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
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).
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
Online resources:
Printed descriptions:
S. J. P. van Dijk, Latin Liturgical Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, Oxford, vol. 2: Office Books (typescript, 1957), p. 264
Abbreviations
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Last Substantive Revision
2022-04-04: Add binding information from Summary Catalogue.