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

MS. Rawl. liturg. e. 30

Summary Catalogue no.: 30677

Contents

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

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment
3 + 163 + 3 fol.
Dimensions (leaf): 176 × 130 mm.
Dimensions (written): 85 × 57 mm.

Layout

15 long lines

Decoration

Pächt and Alexander i. 739:

Good miniatures.

Good borders.

Good initials.

Binding

Black leather with blind tooling, middle 16th cent. work, perhaps French, worn.

History

Origin: 15th century, third quarter ; French, Paris

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).

Bibliography

    Printed descriptions:

    S. J. P. van Dijk, Latin Liturgical Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, Oxford, vol. 4: Books of Hours (typescript, 1957), p. 92

Last Substantive Revision

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