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

MS. Rawl. liturg. e. 28

Summary Catalogue no.: 15826

Contents

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

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment
1 + 83 + i fol
Dimensions (leaf): 180 × 120 mm.
Dimensions (written): 130 × 73 mm.

Layout

21 long lines

Decoration

Pächt and Alexander i. 832:

Good and other miniatures.

Good and other borders.

Good and other initials.

Binding

Brown leather with gold tooling (16th cent. ?).

History

Origin: 16th century, beginning ; French

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. 217

Last Substantive Revision

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