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MS. Gough Liturg. 4

Summary Catalogue no.: 18339

Contents

Usuardus, Martyrologium

Beginning abruptly with 17 March (fol. 3); with hiatus from 27 March to 2 April (after fol. 4); from 7 to 29 April (after fol. 5) and from 13 to 18 June (after fol. 17); ending abruptly with 23 December. Many local entries.

Some of the British saints are peculiar, such as Aldebertus martyr on May 18, Wenburga on Sept. 21. The first entry will serve as a specimen:--'Sextodecimo Kalendas Aprilis [calendarial notes] In Scocia sancti Patricii episcopi & confessoris, qui primus ibidem Christum evangelizavit ... Item in Britannia sancte Wythburge uirginis. Et aliorum.'

Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment
ii + 58 (56) + ii fol.
Dimensions (leaf): 228 × 150 mm.
Dimensions (ruled): c. 165 × c. 110 mm.

Condition

Leaves missing while fol.58 (the fly leaf) is imperfect.

Layout

Ruled in ink for 28 long lines.

Hand(s)

Textualis libraria.

Decoration

2-line blue initials flourished in red.

History

Origin: 14th century ; England

Provenance and Acquisition

Fol.48 (1 November) 'In Britannia, dedicatio basilice alme trinitatis et dei genitricis semperque virginis nec non et omnium sanctorum'.

'Orate pro anima Johannis Derham capellani' (second half of the 15th cent. ?).

Richard Gough, 1735-1809

Bequeathed by him to the Bodleian.

Record Sources

Description adapted (2025) by Matthew Holford from the following sources, with limited additional physical description:
S. J. P. van Dijk, Latin Liturgical Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, Oxford, vol. 2: Office Books (typescript, 1957), p. 198
Summary Catalogue (1897)
Summary Catalogue, vol. 4, p. 292

Bibliography

    Printed descriptions:

    S. J. P. van Dijk, Latin Liturgical Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, Oxford, vol. 2: Office Books (typescript, 1957), p. 198

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Last Substantive Revision

2025-07: Encode all information in printed catalogues.

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