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MS. Canon. Liturg. 231

Summary Catalogue no.: 19341

Contents

Book of Hours, Use of Rome
Language(s): Italian and Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: ii + 217 (215) + ii fol.
Dimensions (leaf): 77 × 55 mm.
Dimensions (written): 37 × 24 mm.

Layout

15 lines.

Decoration

Good borders, initials. Italian script. (Pächt and Alexander i. 340)

History

Origin: 15th century, third quarter ; Italian (script); Flemish (decoration)

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the Summary Catalogue (1897). Decoration, localization and date follow Pächt and Alexander (1966).
Summary Catalogue, vol. 4, p. 362
Summary Catalogue, vol. 4, p. 363

Bibliography

    Printed descriptions:

    S. J. P. van Dijk, Latin Liturgical Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, Oxford, vol. 4: Books of Hours (typescript, 1957), p. 303

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Last Substantive Revision

2024-09: Add extent, leaf dimensions and layout from van Dijk, Latin Liturgical Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, Oxford.