MS. Canon. Liturg. 391
Summary Catalogue no.: 19472
Contents
Homiliary
Containing sermons from the Fathers for use from Advent to Easter: wanting a leaf or two at the end. At fol. ii is prefixed a 'Tabula sermonum, omeliarum & lectionum ...' (early 15th cent.). See Frere, Bibl. Mus.-Liturg., p. 25.
Language(s): Latin
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: ii + 340 leaves
Dimensions (leaf): 15.75 × 11 in.
Layout
2 cols.
Decoration
One fine (fol. 35v), some good initials. (Pächt and Alexander ii. 33, pl. IV)
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Luca de Cantarelli: 'Liber mei Luce de Cantarellis de Regio decretorum doctoris' (15th century, first half).
Matteo Luigi Canonici, 1727–1805
Purchased by the Bodleian in 1817
Record Sources
Description adapted (March 2021) from the following sources:
Otto Pächt and J. J. G. Alexander, Illuminated Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, Oxford, II (1970), no. 33 [decoration, date, origin, provenance]
The Summary Catalogue (1897) [contents, physical description, provenance, acquisition]
Abbreviations
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Last Substantive Revision
2021-03: Description revised to incorporate all information in SC and Pächt and Alexander