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MS. Canon. Liturg. 270

Summary Catalogue no.: 19372

Contents

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

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: ii + 1 + 220 (231) + ii fol.
Dimensions (leaf): 135 × 92 mm.
Dimensions (written): 72 × 46 mm.

Layout

15 lines

Decoration

Good borders, historiated and other initials. (Pächt and Alexander ii. 627)

History

Origin: 15th century, end ; Italian, Padua or Ferrara (?)

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the Summary Catalogue (1897). Decoration, localization and date follow Pächt and Alexander (1970).
Summary Catalogue, vol. 4, p. 370
Summary Catalogue, vol. 4, p. 371

Bibliography

    Printed descriptions:

    S. J. P. van Dijk, Latin Liturgical Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, Oxford, vol. 4: Books of Hours (typescript, 1957), p. 238

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.