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MS. Rawl. liturg. f. 10

Summary Catalogue no.: 15778

Contents

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

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment
2 + 113 + 3 fol.
Dimensions (leaf): 156 × 95 mm.
Dimensions (written): 90 × 60 mm.

Layout

18 long lines

Decoration

Related to the style of Bourdichon. (Pächt and Alexander i. 828:

FIne miniatures.

Fine borders.

Fine initials.

Binding

Gold tooling on leather (17th cent.?).

History

Origin: 16th century, beginning ; French, West

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).
Summary Catalogue, Vol. 3, p. 491

Digital Images

Digital Bodleian (2 images 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. 102

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.