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
History
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)
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
Abbreviations
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Last Substantive Revision
2025-07-08: Description revised to incorporate all information in printed catalogues.