MS. Liturg. 407
Summary Catalogue no.: 29071
Former shelfmark: MS. Canon. Liturg. 407
Contents
Portable Psalter; Benedictine, later adapted for Franciscan Use
French and Latin additions, 14th century, middle.
Physical Description
Decoration
Fine historiated border and historiated initials. (Pächt and Alexander iii. 360, pl. XXXI)
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Amesbury, Wiltshire, Priory (cell of Fontevrault) and later abbey of Sts Mary the Virgin and Melior, of Benedictine nuns: executed for Amesbury, as inferred from the kalendar etc. (MLGB3: liturgical evidence, often to be found in the kalendar).
'Frere Vsebius Joublet' (fol. 1r, s. xvi or xvii) Bought from the Revd John C. Jackson, 1873. (MLGB3)
Record Sources
Digital Images
Digital Bodleian (12 images from 35mm slides)
Bibliography
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Abbreviations
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Last Substantive Revision
2017-07-01: First online publication.