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MS. Bodl. 492

Summary Catalogue no.: 27632

Contents

Language(s): Latin

Prayers for private use

Arranged for each morning and evening of the week, composed by a Protestant living within the Holy Roman Empire (see p. 43).

At p. 187 'Sequuntur Orationes aliquot certarum personarum'. The first is 'Oratio pastoris'; others are 'Adolescentis', 'contra Turcam', 'ante Eucharistæ sumptionem' and the like.

A 17th century hand has added an index of the prayers.

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: vi + 274
Dimensions (binding): 7.875 × 6.125 in.

Hand(s)

The handwriting is of an Italian type.

History

Origin: 16th century ; Germany (?)

Provenance and Acquisition

This manuscript appears to have been printed on 197 pages 16mo, to judge by the marginal marks.

This particular volume came into the Library in 1720, and bears 'R. Myddelton Massey S.R.S. 1713.'

Record Sources

Description adapted (April 2024) by Stewart J. Brookes from the Summary Catalogue (1905)
Summary Catalogue, vol. 5, p. 313

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Last Substantive Revision

2024-04-08: Description revised to incorporate all the information in the Summary Catalogue (1905)