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

MS. Rawl. liturg. e. 31

Summary Catalogue no.: 15771

Contents

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

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment
iii + 2 + 84 + 3 + iii fol.
Dimensions (leaf): 175 × 115 mm.
Dimensions (written): 108 × 70 mm.

Layout

22 long lines

Decoration

Pächt and Alexander i. 805:

Miniatures.

Borders.

Initials.

History

Origin: c. 1500 ; French, Normandy

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 (8 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.