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

MS. Rawl. liturg. e. 22

Summary Catalogue no.: 15792

Contents

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

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment
3 + 111 (108) + 3 fol.
Dimensions (leaf): 190 × 135 mm.
Dimensions (written): 105 × 65 mm.

Layout

18 long lines

Decoration

Pächt and Alexander i. 745:

Good miniatures.

Good borders.

Good initials.

Binding

Black leather with elegant gold tooling (French, 16th cent. ?) with .IESUS.MARIA. G C on each cover.

History

Origin: c. 1470–1480 ; 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. 60

Last Substantive Revision

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