Summary of contents |
Burnt fragment from Cotton MS. Otho B. X - parts of 44 lines
from the Life of St. Basil.
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| Language |
English |
| Origin |
English |
| Date |
11th century, first half |
| Material |
parchment |
| Alternative form available |
full
digital facsimile |
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| Images |
| Catalogue image |
Vol. 3, p. 445 |
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| Bibliography |
| 2001 |
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Helmut Gneuss, Handlist of Anglo-Saxon manuscripts: a list of manuscripts and manuscript fragments written or owned in England up to 1100 (Medieval and Renaissance Texts and Studies, 241), Tempe AZ: Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, 2001, no. 355 (part)
Bodleian shelfmark: BDH = R. Cat.
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| 1997 |
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Peter Clemoes, ed., Aelfric's Catholic Homilies, the First Series: Text (Early English Text Society, S.S. 17), Oxford, etc.: Oxford University Press for The Early English Text Society, 1997, p. xviii (siglum 'fi'), 60-1, 162, etc.
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| 1979 |
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D. G. Scragg, 'The corpus of vernacular homilies and prose saints' lives before Ælfric' [first published 1979], reprinted in Old English Prose: basic readings, ed. Paul E. Szarmach (Basic Readings in Anglo-Saxon England, 5 = Garland Reference Library of the Humanities, 1447), New
York & London: Garland Publishing, Inc., 2000, pp. 73-150, at pp. 77 (siglum 'fg'), 112-3
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