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

MS. Barlow 41

Summary Catalogue no.: 6481

Contents

Breviary (pars hiemalis).
Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

Decoration

Added 14th century, third quarter (Pächt and Alexander iii. 664):

Good borders.

Good initials.

Binding

Brown leather on boards, English 15th-cent. work.

History

Origin: 13th century, third quarter and 14th century, third quarter ; English

Provenance and Acquisition

Evesham, Worcestershire, Benedictine abbey of St Mary the Virgin and St Egwin: Liturgical details ("in festo depositionis sancti Egwini", etc.) suggest provenance. (MLGB3: Liturgical evidence, often to be found in the kalendar).

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

Last Substantive Revision

2022-04-04: Add binding information from Summary Catalogue.