Breviary (Carthusian) — c. 1480; Italian, Venice
MS. Canon. Liturg. 410
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Breviary (Carthusian) — c. 1480; Italian, Venice
Shelfmark
MS. Canon. Liturg. 410
Place of origin
Italian, Venice
Date
c. 1480
Language
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Support
parchment
Decoration
Fine historiated borders.
Fine historiated initials.
Fine other initials.
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Title
A Carthusian breviary
Shelfmark
MS. Canon. Liturg. 410
Summary
A Carthusian breviary, consisting of:
A calendar with liturgical notes (fol. iiv)
'Psalterium secundum ordinem fratrum ordinis Cartusie', with canticles, etc., and smaller offices (fol. 1, including a hymnal at fol. 74v)
Proprium de Tempore (fol. 101, the first leaf lost)
Proprium ('festiuale') Sanctorum (fol. 234v)
'Commune Sanctorum' (fol. 289v)
There are some very beautiful miniatures and borders (the larger at fols. 1, 74v, 234v, 289v), described in Waagen's Treasures of Art in Great Britain (1854), iii. 106 ('No. 287').
Date
Written in the second half of the 15th century in North Italy
Language
Latin
Physical facet
On parchment, in double columns, with fine miniatures, etc., see scope and content
Physical extent
311 Leaves
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Collection contents
Canonici Liturgical
A Carthusian breviary
