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

MS. Barlow 38

Summary Catalogue no.: 6484

Contents

Book of Hours, Use of Sarum
Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment
ii + 6 + 71 fol.
Dimensions (leaf): 190 × 145 mm.
Dimensions (written): 115 × 85 mm.

Layout

15 lines

Decoration

Pächt and Alexander iii. 762:

Good borders.

Good initials.

Binding

Red leather on bevelled boards, traces of one clasp, and two brass bosses on outer back cover.

History

Origin: c. 1400 ; English

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 (1973).

Bibliography

    Printed descriptions:

    S. J. P. van Dijk, Latin Liturgical Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, Oxford, vol. 4: Books of Hours (typescript, 1957), p. 141

Last Substantive Revision

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