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

MS. Rawl. liturg. f. 1

Summary Catalogue no.: 15807

Contents

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment
vi + 145 + vi fol.
Dimensions (leaf): 133 × 95 mm.
Dimensions (written): 75 × 50 mm.

Layout

16 long lines.

Decoration

Pächt and Alexander i. 689:

Fine borders.

Fine initials.

History

Origin: 15th century, first half ; French, French Flanders (?)

Provenance and Acquisition

Gloucester, Gloucestershire, Benedictine abbey of St Peter: Contents: Horae BMV secundum usum monasterii Gloucestrensis. (MLGB3: Liturgical evidence, often to be found in the kalendar).

'Royshe Welbeke [or Wellaby?]'. Thomas Rawlinson -- lent to Thomas Hearne 2 January 1720 (Collections 7. 86). (MLGB3)

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

Last Substantive Revision

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