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MS. Laud Lat. 15

Summary Catalogue no.: 1204

Contents

Book of Hours, Use of Sarum

The original pad, comprising fragments of a printed Sarum missal (Paris, 1506), is now [pr.] Antiq. d. F. 7.

Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment
2 + 3 + 123 + 7 + 2 fol.
Dimensions (leaf): 195 × 140 mm.
Dimensions (written): 118 × 81 mm.

Layout

25 long lines

Decoration

Good miniatures.

Good borders.

Good initials. (Pächt and Alexander iii. 1312, pl. CXIX)

Binding

16th century, roll-tooled binding.

History

Origin: 15th century, first quarter ; Netherlandish

Provenance and Acquisition

Newark, Surrey, Augustinian priory of St Mary the Virgin and St Thomas the Martyr: "Orate pro anima Iohanne leyght' matris Iohannis lyght' canonicus [sic] istius loci. de Newerke" (fol. iv recto), s. xv. "Obitus Iohannis Sygar patris mei a. d. millesimo cccc quinquagesimo quinto" (fol. 10v), s. xv. (MLGB3: evidence from locally specific contents, including obits, scribbles, etc.).

"Christopher Medcaute 1545" (fol. 129v). (MLGB3)

Prayers to St Richard [of Chichester?] added fol. 123r. (MLGB3)

MS. Laud Lat. 15 - pastedowns

Contents

Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

Decoration

Initials.

History

Origin: 12th century, third quarter ; English

Additional Information

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the Quarto Catalogue (H. O. Coxe, Laudian Manuscripts, Quarto Catalogues II, repr. with corrections, 1969, from the original ed. of 1858–1885). Decoration, localization and date follow Pächt and Alexander (1973).
Quarto Catalogue, col. 11
Quarto Catalogue, p. 537 (addenda)
Summary Catalogue, Vol. 2, part 1, p. 51
Summary Catalogue, Vol. 2, part 1, p. 52

Digital Images

Digital Bodleian (37 images from 35mm slides)

Bibliography

    Online resources:

    MLGB3: Medieval Libraries of Great Britain

    Printed descriptions:

    S. J. P. van Dijk, Latin Liturgical Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, Oxford, vol. 4: Books of Hours (typescript, 1957), p. 180
    S. J. P. van Dijk, Latin Liturgical Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, Oxford, vol. 6: Fragments - Office Books, Rituals, Directories (typescript, 1957), p. 128

Abbreviations

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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.