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

MS. Rawl. liturg. f. 31

Summary Catalogue no.: 15770

Contents

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

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment
i + 2 + 176 + 3 + iii fol.
Dimensions (leaf): 147 × 105 mm.
Dimensions (written): 97 × 60 mm.

Layout

18 long lines

Decoration

Pächt and Alexander i. 831:

Miniatures.

Historiated and other borders.

Initials.

History

Origin: 16th century, beginning ; French

Provenance and Acquisition

Wafer-seals of an officer of the Jesuit Oriental missions.

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 (7 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. 85

Last Substantive Revision

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