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MS. Canon. Liturg. 258

Summary Catalogue no.: 19360

Contents

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

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: ii + 130 + ii fol.
Dimensions (leaf): 133 × 108 mm.
Dimensions (written): 80 × 60 mm.

Layout

15 lines.

Decoration

Good miniatures, historiated borders and initials. (Pächt and Alexander ii. 721)

History

Origin: 15th century, middle ; Italian, Pavia

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the Summary Catalogue (1897). Decoration, localization and date follow Pächt and Alexander (1970).
Summary Catalogue, vol. 4, p. 367

Digital Images

Digital Bodleian (1 image 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. 248

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.