MS. Rawl. liturg. g. 12
Summary Catalogue no.: 15758
Contents
Hours of the Virgin Mary, private prayers, etc.
Written by T. Olston, perhaps for use at the Benedictine priory of Pilton, Devon.
Language(s): Latin
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: paper
Extent: ii + 295 + iv fols.
Dimensions (leaf): 97 × 70 mm.
Layout
1 col., 15-17 lines, 55–60 × 40–50 mm.
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Pilton, Devon, Benedictine priory of St Mary the Virgin; cell of Malmesbury (?) : On fol. 295r: 'Anno Domini Mcccccxi ... nomen scriptoris Thomas Olston'. Liturgically Malmesbury, or perhaps more probably its cell of Pilton. 'Dedicatio huius ecclesie', Oct. 19. (MLGB3: Liturgical evidence, often to be found in the kalendar).
Bequeathed to the Bodleian in 1755
Record Sources
Summary description abbreviated from the Summary Catalogue (1895).
Bibliography
Online resources:
Printed descriptions:
A. Watson, Catalogue of Dated and Datable Manuscripts in Oxford Libraries (1984), no. 690
S. J. P. van Dijk, Latin Liturgical Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, Oxford, vol. 4: Books of Hours (typescript, 1957), p. 8
Abbreviations
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Last Substantive Revision
2024-09: Add extent, leaf dimensions and layout from Watson, Dated and Datable.