MS. Canon. Liturg. 382
Summary Catalogue no.: 19464
Contents
Calendar (fol. 1); intonations of Kyrie, Gloria, Ite missa est, etc. (fol. 7); Gloria and Credo (fol. 8); temporale (fol. 9) with general rubrics (fol. 117) and order of the mass (fol. 117v: Indutus planeta); sanctorale (fol. 185) with masses of St. Felicitas (fol. 212v) and the Three Patriarchs (fol. 227v); common of the saints and the dedication (fol. 234); votive masses (fol. 257); blessing of holy water (fol. 279) and other blessings.
Physical Description
Layout
2 col. of 30 lines, 20 mm. between the columns.
Square notation on 8 long staves of 4 red lines.
Decoration
Fine miniatures, historiated borders and initials. Fine penwork initials. (Pächt and Alexander ii. 168, pl. XV)
Coloured and historiated initials, borders and marginal miniatures (fols. 9, 17v, 23, 137, 148, 213, 217v, 222); a full-page crucifixion on a gold ground and within borders (fol. 132v).
Binding
A composite binding of older boards, reused:
Medieval or later, Italian: wood boards, with two broad slots for missing clasp-straps at upper board’s fore-edge; edges gilt, gauffered, before the resewing.
(rebinding) 18th century, Italian, Venice, Canonici era: boards reused; red leather obscuring the slots, decorated with a thin gilt roll round the edges, otherwise plain; spine with gilt lines and a gilt green-leather label; no clasps in this configuration; marbled paste-downs. 357–360 × 257–259 × c. 85–90 mm. (book closed).
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Benedictine abbey of S. Felicita, Florence: translation of S. Felicita added in red to calendar (25 September). In the sanctorale her mass is embellished with borders, etc.
Purchased by the Bodleian in 1817.
Record Sources
Digital Images
Digital Bodleian (5 images from 35mm slides)
Bibliography
Abbreviations
View list of abbreviations and editorial conventions.
Last Substantive Revision
2020-08-20: Binding description added.