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

MS. Rawl. liturg. e. 15

Summary Catalogue no.: 15823

Contents

Book of Hours, Use of Coutances

Fragments of and from the binding, see MS. Rawl. Q. d. 19.

Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment
iii + 4 + 135 (136) + 4 + ii fol.
Dimensions (leaf): 185 × 120 mm.
Dimensions (written): 88 × 62 mm.

Layout

14 long lines

Decoration

Pächt and Alexander i. 687, pl. LIII:

Good drawing, fol. 90av.

Miniatures.

Borders.

History

Origin: 15th century, first half ; 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).

Bibliography

    Printed descriptions:

    S. J. P. van Dijk, Latin Liturgical Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, Oxford, vol. 4: Books of Hours (typescript, 1957), p. 46

Last Substantive Revision

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