Breviary (Benedictine) — c. 1350; French, Paris
MS. Canon. Liturg. 192
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Breviary (Benedictine) — c. 1350; French, Paris
Shelfmark
MS. Canon. Liturg. 192
Place of origin
French, Paris
Date
c. 1350
Language
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Support
parchment
Decoration
DecorationFine borders, one historiated initial, many other initials. Close to the style of the Pucelle atelier. (Pächt and Alexander i. 602, pl. XLV)
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Title
A Benedictine Breviary for the use of the abbey of St. Denys in Paris
Shelfmark
MS. Canon. Liturg. 192
Summary
A Benedictine Breviary for the use of the abbey of St. Denys in Paris, consisting of:
A Proprium de Tempore (fol. 1)
Calendarial Tables and Calendar (fol. 189)
Psalter with Canticles, Litany, and Manual Offices (fol. 199)
Proprium Sanctorum (fol. 276)
Commune Sanctorum (fol. 512) and smaller offices, suffrages, 'quedam regule speciales', etc.
The Calendar contains obits of abbots, etc. up to about 1350, and at Feb. 24 'Dedicatio ecclesie beati Dyonisii.' A leaf is apparently wanting at the end.
Date
Written in about the middle of the 14th century in Paris
Language
Latin
Physical facet
On parchment, in double columns, with illuminated borders, etc.
Physical extent
558 Leaves
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Collection contents
Canonici Liturgical
A Benedictine Breviary for the use of the abbey of St. Denys in Paris
