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

MS. Canon. Liturg. 43

Summary Catalogue no.: 19248

Contents

Book of Hours, Use of Bourges
Language(s): Latin and Middle French

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: ix + 1 + 235 + ix fol.
Dimensions (leaf): 165 × 115 mm.
Dimensions (written): 80 × 53 mm.

Layout

14 lines

Decoration

By Maître François. (Pächt and Alexander i. 748, pl. LVIII)

Fine miniatures.

Fine borders.

Fine historiated initials.

Fine other initials.

History

Origin: c. 1470–1480 ; French

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the Summary Catalogue (1897). Decoration, localization and date follow Pächt and Alexander (1966).

Digital Images

Digital Bodleian (20 images from 35mm slides)

Bibliography

    Printed descriptions:

    S. J. P. van Dijk, Latin Liturgical Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, Oxford, vol. 4: Books of Hours (typescript, 1957), p. 40a

Last Substantive Revision

2024-09: Add extent, leaf dimensions and layout from van Dijk, Latin Liturgical Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, Oxford.