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

MS. Canon. Liturg. 183

Summary Catalogue no.: 19305

Contents

Book of Hours, Use of Rome
Language(s): Latin and Middle French

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: ii + 125 + ii fol.
Dimensions (leaf): 180 × 130 mm.
Dimensions (written): 115 × 70 mm.

Layout

18 lines

Decoration

Pächt and Alexander i. 335, pl. XXVI:

Good grisaille miniatures.

Good borders.

Good historiated initials.

Good other initials.

History

Origin: 15th century, third quarter ; Flemish

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the Summary Catalogue (1897). Decoration, localization and date follow Pächt and Alexander (1966).

Digital Images

Digital Bodleian (24 images from 35mm slides)

Bibliography

    Printed descriptions:

    S. J. P. van Dijk, Latin Liturgical Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, Oxford, vol. 4: Books of Hours (typescript, 1957), p. 283

Last Substantive Revision

2024-09: Add extent, leaf dimensions and layout from van Dijk, Latin Liturgical Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, Oxford.