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MS. Rawl. liturg. g. 1

Summary Catalogue no.: 15833

Contents

Book of Hours, Use of Sarum (mutilated)

Lincoln saints in the calendar.

Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment
2 + 113 + 2 fol.
Dimensions (leaf): 93 × 65 mm.
Dimensions (written): 48 × 32 mm.

Layout

15 long lines

Decoration

Initials. Possibly not executed in England. (Pächt and Alexander iii. 1038)

Binding

Stamped leather on boards, broken, with a rubbed name of the binder ('Joh' ...').

History

Origin: 15th century, middle ; English

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. 512

Bibliography

    Printed descriptions:

    S. J. P. van Dijk, Latin Liturgical Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, Oxford, vol. 4: Books of Hours (typescript, 1957), p. 155

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.