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

MS. Canon. Liturg. 229

Summary Catalogue no.: 19340

Contents

Book of Hours, Use of Rome
(fol. 1)
Calendar
Rubric: Officium beate Marie Virginis secundum consuetudinem Romane Curie
(fol. 14)
Rubric: Hore Sancti Spiritus
(fol. 22)
Rubric: Missa beate Marie Virginis
(fol. 127v)
Penitential Psalms with Litany
(fol. 152)
Vigilie Mortuorum
(fol. 208)
Rubric: Psalterium sancti Iheronimi
(fol. 232v)
Rubric: Hore sancte Crucis
Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment
i + 239 (241) + i fol.
Dimensions (leaf): 80 × 53 mm.
Dimensions (written): 40 × 30 mm.

Layout

13 lines

History

Origin: c. 1480 ; Flanders

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. 300

Last Substantive Revision

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