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

MS. Rawl. liturg. g. 8

Summary Catalogue no.: 15831

Contents

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment
iii + 1 + 155 + iii fol.
Dimensions (leaf): 75 × 55 mm.
Dimensions (written): 42 × 30 mm.

Layout

13 long lines

Decoration

Pächt and Alexander i. 759:

Miniatures.

Borders.

Initials.

Binding

Red morocco, with some gold tooling (17th cent. ?).

History

Origin: 15th century, second half ; French, Châlons-sur-Marne

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).

Bibliography

    Printed descriptions:

    S. J. P. van Dijk, Latin Liturgical Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, Oxford, vol. 4: Books of Hours (typescript, 1957), p. 43

Last Substantive Revision

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