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

MS. Add. A. 185

Summary Catalogue no.: 3077

Contents

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

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

Decoration

Important miniatures.

Important borders.

Important initials. See also MSS. Rawl. liturg. f. 9 and Rawl. liturg. e. 35. (Pächt and Alexander i. 669, pl. LII)

History

Origin: c. 1440 ; French, Nantes

Record Sources

Summary description by Elizabeth Solopova and Matthew Holford, based on the Summary Catalogue and supplementary sources.

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Digital Images

Digital Bodleian (51 images from 35mm slides)

Bibliography

Last Substantive Revision

2017-07-01: First online publication.