MS. Canon. Liturg. 283
Summary Catalogue no.: 19383
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Physical Description
Layout
14 lines
Decoration
Good miniatures by several hands.
Good historiated borders.
Good initials. (Pächt and Alexander i. 732)
Binding
16th century, French?: pasteboards; brown leather, gilt-tooled with an all-over pattern of lines, stems, shells and leaves, the stems further highlighted with lighter brown paint (now worn); at centre of each cover in gilt letters, initials ‘.A.P.’; spine in same style, no title or label; traces of four lost pairs of ties of blue textile; edges gilt, gauffered with a leafy pattern. Spine re-laid onto modern reback leather of similar colour, 20th century, Bodleian. 183 × 138–140 × c. 48–50 mm. (book closed).
History
Record Sources
Digital Images
Digital Bodleian (32 images from 35mm slides)
Bibliography
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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.