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MS. Hatton 69

Summary Catalogue no.: 4074

Contents

Book of Hours, Use of Rome
Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: 90 leaves
Dimensions (binding): 8.625 × 6 in.
Dimensions (leaf): 207 × 145 mm.
Dimensions (written): 125 × 85 mm.

Layout

20 long lines.

Decoration

Pächt and Alexander i. 332:

Borders.

Historiated initials.

Other initials.

Binding

Panel stamped brown leather on boards, clasps wanting, Dutch work of the 1st quarter of the 16th cent.

History

Origin: 15th century, third quarter ; French

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the Summary Catalogue (1937). Decoration, localization and date follow Pächt and Alexander (1966).
Summary Catalogue, Vol. 2 Part 2, p. 829
Summary Catalogue, Vol. 2 Part 2, p. 830

Digital Images

Digital Bodleian (1 image from 35mm slides)

Bibliography

    Printed descriptions:

    S. J. P. van Dijk, Latin Liturgical Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, Oxford, vol. 4: Books of Hours (typescript, 1957), p. 292

Abbreviations

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Last Substantive Revision

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