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

MS. Rawl. liturg. e. 11

Summary Catalogue no.: 15797

Contents

Book of Hours, Use of Avranches
Language(s): Latin, Middle French

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment
i + 2 + 108 (106) + 1 + i fol.
Dimensions (leaf): 204 × 140 mm.
Dimensions (written): 95 × 55 mm.

Layout

13 long lines

Decoration

Pächt and Alexander i. 734:

Good miniatures, that on fol. 107 by a later hand.

Good borders.

Good initials.

History

Origin: 15th century, third quarter ; French, Normandy

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).

Digital Images

Digital Bodleian (1 image from 35mm slides)

Bibliography

    Printed descriptions:

    S. J. P. van Dijk, Latin Liturgical Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, Oxford, vol. 4: Books of Hours (typescript, 1957), p. 31

Last Substantive Revision

2024-09: Add extent, leaf dimensions and layout from van Dijk, Latin Liturgical Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, Oxford.