MS. Canon. Liturg. 221
Summary Catalogue no.: 19333
Contents
Book of Hours, Use of Bologna
(fol. 4)
Calendar with few saints (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
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
Abbreviations
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Last Substantive Revision
2025-07-08: Description revised to incorporate all the information in printed catalogues.