University College MS. 78B

Missal, use of York

Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Support: vellum

Decoration

Illuminated, flourish initials. "Sketch of a figure, fol. 184v." (Alexander and Temple)

Binding

Contemporary trimmed chemise binding

History

Origin: 15th century, middle ; England.

Provenance and Acquisition

"olim ecclesiæ de Cocknay ex dono Willelmi Sheppard." (Coxe) "Calendar (feast of relics 19 Oct.) suggests York Minster. Obit of Margaret Haverham, 1532. Given to Cuckney church by William Sheppard. Fols. 1, 184v. Given to the College by Thomas Walker, master (d. 1665)." (Alexander and Temple)

Record Sources

Summary description based on the following sources.

H. O. Coxe, Catalogus codicum mss. qui in collegiis aulisque Oxoniensibus hodie adservantur (1852), p. 23

J. J. G. Alexander and Elzbieta Temple, Illuminated manuscripts in Oxford college libraries, the University Archives and the Taylor Institution (Oxford, 1985), Cat. No. 509 [information on decoration and origin]

Availability

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Last Substantive Revision

2022-01-13: Record created.

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