A catalogue of Western manuscripts at the Bodleian Libraries and selected Oxford colleges

MS. Canon. Liturg. 166

Summary Catalogue no.: 19296

Contents

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment
i + 388 (397) + ii leaves .
Dimensions (leaf): 154 × 110 mm.
Dimensions (written): 90/95 × 65 mm.

Layout

2 col. of 32-3 lines

Decoration

Pächt and Alexander ii. 635, pl. LXI

Good borders.

Good historiated initials.

Good other initials.

History

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

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the Summary Catalogue (1897). Decoration, localization and date follow Pächt and Alexander (1970).

Bibliography

    Printed descriptions:

    S. J. P. van Dijk, Latin Liturgical Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, Oxford, vol. 2: Office Books (typescript, 1957), p. 314

Last Substantive Revision

2025-07: Add extent, leaf dimensions and layout from van Dijk, Latin Liturgical Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, Oxford.