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
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
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
Abbreviations
View list of abbreviations and editorial conventions.
Last Substantive Revision
2025-07-08: Description revised to incorporate all the information in the Summary Catalogue (1897)