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MS. Hatton 16

Summary Catalogue no.: 4102

Contents

Ritual, Use of Sarum

With musical notes

Comprising:

(fol. 3)
The Holy Water Service
(fol. 5)
Rubric: Ordo ad Cathecuminum faciendum

Baptism services

(fol. 15v)
Rubric: Ordo ad purificandum mulierem
(fol. 15v)
Rubric: Ordo ad faciendum sponsalia
(fol. 21v)
Rubric: Ordo ad seruicium peregrinorum

And other benedictions

(fol. 26)
Ordinary and Canon of the Mass

Missing the first leaf

(fol. 34)
Ordo ad uisitandum infirmum

And funeral offices

Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: 82 leaves
Dimensions (binding): 13.5 × 8.625 in.
Musical Notation:

Notation on staves (see van Dijk 1957)

Decoration

Pächt and Alexander iii. 1101, Pl. CIV

Good miniature of The Crucifixion (fol. 28v)

Good borders

Good initials

Additions:

An exhortation at a marriage in English, showing Roman Catholic doctrine, has been entered on fol. 2 in a hand of the 1st quarter of the 17th century

History

Origin: 15th century, third quarter ; England

Provenance and Acquisition

Christopher, first Baron Hatton (d. 1670)

Bought in 1671 by the Bodleian through the London bookseller Robert Scot (b. in or before 1632, d. 1709/1710); see Summary Catalogue, vol. 2, part 2, p. 801

MS. Hatton 16, flyleaves

Contents

(fols ii–iii, 1)
Breviary (fragment)
Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: Parchment

History

Origin: 15th century

Additional Information

Record Sources

Description adapted (May 2024) by Stewart J. Brookes from the Summary Catalogue (1937). Decoration, localization and date follow Pächt and Alexander (1973)
Summary Catalogue, Vol. 2 Part 2, p. 841

Bibliography

    Printed descriptions:

    S. J. P. van Dijk, Latin Liturgical Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, Oxford, vol. 3: Rituals and Directories (typescript, 1957), p. 53
    S. J. P. van Dijk, Latin Liturgical Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, Oxford, vol. 6: Fragments - Office Books, Rituals, Directories (typescript, 1957), p. 140

Abbreviations

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Last Substantive Revision

2024-05-13: Description revised to incorporate all the information in the Summary Catalogue (1937)