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

MS. Lat. liturg. e. 3

Summary Catalogue no.: 29127

Physical Description

Composite: A || fol. 3
Musical Notation:

Notation on staves (see van Dijk 1957).

Binding

Red leather on boards, with gold ornament and clasps, German, 17th century.

History

Provenance and Acquisition

Bought from Rev. John Cohen Jackson (c. 1827 - c. 1895) on 19 May 1877 for £15.

MS. Lat. liturg. e. 3 – Part 1

Contents

Gospel lectionary

Benedictine Use (?).

Temporale (fol. 1), beginning with Christmas eve; sanctorale (fol. 96v) beginning with St. Sylvester and ending with St. Thomas apostle; references for the gospels of St. Mary ad martyres, St. Servatius, St. Potentiana, St. Urban, Sts. Marcellinus & Peter, St. Barnabas (fol. 116); common of the dedication and the saints (fol. 116v), incomplete; votive masses (fol. 118) and masses for the dead (fol. 121); contemporary additions. In the passions (fols. 34v) the parts are indicated by the letters a, c, and +

Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: i + 123 fol.
Dimensions (leaf): 200 × 142 mm.
Dimensions (written): 150 × 93 mm.

Layout

25 lines

Decoration

Good initial. (Pächt and Alexander i. 41)

Elaborate initials in red on fol. 54.

Accompanying Material

Pastedowns from a 15th century proser.

History

Origin: 11th century, second half ; German, North-west

Provenance

Lections for SS Ewald and Gereon suggest diocese of Cologne.

MS. Lat. liturg. e. 3 – Part 2

Contents

Inserted leaf with a miniature.

Language(s): No linguistic content

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

Decoration

Good miniature. (Pächt and Alexander i. 181) Full-page miniature of the Virgin and Child with a Cistercian abbot (St. Bernard) kneeling before them.

History

Origin: 15th century, end ; German, North-west

Additional Information

Record Sources

S. J. P. Van Dijk, Handlist of the Latin Liturgical Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library Oxford : Vol. 1: Mass Books (typescript, 1957); Pächt and Alexander (see Bibliography); previously described in the Summary Catalogue.

Digital Images

Digital Bodleian (1 image from 35mm slides)

Bibliography

    Printed descriptions:

    Otto Pächt and J. J. G. Alexander, Illuminated Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, Oxford , I (1966), nos. 41, 181
    S. J. P. van Dijk, Latin Liturgical Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, Oxford, vol. 5: Fragments - Mass Books (typescript, 1957), p. 108

Last Substantive Revision

2017-07-01: First online publication.