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MS. Canon. Liturg. 260

Summary Catalogue no.: 19362

Contents

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

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment
i + 146 + i fol.
Dimensions (leaf): 130 × 92 mm.
Dimensions (written): 67 × 45 mm.

Layout

13 lines.

Decoration

Fine borders, initials. Related to the style of the artist suggested by Hermann to have been Matteo da Milano. (Pächt and Alexander ii. 432, pl. XLII)

History

Origin: 15th century, end ; Italian, Ferrara or Bologna

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the Summary Catalogue (1897). Decoration, localization and date follow Pächt and Alexander (1970).
Summary Catalogue, vol. 4, p. 368

Digital Images

Digital Bodleian (8 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. 244

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.