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

MS. Lat. liturg. f. 9

Summary Catalogue no.: 31537

Physical Description

fols. 1–78 and 123–143 || fols. 79–122

MS. Lat. liturg. f. 9 – Part 1

Contents

Private prayers.
Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

Decoration

Pächt and Alexander i. 659:

Fine borders.

Fine historiated initial, fol. 60.

Fine other initials.

Initial in English style, fol. 79.

History

Origin: 1406–1428 (c. 1421 (?)) ; French, French Flanders (?)

MS. Lat. liturg. f. 9 – Part 2

Contents

Private prayers.
Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

Decoration

Imitating French ornament, compared with the rest of the MS.Pächt and Alexander iii. 870:

Fine borders.

Fine initials.

History

Origin: 15th century, beginning (c. 1421 (?)) (tables of eclipses, 1405–1425) ; English

Additional Information

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the Summary Catalogue (1924). Decoration, localization and date follow Pächt and Alexander (1973).

Digital Images

Digital Bodleian (3 images from 35mm slides)

Bibliography

    Printed descriptions:

    A. Watson, Catalogue of Dated and Datable Manuscripts in Oxford Libraries (1984), no. 550
    S. J. P. van Dijk, Latin Liturgical Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, Oxford, vol. 3: Rituals and Directories (typescript, 1957), p. 187

Last Substantive Revision

2017-07-01: First online publication.