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

MS. Canon. Liturg. 227

Summary Catalogue no.: 19339

Contents

Book of Hours, Use of Rome
(fol. 2)
Calendar
Rubric: ... Offitium beate Marie Virginis secundum consuetudinem Curie Romane
(fol. 95)
Rubric: ... Offitium in agenda Mortuorum
(fol. 136)
Penitential Psalms with Litany
(fol. 156)
Rubric: Missa beatissime Marie Virginis
(fol. 164)
Rubric: Offitium sanctissime Crucis
(fol. 175)
Rubric: Offitium Spiritus Sancti
Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment
1 + 178 (177) + 3 fol.
Dimensions (leaf): 81 × 60 mm.
Dimensions (written): 48 × 33 mm.

Layout

16 lines

Decoration

Pächt and Alexander i. 339, Pl. XXVII

Good miniatures

Good borders

Good initials

On fol. 174v is an image of the person for whom the book was written, and a shield bearing the arms party per fess, the upper part party per pale or and azure, the lower part argent

History

Origin: 15th century, third quarter ; Italy (script); Flanders (decoration)

Record Sources

Description adapted (July 2025) by Stewart J. Brookes from the Summary Catalogue (1897). Decoration, localization and date follow Pächt and Alexander (1966). Extent, leaf dimensions and layout from van Dijk (1957)

Digital Images

Digital Bodleian (2 images from 35mm slides)

Bibliography

    Printed descriptions:

    S. J. P. van Dijk, Latin Liturgical Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, Oxford, vol. 4: Books of Hours (typescript, 1957), p. 237

Last Substantive Revision

2025-07-08: Description revised to incorporate all the information in the Summary Catalogue (1897)