MS. Canon. Liturg. 9
Summary Catalogue no.: 19224
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Physical Description
Decoration
Good border.
Good historiated initial. Completed in 1526, fol. 202v, in the original hand. (Pächt and Alexander ii. 1005, pl. LXXXIII)
Binding
16th century, Italian (as MS., made for a Benedictine nun): wood boards; dark red leather, decorated with blind and gilt multiple lines, small gilt stamps, and gilt centrepieces (‘IHS’ with cross, 3 nails and crown of thorns, in a double oval); remnants of two clasps with surviving scallop-shell shaped brass catch-plates and lost brown-leather straps; gilt gauffered edges. Rebacked, later 19th century, for Bodleian (stamped ‘LEVERS’), with fragment of original spine preserved at inside front cover. 140–141 × 93 × c. 40 mm. (book closed).
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Last Substantive Revision
2020-07-24: Binding description added.