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Breviary, Use of Rome, Temporale, Psalter, Hymnal, General rubrics, Lists of feasts, Rubricae novae, Rubrical table for the scriptural reading in September, Sanctorale, Common of the saints and the dedication, Office of the Transfiguration, Office of Our Lady — 15th century, second half; Italy, North

MS. Canon. Liturg. 278

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Title

Breviary, Use of Rome, Temporale, Psalter, Hymnal, General rubrics, Lists of feasts, Rubricae novae, Rubrical table for the scriptural reading in September, Sanctorale, Common of the saints and the dedication, Office of the Transfiguration, Office of Our Lady — 15th century, second half; Italy, North

Shelfmark

MS. Canon. Liturg. 278

Place of origin

Italy, North

Date

15th century, second half

Language

Latin

Contents

Breviary, Use of Rome
(fols 21-104, 105-114, 115-125) Temporale
(fols 1-10, 11-14) Psalter
(fols 14v-20, 253-256) Hymnal
(fols 256v-258) General rubrics
(fol. 258v) Lists of feasts
(fols 258v-261v) Rubricae novae
(fol. 262) Rubrical table for the scriptural reading in September
(fols 125-234) Sanctorale
(fol. 235-249) Common of the saints and the dedication
(fols 249-251v) Office of the Transfiguration
(fols (fol. 251v) Office of Our Lady

Form

codex

Support

parchment

Physical extent

iii + 262 (263) + i leaves

Acquisition

Bought by the Bodleian Library in 1817 from Giovanni Perissinotti. On the purchase, see Digital Bodleian

Provenance

Matteo Luigi Canonici (1727– c. 1806)

Following Canonici's death, the collection passed to his brother, Giuseppe Canonici, and then to Canonici's nephew, Giovanni Perissinotti, in 1807 following Giuseppe Canonici's death

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Title

A Roman Breviary

Shelfmark

MS. Canon. Liturg. 278

Summary

A Roman Breviary, imperfect and bound in wrong order, consisting of:

A Proprium de Tempore (fols. 21-125)

Psalter (fols. 1-14v)

'Hymnarius' (fols. 14v-20, 253-62)

'Proprium Sanctorum' (fols. 125234)

Commune Sanctorum, with smaller offices (fols. 235-52)

There are gaps after fols, 1, 10, 104, 114, 124, 234, 242, and perhaps elsewhere.

Date

Written in the 15th century in Italy

Language

Latin

Physical facet

On parchment, imperfect

Physical extent

264 Leaves

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Collection contents

Canonici Manuscripts

Canonici Liturgical

A Roman Breviary

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  • Perisinotti, Giovanni, fl. c. 1807-17

  • Canonici, Giuseppe (d. 1807)

  • Canonici, Matteo Luigi, 1727-1805

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