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MS. Rawl. liturg. f. 39

Summary Catalogue no.: 15809

Contents

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment
1 + 107 + 3 fol.
Dimensions (leaf): 143 × 103 mm.
Dimensions (written): 90 × 59 mm.

Layout

18 long lines

Decoration

Good decorative initals. After death of Pope Julius II. (Pächt and Alexander i. 260)

Binding

Four identical panels, representing the Annunciation, with the legend round it ': aue . gracia : plena : dominus : tecum : ecce ancilla . domini Jan tys', contemporary Belgian binding.

History

Origin: after 1513 ; Dutch

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).

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Bibliography

    Printed descriptions:

    S. J. P. van Dijk, Latin Liturgical Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, Oxford, vol. 4: Books of Hours (typescript, 1957), p. 24

Last Substantive Revision

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