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

MS. Rawl. liturg. f. 24

Summary Catalogue no.: 15760

Contents

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

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment
1 + 106 + 1 fol.
Dimensions (leaf): 169 × 120 mm.
Dimensions (written): 98 × 60 mm.

Layout

17 long lines

Decoration

Pächt and Alexander i. 773:

Good miniatures.

Good borders.

Good initials.

Binding

French 16th cent. work, bearing on one cover the Crucifixion and on the other the Annunciation (cf. SC 15764), with gold ornament.

History

Origin: 15th century, end ; French, Rouen

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

Last Substantive Revision

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