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MS. Rawl. liturg. e. 20

Summary Catalogue no.: 15787

Contents

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

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment
ii + 1 + 126 + 4 + ii fol.
Dimensions (leaf): 193 × 135 mm.
Dimensions (written): 100 × 85 mm.

Layout

15 long lines

Decoration

Pächt and Alexander i. 806:

Good miniatures.

Good historiated and other borders.

Good initials.

Binding

Stamped leather, once on boards, contemporary (?).

History

Origin: 1500 ; French, Évreux

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. 495

Digital Images

Digital Bodleian (9 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. 52

Abbreviations

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Last Substantive Revision

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