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

MS. Rawl. liturg. e. 14

Summary Catalogue no.: 30675

Contents

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

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

Decoration

By the Master of the Privileges of Ghent and Flanders (Vienna, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, 2583, datable to shortly after 1453). Addition of Veronica, fol. 4v, 15th century, middle. (Pächt and Alexander i. 313, pl. xxv)

Fine miniatures.

Fine borders.

Fine initials.

Binding

Brown leather elaborately gilt, worn, late 16th cent. French work.

History

Origin: 15th century, middle ; Flemish

Provenance and Acquisition

Richard Rawlinson, 1690–1755 (?)

Referenced in the Rawlinson collection about 1888 but lacking direct evidence of belonging to the collection.

Record Sources

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

Digital Images

Digital Bodleian (33 images 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. 115

Last Substantive Revision

2022-04-04: Add binding information from Summary Catalogue.