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MS. Rawl. liturg. e. 26

Summary Catalogue no.: 30676

Contents

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

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment
i + 1 + 122 + ii fol.
Dimensions (leaf): 201 × 145 mm.
Dimensions (written): 122 × 79 mm.

Layout

18 long lines

Decoration

Pächt and Alexander i. 333, pl. XXVI:

Good miniatures.

Good borders.

Good initials.

Binding

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

History

Origin: 15th century, third quarter ; Flemish, Tournai

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).
Summary Catalogue, Vol. 5, p. 867

Digital Images

Digital Bodleian (16 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. 119

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.