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

MS. Canon. Liturg. 268

Summary Catalogue no.: 19370

Contents

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

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: i + 6 + 315 (319) + 5 + i fol.
Dimensions (leaf): 120 × 85 mm.
Dimensions (written): 61 × 42 mm.

Layout

12 lines

Decoration

Fine borders, historiated and other initials. Attributed to Bertolomeo di Fruosino of Florence (Pächt and Alexander ii. 203, pl. XVIII)

History

Origin: 1420–30 (?) ; Italian, Florence

Record Sources

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

Bibliography

    Printed descriptions:

    S. J. P. van Dijk, Latin Liturgical Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, Oxford, vol. 4: Books of Hours (typescript, 1957), p. 228

Last Substantive Revision

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