MS. Canon. Liturg. 389
Summary Catalogue no.: 19471
Contents
Kalendar (fol. 1); temporale (fol. 7) with general rubrics (fol. 101v) and order of the mass (fol. 102: Paratus sacerdos); sanctorale (fol. 149); common of the saints and the dedication (fol. 189v); votive masses (fol. 210); Gloria, Credo; blessing of holy water (fol. 230); proser without music (fol. 231); added masses of the Visitation of the Virgin and the Transfiguration of our Lord in different hands.
Physical Description
Layout
2 col. of 29 lines
Square notation on 10 staves of 4 red lines.
Decoration
Fine borders.
Fine historiated initials.
Fine other initials. (Pächt and Alexander i. 302, pl. XXIV)
Binding
An early binding, covered over in the 18th century but disinterred in 1919 and further repaired in 1948:
15th century, later, or early 16th century, Italian: wood boards, inside bevel; sewn on seven double cords of tawed leather; dark brown leather, blind-tooled with multiple lines, stamps and strapwork to form on each cover a panel with a central strapwork cross on a base; spine lost; traces of four clasps with broad straps, all lost; edges gilt, gauffered.
(Temporary rebinding) 18th century, Italian: probably a half-leather binding (any new leather since lost), with sides of red paper with a combed pattern (cf. MS. Canon. Gr. 54), overlaying the old leather.
(Restoration) 20th century, 1919, Bodleian: ‘The coloured sheets now inserted as fly-leaves were pasted over the original leather binding. They were taken off on April 16, 1919. | R.H.H[ill] | 17.IV.19.’ (added slip at front). Rebacked then or more likely in 1948, preserving 18th-century title-label.
(Further repairs) 20th century, 1948, Bodleian: signed at lower inside edge of back board ‘L.F[ifield]. 20.4.’48’. 403–405 × 294–295 × c. 100–104 mm. (book closed).
History
Provenance and Acquisition
In the kalendar the feast of St. Blaise (3 February) is in red.
Folios added in Italy, 15th cent.
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.