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MS. Rawl. liturg. e. 8

Summary Catalogue no.: 15836

Contents

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

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment
ii + 47 + ii fol.
Dimensions (leaf): 200 × 150 mm.
Dimensions (written): 130 × 80 mm.

Layout

25 long lines

Decoration

Pächt and Alexander iii. 1313:

Miniature (defaced).

Border.

Initial.

History

Origin: 15th century, middle ; Flemish, Netherlandish

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. 513
Summary Catalogue, Vol. 3, p. 514

Digital Images

Digital Bodleian (1 image 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. 197

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.