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MS. Douce 22

Summary Catalogue no.: 21596

Contents

Manual (?)

Parts; apparently for the use of the Austin Canons of Bodmin.

Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: i + 115 leaves
Dimensions (binding): 5.125 × 3.625 in.
Musical Notation:

Notation on staves (see van Dijk 1957).

History

Origin: 15th century, first half ; English

Provenance and Acquisition

Bodmin, Cornwall, Benedictine (later Augustinian) priory of St Petroc (?) : Provenance inferred from doubling of Petroc and Augustine in the litany. (MLGB3: Liturgical evidence, often to be found in the kalendar).

Owned by 'Rycharde Baker' and 'Wyllyam Bery' in the 16th cent. (foll. 91v, 92).

Francis Douce, 1757–1834

Bequeathed to the Bodleian in 1834

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the Summary Catalogue (1897).
Summary Catalogue, vol. 4, p. 496

Bibliography

    Online resources:

    MLGB3: Medieval Libraries of Great Britain

    Printed descriptions:

    S. J. P. van Dijk, Latin Liturgical Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, Oxford, vol. 3: Rituals and Directories (typescript, 1957), p. 57

Abbreviations

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Last Substantive Revision

2024-05: Add extent and leaf dimensions from Summary Catalogue.