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MS. Rawl. liturg. f. 3

Summary Catalogue no.: 15781

Contents

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

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment
155 + 2 fol.
Dimensions (leaf): 160 × 112 mm.
Dimensions (written): 100/105 × 65 mm.

Layout

15-16 long lines

Decoration

Paschal calendar from 1448 to 1537. (Pächt and Alexander iii. 912)

Good borders.

Good initials.

Binding

White leather on boards, worn, English, contemporary.

History

Origin: c. 1448 or c. 1454 (?) ; English, London

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 (1973).
Summary Catalogue, Vol. 3, p. 492
Summary Catalogue, Vol. 3, p. 493

Digital Images

Digital Bodleian (1 image from 35mm slides)

Bibliography

    Printed descriptions:

    A. Watson, Catalogue of Dated and Datable Manuscripts in Oxford Libraries (1984), no. 687 (fols. 1-111)
    S. J. P. van Dijk, Latin Liturgical Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, Oxford, vol. 4: Books of Hours (typescript, 1957), p. 169

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.