MS. Canon. Liturg. 170
Summary Catalogue no.: 19300
Contents
Breviary, Use of Rome (Franciscan)
Language(s): Latin
(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
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
Abbreviations
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Last Substantive Revision
2025-07: Add extent, leaf dimensions and layout from van Dijk, Latin Liturgical Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, Oxford.