MS. Canon. Liturg. 5

Summary Catalogue no.: 19222

Ferial psalter (fol. 1), beginning abruptly in the matins of Monday, followed by daily canticles (fol. 54), Quicumque and Te deum; hymnal (fol. 56), divided into temporale and sanctorale; temporale of the breviary (fol. 62^v); general rubrics (fol. 257); rubrical tables for the Sundays after Pentecost (fol. 259^v, 260) and for the ferial antiphons before Christmas (fol. 260^v); office of the dedication (fol. 262^v); litany of the saints (fol. 265^v); sanctorale (fol. 268), ending abruptly in the office of St Nicholas of Tolentino (10 September).

In the litany St Romuald is doubled (266), while there is a versicle and prayer pro maiori nostro. Both items point to monastic (Camaldolese) influence, though the book is undoubtedly secular.

Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex

Support: parchment

i + 374 (376) + i leaves

Dimensions (leaf): 145 × 105 mm.

Layout

2 col. of 30-1 lines. Written space 86 × 57 mm.

Decoration

Good initials. (Pächt and Alexander ii. 287)

History

Origin: 15th century, third quarter ; Italian, Tuscany

Provenance and Acquisition

Matteo Luigi Canonici, 1727–1805

Giuseppe Canonici , -1807

Purchased by the Bodleian in 1817

Record Sources

Adapted from van Dijk (1957) (see bibliography); decoration, localization and date follow Pächt and Alexander (1970). Previously described in the Summary Catalogue (1897).

Summary Catalogue, vol. 4, p. 332

Bibliography

Printed descriptions:

S. J. P. van Dijk, Latin Liturgical Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, Oxford, vol. 2: Office Books (typescript, 1957), p. 318

Abbreviations

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Last Substantive Revision

2024-01: Revised to incorporate information from van Dijk

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