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

MS. Rawl. liturg. e. 24

Summary Catalogue no.: 15791

Contents

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

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: 191 fol.
Dimensions (leaf): 183 × 136 mm.
Dimensions (written): 101 × 62 mm.

Layout

15 long lines

Decoration

By the Boucicaut Master, fol. 19, and by his atelier. (Pächt and Alexander i. 664, pl. LII)

Fine miniatures.

Fine borders.

Fine initials.

History

Origin: c. 1420–1430 ; French, Paris

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 (11 images from 35mm slides)

Bibliography

Last Substantive Revision

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