MS. Lat. liturg. d. 42
Summary Catalogue no.: Not in SC (late accession)
Contents
Physical Description
Layout
32 written lines, below top line; in 2 columns
Decoration
By the Master of the Queen Mary Psalter and his workshop (Pächt and Alexander iii. 543, pl. LIV):
Fine miniature.
Fine borders.
Fine historiated initials.
Fine other initials.
Binding
Modern Bodleian binding
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Chertsey Abbey (obits of the abbots in MS. Lat. liturg. e. 6; octave of St. Erkenwald in MS. Lat. liturg. e. 39, etc.)
Apparently broken up later than the 17th century
Made up of cuttings from the Douce collection (formerly MSS. Douce d. 13, fols. 2–10, and Douce 381, fol. 126). The fragments were all lifted and rearranged in the present manner in 1967–68 following the acquisition of MS.Lat.liturg.e.39. Formerly MS. Lat. liturg. e. 40.
Record Sources
Digital Images
Digital Bodleian (48 images from 35mm slides)
Bibliography
Online resources:
Abbreviations
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Last Substantive Revision
2017-07-01: First online publication.