Book of Hours, Use of Rome — 15th century, end; French

Title

Book of Hours, Use of Rome — 15th century, end; French

Shelfmark

MS. Canon. Liturg. 188

Associated place

French

Italian

Place of origin

French

Date

15th century, end

Language

Latin

Contents

Form

codex

Support

parchment

Physical extent

133 fol.

Decoration

Good borders.

Good initials. Mutilated. (Pächt and Alexander i. 776)

Binding

A composite binding, with earlier boards obscured by later covering:

15th century, end, or 16th century (perhaps as MS.): thin wood boards with narrow inside bevel, all corners lightly rounded; sewing on five split cords of tawed leather, with endbands; no evidence of clasps. Manuscript badly mutilated, with many leaves and pieces of illumination cut out.

17th century or 18th century, French or Italian: covering of plain parchment; ink title ‘Offitio’ on spine, 18th century?; no flyleaves; paste-downs of coarse grey paper, perhaps added still later (? Bodleian), though also wormed. 187–188 c. 129 c. 28–31 (book closed).

Title

Hours of the Virgin, according to the use of Rome

Shelfmark

MS. Canon. Liturg. 188

Summary

Hours of the Virgin, according to the use of Rome, followed by:

The Hours of the Cross (fol. 72)

Of the Holy Spirit (fol. 77)

The Office for the Dead (fol. 82)

Each part is mutilated at the beginning, and many leaves have part of the illuminated border cut out.

Date

Written in the 15th century in France or the Netherlands

Language

Latin

Physical facet

On parchment, with illuminated borders, badly mutilated

Physical extent

133 Leaves