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MS. Canon. Liturg. 215

Summary Catalogue no.: 19327

Contents

Breviary, Use of Sarum
(fol. 1)
Proprium de Tempore
(fol. 161v)

Common of the dedication

(fol. 167)

Office of Our Lady

(fol. 175)

Blessings at matins

(fol. 176)
Calendar
(fol. 182)
Ferial Psalter with Canticles (fol.236) Te deum and litany (fol. 240)
(fol. 244)
Commune Sanctorum
(fol. 269)
Proprium Sanctorum

Additions: offices of St Patrick, of the Translation of Sts Patrick, Bridget and Columba, of St Bridget, St Columba, the Eleven Thousand Virgins and St Finian.

Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment
i + 408 + i leaves .
Dimensions (leaf): 147 × 100 mm.
Dimensions (written): 112 × 67 mm.

Layout

2 col. of 34 lines

Decoration

Pächt and Alexander iii. 834

Good borders

Historiated initials

Other initials

History

Origin: 15th century, beginning ; England

Provenance and Acquisition

Added offices on fol. 396 for Patrick, Brigida, Columba and Finian show that the book was in use at Down (Dunum), Augustinian monastery, in Ireland. See also the additions to the Calendar.

Record Sources

Description adapted (July 2025) by Stewart J. Brookes from the following sources:
Otto Pächt and J. J. G. Alexander, Illuminated Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, Oxford, III (1973), no. 834
S. J. P. van Dijk, Latin Liturgical Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, Oxford, vol. 2: Office Books (typescript, 1957), p. 300
Summary Catalogue (1897)
Summary Catalogue, vol. 4, p. 359

Digital Images

Digital Bodleian (12 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. 300

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Last Substantive Revision

2025-07-08: Description revised to incorporate all information in printed catalogues.

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