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

MS. Canon. Liturg. 170

Summary Catalogue no.: 19300

Contents

(fol. 1)
Calendar

With calculations apparently starting from 1470

Rubric mentions Pope Clement, 1476-1481

(fol. 9)
Proprium de Tempore
(fol. 196)
Rubrics
(fol. 204)
Psalter
(fol. 272)
Hymnal
(fol. 282)
Rubric: Proprium Sanctorum
(fol. 404)
Rubric: Commune Sanctorum

Smaller offices and benediction

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment
iii + 432 (434) + iii leaves .
Dimensions (leaf): 152 × 111 mm.
Dimensions (written): 85 × 67 mm.

Layout

2 col. of 30 lines

Decoration

Pächt and Alexander ii. 888, pl. LXXVIII:

Good borders.

Good historiated initials.

Good other initials.

History

Origin: c. 1476–1481 ; Italy, Cremona (?)

Provenance and Acquisition

Saints in the calendar suggest Cremona

Record Sources

Description adapted (June 2025) by Stewart J. Brookes 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. 310

Last Substantive Revision

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