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

MS. Barlow 30

Summary Catalogue no.: 6482

Contents

Book of Hours, Use of Rouen.
Language(s): Latin and Middle French

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment
i + 87 + 2 + i fol.
Dimensions (leaf): 188 × 125 mm.
Dimensions (written): 94 × 64 mm.

Layout

16 lines

Decoration

Pächt and Alexander i. 685:

Fine borders.

Fine initials.

Binding

Blind-tooled brown leather, late 17th-cent. English work.

History

Origin: 15th century, first half ; French, North (?)

Provenance and Acquisition

Thomas Barlow, 1607–1691

Bequeathed to the Bodleian in 1691

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the Summary Catalogue (1937). 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. 98

Last Substantive Revision

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