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

MS. Rawl. liturg. f. 16

Summary Catalogue no.: 15806

Contents

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

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment
176 + 1 fol.
Dimensions (leaf): 125 × 90 mm.
Dimensions (written): 65 × 44 mm.

Layout

13 long lines

Decoration

In two styles (partly damaged). (Pächt and Alexander i. 725):

Good miniatures.

Good borders.

Good initials.

Binding

Brown leather with gold tooling (16th cent. ?).

History

Origin: after 1473 ; French, Tours (?)

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).

Bibliography

    Printed descriptions:

    S. J. P. van Dijk, Latin Liturgical Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, Oxford, vol. 4: Books of Hours (typescript, 1957), p. 214

Last Substantive Revision

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