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MS. Canon. Liturg. 251

Summary Catalogue no.: 19355

Contents

Book of Hours (Cistercian (?))

Rubrics in Old Provençal. Previously misidentified as Catalan in P. Bohigas, ‘El repertori de manuscrits catalans’, Estudis Universitaris Catalans, 12 (1927), p. 414. Compare rubrics: fol. 48v, Provençal ‘dimars’, rather than Catalan ‘dimarts’; fols. 156v, 168v, and 177v ‘commensa’, rather than ‘commença’.

Language(s): Latin and Old Provençal

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: ii + 245 + ii fol.
Dimensions (leaf): 95 × 70 mm.
Dimensions (written): 55 × 36 mm.

Layout

12 lines

Decoration

Pächt and Alexander i. 617, pl. XLVII

Good miniatures.

Good borders.

Good initials.

History

Origin: 15th century, beginning ; French, southern

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the Summary Catalogue (1897) with addenda by Charlotte Ross (2021). Decoration, localization and date follow Pächt and Alexander (1966).
Summary Catalogue, vol. 4, p. 366

Digital Images

Digital Bodleian (3 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. 129

Abbreviations

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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.