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MS. Rawl. liturg. d. 6

Summary Catalogue no.: 15857

Contents

Prayer book of King(?) Wladislas, including magical texts on crystals and angels.
Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

Decoration

German in style. (Pächt and Alexander i. 175, pl. XIII)

Fine miniatures.

Fine borders.

Fine initials.

History

Origin: 15th century ; Polish, Cracow

Provenance and Acquisition

Richard Rawlinson, 1690–1755

Bequeathed to the Bodleian in 1755

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the Summary Catalogue (1895). Decoration, localization and date follow Pächt and Alexander (1966).
Summary Catalogue, Vol. 3, p. 521

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Digital Images

Digital Bodleian (14 images from 35mm slides)

Microfilm

Microfilm available in the open shelf collections in the Weston Library (R. Films 101)

Abbreviations

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Last Substantive Revision

2019-10-31: Toby Burrows/Mapping Manuscript MigrationsProvenance and acquisition information added using https://github.com/mapping-manuscript-migrations/oxford-tei-updates/blob/master/update_oxford_prov.rb in collaboration with the Mapping Manuscript Migrations project.