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MS. Add. A. 46

Summary Catalogue no.: 30153

Contents

Calendar from a Psalter

Probably taken from a 13th century Flemish Psalter

Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: iii + 6 + iii leaves
Dimensions (binding): 8.375 × 5.75 in.
Dimensions (leaf): 204 × 135 mm.

Condition

Fols ii-iii and 7-end are blank

Decoration

Pächt and Alexander i. 286, Pl. XXI

Fine miniatures

Fine initials

Each page of fols 1-6 bears two illuminations, of the season and of the signs of the zodiac

The following saints are in red: Servatius (13 May);Remaclus (3 September); Lambert (17 September); Hubert (3 November). With the 'Triumphus Sancti Lamberti' on 13 October, this points to Liége, or that district

Also in red are: Ursmar (18 April); Domitianus (7 May); Gengulf (11 May); Gallicanus (25 June); Monegundis (1 July); Fredegaud (17 July); Philibert (20 August); Theodard (10 September); the octave of Lambert (24 September); Amor (8 October); and Trudo (24 November)

The Gemini on fol. 3r bear a coat of arms: -azure a cross gules between four choughs (?) argent

History

Origin: 13th century, third quarter ; Flanders, Liège

Provenance and Acquisition

Probably acquired before 1860

Record Sources

Description adapted (July 2025) by Stewart J. Brookes from the Summary Catalogue (1905). Decoration, localization and date follow Pächt and Alexander (1966). Extent and leaf dimensions are from van Dijk (1957)
Summary Catalogue, Vol. 5, p. 746

Digital Images

Digital Bodleian (15 images from 35mm slides)

Bibliography

    Printed descriptions:

    S. J. P. van Dijk, Latin Liturgical Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, Oxford, vol. 3: Rituals and Directories (typescript, 1957), p. 141

    Online resources:

    Biblissima

Abbreviations

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Last Substantive Revision

2025-07-21: Description revised to incorporate all the information in the Summary Catalogue (1905)