Book of Hours, Use of Rome — c. 1470–1480; Italian, Padua
MS. Canon. Liturg. 21
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Book of Hours, Use of Rome — c. 1470–1480; Italian, Padua
Shelfmark
MS. Canon. Liturg. 21
Associated place
Italian
Place of origin
Italian, Padua
Date
c. 1470–1480
Language
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Support
parchment
Physical extent
i + 194 + 2 + i fol.
Decoration
Good borders.
Good historiated initials.
Good other initials.
Penwork borders. (Pächt and Alexander ii. 622)
Binding
15th century, Italian (as MS.): wood boards; hard red polished leather, cuir ciselé, each cover incised with a different section of the same bold repeating pattern, of flowers and leaves set in a large vase (back cover); traces of a central clasp and of 4+1 bosses on each cover, all metal-work lost; edges gilt, gauffered (worn). Rebacked, 18th century, Italian, with paste-downs and flyleaves of carta bassanese, for Jacopo Soranzo, with his spine-label. 110–112 77–78 c. 46 (book closed). Cf. MSS. Canon. Liturg. 33 and 219.
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Title
'... Officium beate Marie Virginis secundum consuetudinem Romane Curie'
Shelfmark
MS. Canon. Liturg. 21
Summary
'... Officium beate Marie Virginis secundum consuetudinem Romane Curie':
Preceded by a Calendar
Followed by '... Officium sanctissime Crucis' (fol. 108v)
The Penitential Psalms and Litany (fol. 117v)
'... Officium Mortuorum' (fol. 147)
The Calendar points to Padua (on Nov. 7 st. Prosdocimus, who also occurs in the Litany at fol. 136v). On fol. 13 is a coat of arms:--party per pale argent and azure, over all a pale dancetty gules.
Date
Written in the 15th century in Italy
Language
Latin
Physical facet
On parchment, illuminated, binding, red leather, embossed, Italian work. There are several illuminated borders with miniatures, etc.
Physical extent
196 Leaves
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Collection contents
Canonici Liturgical
'... Officium beate Marie Virginis secundum consuetudinem Romane Curie'
