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

MS. Gough Liturg. 17

Summary Catalogue no.: 18330

Contents

Diurnal, Benedictine use.
Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

Decoration

Unusual style. Pächt and Alexander iii. 930, pl. LXXXIX:

Good borders.

Good initials.

History

Origin: 15th century, second quarter (?) ; English, Peterborough (?)

Provenance and Acquisition

Peterborough, Northamptonshire, Benedictine abbey of St Peter, St Paul, and St Andrew: (MLGB3: evidence from an inscription of ownership by an individual member of a religious house (which may not, however, be evidence for institutional ownership)).

Record Sources

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

Digital Images

Digital Bodleian (4 images from 35mm slides)

Bibliography

Last Substantive Revision

2021-12-14: Add provenance information from MLGB3.