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

MS. Rawl. liturg. f. 27

Summary Catalogue no.: 15784

Contents

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

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment
1 + 143 + 1 fol.
Dimensions (leaf): 163 × 122 mm.
Dimensions (written): 83 × 52 mm.

Layout

15 long lines

Decoration

Portraits of the owner and his wife on fols. 132r and 141v. (Pächt and Alexander i. 611, pl. XLVI)

Fine and good miniatures.

Fine and good historiated borders.

Fine and good initials.

History

Origin: c. 1380–1390 ; French

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).

Digital Images

Digital Bodleian (14 images from 35mm slides)

Bibliography

Last Substantive Revision

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