MS. Lat. liturg. f. 2
Summary Catalogue no.: 29741
Contents
Language(s): Latin with a little Anglo-Norman
Physical Description
Layout
22 long lines, except for fol.104-23, 132, and 152, which are written in 23 long lines, and fol.124-3, 148, which are in 24 long lines
Decoration
Scott (1996 no. 22) distinguishes six artists of the miniatures, of whom hands C, D and F were working in France or Flanders in the late fourteenth century, hands A and B in England, probably London, somewhat later. Hand A, to whom she attributes fols. 2v, 4v, 10, 104v, 143v, 144v, and 146v, has been identified elsewhere (e.g. (Pächt and Alexander iii. 795) as Herman Scheerre, although Scott does not accept this identification. Hand C (fols. 6v, 11v, 12v), is identified as the Master of the Beaufort Saints. Hand E (fol. 19v, probably an inserted miniature) is also found in the Bedford Hours and Psalter (British Library MS Addit. 42131).Cf. Pächt and Alexander i. 308, pl. XXIV; iii. 795, pl. LXXVII.
Miniatures (partly defaced).
Borders (some unfinished) .
Initials.
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Interpreted by Scott (1996 no. 22) as a Franco-Flemish Book of Hours enhanced in England with additional text and decoration.
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Last Substantive Revision
2024-09: Add extent, leaf dimensions and layout from van Dijk, Latin Liturgical Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, Oxford.