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

MS. Canon. Liturg. 192

Summary Catalogue no.: 19309

Contents

Breviary (Benedictine)
Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment
i + 1 + 556 + 1 + i leaves .
Dimensions (leaf): 250 × 175 mm.
Dimensions (written): 156 × 108 mm.

Layout

2 col. of 33 lines

Decoration

Close to the style of the Pucelle atelier. (Pächt and Alexander i. 602, pl. XLV)

Fine borders.

One historiated initial.

Many other initials.

History

Origin: c. 1350 ; French, Paris

Record Sources

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

Digital Images

Digital Bodleian (9 images from 35mm slides)

Bibliography

    Printed descriptions:

    S. J. P. van Dijk, Latin Liturgical Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, Oxford, vol. 2: Office Books (typescript, 1957), p. 244

Last Substantive Revision

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