MS. Rawl. liturg. e. 3

Summary Catalogue no.: 15799

Book of Hours, Use of Sarum

From the diocese of Norwich

Language(s): Latin, Middle English

Physical Description

Form: codex

Support: parchment

ii + 126 + ii fol.

Dimensions (leaf): 213 × 149 mm.

Dimensions (written): 138 × 81 mm.

Layout

16 long lines

Decoration

Pächt and Alexander iii. 975, pl. XCII:

Fine borders.

Fine initials.

History

Origin: 15th century, middle ; English, East (?)

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 (1973).

Summary Catalogue, Vol. 3, p. 499

Summary Catalogue, Vol. 3, p. 500

2025-07: Leaf and layout dimensions remeasured and updated by Sebastian Dows-Miller.

Bibliography

Printed descriptions:

S. J. P. van Dijk, Latin Liturgical Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, Oxford, vol. 4: Books of Hours (typescript, 1957), p. 154

Abbreviations

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