Book of Hours, Use of Rome — 15th century, third quarter; Italian, Marches

Title

Book of Hours, Use of Rome — 15th century, third quarter; Italian, Marches

Shelfmark

MS. Canon. Liturg. 10

Associated place

Italian

Place of origin

Italian, Marches

Date

15th century, third quarter

Language

Latin

Contents

Form

codex

Support

parchment

Physical extent

112 + 1leaves

Decoration

Good borders.

Historiated initials.

Other initials.

Binding

16th century, later, or 17th century, Italian: pasteboards; red leather, tooled with blind and gilt lines, gilt roll, and gilt oval centrepieces left unfilled; spine tooled with gilt lines and a flower tool; no clasps or ties; gilt gauffered edges; spine-liners from fragments of medieval manuscript(s). 142 85–88 c. 22–24 (book closed).

Acquisition

Purchased by the Bodleian in 1817

Provenance

On the title-page, fol. 13, over an earlier coat, arms: or a baston sable (Barbarico of Sicily (?) or Barboniani of Venice (?))

Marcantonio Folli of Sollesta (a suburb of Ascoli), 1761: fols. 1 ('Marcus Antonius Folli della terra di Pollesalle'), 109 ('Ad usum di Marc’ antonio Folli magistro … da Sollesta')

Matteo Luigi Canonici, 1727–1805

Giuseppe Canonici , -1807

Title

'...Officium beate Marie semper Virginis secundum consuetudinem Romane Curie'

Shelfmark

MS. Canon. Liturg. 10

Summary

'... Officium beate Marie semper Virginis secundum consuetudinem Romane Curie', preceded by a Calendar, and followed by:

The Office for the Dead (fol. 10)

The Penitential Psalms and Litany (fol. 88)

The 'Officium sanctissime Crucis' magnum (fol. 104v)

Parvum (fol. 110)

Leaves have been cut out after fols. 59, 87, but some illuminated borders are left. Fol. 13 bears arms, or a bend sable.

Date

Written in the 15th century in Italy

Language

Latin

Physical facet

On parchment, with some illuminated borders, mutilated

Physical extent

113 Leaves

Custodial history

On fol. 1 is 'Marchus Antonius Folli della Terra di Pollesalle [?: Polesella?], 1761', cf. fol. 109.