MS. Canon. Liturg. 326
Summary Catalogue no.: 19415
Contents
Combined temporale and sanctorale (fol. 4r), beginning with Christmas Eve, the feasts after Pentecost with the common of the saints (fols. 28r-39r) being inserted between the octave and the Sundays after Pentecost. The two additions (fols. 50r-3v and 54–55-1) are identical, the first seems to have belonged to another 12th cent. benedictional, the second, like the additions of fol. 2, 3, are contemporary. Other additions on fol. 23r, 36r, 29v, 33v, 53v.
Physical Description
Collation
Layout
Text in 17 (fol. 50–3: 18) lines, written space 145 × 85 mm.
Decoration
Fine initials. Later additions, 12th century. (Pächt and Alexander i. 38, pl. IV)
Initials in silver and gold on vermilion (except for fols. 50–3).
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Written for a church under the patronage of St Zeno.
‘Though the decoration is German in character and St. Zeno was much venerated in S. Germany and Tirol, the fact that there is no feast of St. Benedict makes it more than probable that this book was written for the cathedral of Verona and not, for example, for Isen, Geisenfeld, Radolfzell, etc.’ (van Dijk)
Record Sources
Abbreviations
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Last Substantive Revision
2018-10-03: Revised description to include all information from van Dijk, Pächt and Alexander, and Summary Catalogue.