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

MS. Canon. Liturg. 3

Summary Catalogue no.: 19221

Contents

Breviary (Cistercian)

Kalendar (fol. 1), January-March missing; canon of the mass (fol. 5v); ferial psalter (fol. 7), often only the opening words of the psalms or psalm verses, Te deum and canticles (fol. 28); hymnal (fol. 30); temporale (fol. 36); sanctorale (fol. 122), beginning with the feast of St Stephen; common of the saints (fol. 180) and the dedication; rhythmical office of St Benedict (fol. 199v: Preclarum late); masses of Our Lady (fol. 201v), of the dead, the holy Cross, the Five Wounds and Corpus Christi. Additional offices of St Ann (fol. 204v), rhythmical, and Our Lady’s Conception (fol. 206v); blessing of holy water (fol. 209v); order of the thirteen masses of a pope Clemens to obtain any grace asked for (fol. 210).

Colophon: Explicit liber feria tercia in uigilia sancti bartholomei apostoli Anno domini mmocccmo lxxmo tercio per manus fratris kphbnnks [Iohannis] Ach wy. zu arch yst dy kunst Amen (fol. 210va)
Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: 210 leaves
Dimensions (leaf): 137 × 100 mm.

Layout

2 cols., 27-32 lines. Column space 120 × 35 mm.

Decoration

Coloured initials.

Rubrics.

History

Origin: 1373 ; Hungary or Lower Austria (feasts of SS Benedict and 'Sorardus' (17 July) and Stephen, king of Hungary (20 Aug.) in the calendar)

Provenance and Acquisition

Matteo Luigi Canonici, 1727–1805

Giuseppe Canonici , -1807

Purchased by the Bodleian in 1817

Record Sources

Adapted from Watson (1984) and van Dijk (1957) (see bibliography). Previously described in the Summary Catalogue (1897).

Bibliography

    Printed descriptions:

    A. Watson, Catalogue of Dated and Datable Manuscripts in Oxford Libraries (1984), no. 253
    S. J. P. van Dijk, Latin Liturgical Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, Oxford, vol. 2: Office Books (typescript, 1957), p. 276

Last Substantive Revision

2024-01: Revised to incorporate information from van Dijk and Watson