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

MS. Canon. Liturg. 263

Summary Catalogue no.: 19365

Contents

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

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: ii + 4 + 144 + ii fol.
Dimensions (leaf): 132 × 98 mm.
Dimensions (written): 56 × 43 mm.

Layout

11 lines.

Hand(s)

Humanistic script. (Pächt and Alexander ii. 370, pl. XXXVI)

Decoration

School of Joachinus de Gigantibus. Miniature on fol. 111v added 15th century, end.

Fine historiated borders.

Fine historiated initials.

Fine other initials.

History

Origin: c. 1470–80 ; Italian, Naples

Record Sources

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

Digital Images

Digital Bodleian (2 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. 241

Last Substantive Revision

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