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

MS. Canon. Liturg. 221

Summary Catalogue no.: 19333

Contents

Book of Hours, Use of Bologna
(fol. 16)
Matins and lauds of the Lady office
(fol. 50)
Mass of the Virgin and the remaining part of the office (fol. 54)
(fol. 119)
Hours of the Passion (Regem regum crucifixus) and (fol. 160) Hours of the Cross (Patris sapientia)
(fol. 166)
Office for the Dead
(fol. 231)
Prose Dies irae, Te deum (fol. 233v)
(fol. 237)
Penitential Psalms with (fol. 253) Litany
8. (fol. 267v)
Prayers, among which the Anima Christi (fol. 269) and Domine J.C. qui hanc sacratissimam carnem (fol. 270v) with a rubric in Italian
9. (fol. 278v)
Pericopes from the gospels. Almost all parts are incomplete.
Language(s): Latin and Italian

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment
iii + 283 (280) + 1 + iii fol.
Dimensions (leaf): 83 × 60 mm.
Dimensions (written): 42 × 32 mm.

Condition

Imperfect. Every part has lost at least its first leaf, presumably bearing an illumination

Layout

12 lines

Decoration

Pächt and Alexander ii. 649

Fine initials, most cut out (cf. fol. 212)

Good penwork initials

History

Origin: 15th century, beginning ; Italy, Bologna

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, II (1970), no. 649
S. J. P. van Dijk, Latin Liturgical Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, Oxford, vol. 4: Books of Hours (typescript, 1957), p. 38
Summary Catalogue (1897)

Bibliography

    Printed descriptions:

    S. J. P. van Dijk, Latin Liturgical Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, Oxford, vol. 4: Books of Hours (typescript, 1957), p. 38

Last Substantive Revision

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