Missal, Use of Sarum — 15th century, third quarter; English
MS. Laud Misc. 253
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Missal, Use of Sarum — 15th century, third quarter; English
Shelfmark
MS. Laud Misc. 253
Place of origin
English
Date
15th century, third quarter
Language
Latin
Middle English (1100-1500)
Contents
Form
codex
Support
parchment
Physical extent
i + 4 + 1 + 261 + 1 + 2 + i fol.
Decoration
Fine borders, initials. (Pächt and Alexander iii. 1103)
Coloured initials and borders (fols. 11, 13, 31, 123, etc.), some cut out (fols. 37, 135, 210, 233); so is the beginning of the canon.
Musical notation
Square notation on 13–4 staves of 4 red lines.
Binding
Blind-tooled, early 18th century.
Acquisition
Part of his third donation to the Bodleian, sent 28 June 1639.
Provenance
In the kalendar the feasts of St. Chad and St. Erkenwald are in red.
Births and obits of the Carew family, 1485–1510, added in the calendar, including the obit of Sir William Carew, 27 May 1501: i.e. Sir William Carew of Bury St Edmunds.
'Pertinet domine margarete Carew', fol. 267: probably Margaret (d. 1525), widow of Sir William Carew.
Birth of Francis Clovyle noted in the calendar, March 1: Francis Cloyvle (d. 1562) of West Hanningfield, the son of William Clovyle, who (William) married Mary, daughter of Sir William Carew (Visitations of Essex..., ed. W. C. Metcalfe (1878), p. 37).
William Laud, by 1638.
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Title
Missal, Use of Sarum
Shelfmark
MS. Laud Misc. 253
Summary
Missal, Use of Sarum. The vow is on fol. 247, and there is other English matter.
Date
15th century, third quarter
Language
English
Latin
Physical facet
Early 18th century blind-tooled binding
Physical extent
269 Leaves
Custodial history
MS. Frere 262. Manuscript 1847 acquired by the Bodleian Library
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Collection contents
Missal, Use of Sarum
