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MS. Lat. liturg. f. 18

Summary Catalogue no.: Not in SC (late accession)

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Hours of the Cross

Fragment of one quaternion, containing the Hours of the Cross from lauds to compline, with rubrics in Latin and Italian. Starting imperfect in Matins in the hymn Patris sapientia

Incipit: || ⟨disci⟩pulis cito derelictus
Rubric: Nota che questo oratione col suo uersetto si debbe dire nel predeto modo ad ogni hora
Rubric: Explicit officium crucis

fol. 9r-v is ruled, otherwise blank.

Language(s): Latin and Italian

Physical Description

Secundo Folio: tre in unitate
Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: One quire of 8 leaves.
Dimensions (leaf): 130 × 90 mm.
Dimensions (written): 70 × 45 mm.

Collation

1(8) (fols. 2–9); traces of red ink leaf signatures, perhaps the letter 'v'

Layout

11 long lines. Ruled in pale brown ink with 12 lines, between single vertical bounding lines extending the full height of the page.

Decoration

Psalms, hymns, etc. with two-line initials alternately blue with red penwork, or vice versa; verses and other minor divisons with similar simpler one-line initials.

Binding

Half-bound in modern pinkish paper over pasteboards and plain parchment; the spine inscribed '[S.?] XV. Horae de S. Cruce'

History

Origin: 15th century ; Italian

Provenance and Acquisition

Given by F. Madan, 1917.

Record Sources

Typescript description by Bodleian library staff

Abbreviations

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Last Substantive Revision

2017-07-01: First online publication.