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MS. Canon. Liturg. 1

Summary Catalogue no.: 19219

Contents

Breviary, Use of Rome (Franciscan)

Calendar (fol. 1); ferial psalter (fol. 7); temporale (fol. 82); general rubrics (fol. 271), followed by the rubrica Parisiensis containing three lists of feasts (fol. 273v: Notandum est quod omnes festivitates), a rubrica parisina for the Sundays after Pentecost (fol. 275) and rubrice ordinate per dominum Clementem papam sextum … retracte a breviario domini cardinalis de Luna legati Ispani (fol. 275v); sanctorale (fol. 277); common of the saints (fol. 424) and the dedication; offices of the Virgin (fol. 447) and the dead (fol. 453v); ritual of the Last Sacraments (fol. 456v); lessons for St Louis king (fol. 463v); office of St Louis bishop (fol. 465) with lessons for the octave; grace before and after meals (fol. 469); blessing of holy water (fol. 471), etc.

In the calendar (29 October): Sancti Stephani Cayaciani (Cajazzo) in red; in the litany of the Commendation (fol. 458v) the two Cremonese saints, St Hymerius and St Homobonus.

Colophon: (fol. 473) Hic berbiarius est scriptus. Qui scripsit sit benedictus. Scriptor sum talis. Monstrat mea lictera ⟨qualis⟩
Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment
ii + 473 (475) + ii leaves
Dimensions (leaf): 135 × 103 mm.

Layout

2 col. of 30 lines, written space 88 × 68 mm.

Decoration

Pächt and Alexander ii. 642:

Good border.

Good historiated initials.

Good other initials.

History

Origin: 15th century, third quarter ; Italian, Verona

Provenance and Acquisition

Matteo Luigi Canonici, 1727–1805

Giuseppe Canonici , -1807

Purchased by the Bodleian in 1817

Record Sources

Adapted from van Dijk (1957) (see bibliography); decoration, localization and date follow Pächt and Alexander (1970). Previously described in the Summary Catalogue (1897).

Bibliography

    Printed descriptions:

    S. J. P. van Dijk, Latin Liturgical Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, Oxford, vol. 2: Office Books (typescript, 1957), p. 316

Last Substantive Revision

2024-01: Revised to incorporate information from van Dijk