MS. Canon. Liturg. 178
Summary Catalogue no.: 19304
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Physical Description
Layout
21 lines.
Decoration
Some fine, many good miniatures.
Borders, many with cordelières.
Initials. Related to the style of the MSS. made for Louis XII in the region of Rouen. (Pächt and Alexander i. 827, pl. LX). By the Master of Morgan 85.
Binding
18th century, Italian, a standard style of binding for Jacopo Soranzo: thin pasteboards; plain parchment cover with fore-edges turned in; gilt red-leather spine-label; paste-downs and flyleaves of carta bassanese; gilt edges and faint gauffering from previous binding. 193–6 × c. 120–122 × c. 35 mm. (book closed).
18th century, Italian: an ill-fitting telescopic box of thin card, covered with brown leather stippled in black; blind-tooled with corner-stamps and double lines forming a lozenge pattern on each side; lining of (different) carta bassanese, with large floral pattern on a stippled yellow background. 201–202 × 130 × 36–37 mm. with MS. inside, closing not quite fully – box made for another Hours?
History
Record Sources
Digital Images
Digital Bodleian (29 images from 35mm slides)
Bibliography
Printed descriptions:
Abbreviations
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Last Substantive Revision
2024-09: Add extent, leaf dimensions and layout from van Dijk, Latin Liturgical Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, Oxford.