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

MS. Canon. Liturg. 239

Summary Catalogue no.: 19344

Contents

Book of Hours, Use of Rome
(fol. 1)
Calendar
Rubric: Hore beate Marie Virginis secundum vsum Romane ecclesie
(fol. 13)
Rubric: Hore Sancte Crucis
(fol. 22)
Rubric: Missa beate Marie Virginis
(fol. 35)
Rubric: Hore Sancti Spiritus
(fol. 42)
Rubric: Hore Passionis...
(fol. 156)
Penitential Psalms with Litany
(fol. 179)
Vigilie Mortuorum
(fol. 232)
Memoria de s. Katherina
Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment
ii + 1 + 232 + 3 + ii fol.
Dimensions (leaf): 95 × 68 mm.
Dimensions (written): 53 × 34 mm.

Layout

14 lines

Hand(s)

Italian script (Pächt and Alexander i. 341)

Decoration

Pächt and Alexander i. 341

Good borders

Initials

History

Origin: 15th century, third quarter ; 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)

Bibliography

    Printed descriptions:

    S. J. P. van Dijk, Latin Liturgical Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, Oxford, vol. 4: Books of Hours (typescript, 1957), p. 307

Last Substantive Revision

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