Breviary of Chertsey Abbey — 14th century, beginning; English
MS. Lat. liturg. e. 6
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Breviary of Chertsey Abbey — 14th century, beginning; English
Shelfmark
MS. Lat. liturg. e. 6
Place of origin
English
Date
14th century, beginning
Language
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Support
parchment
Decoration
Fine miniature.
Fine borders.
Fine historiated initials.
Fine other initials.
Provenance
Chertsey, Surrey, Benedictine abbey of St Peter: Provenance inferred from calendar-entries, etc. See F. Wormald, English Benedictine Kalendars before a.d. 1100, 1 Henry Bradshaw Soc. (1938), 81. Fols. 221–225, 306–308, 277(?), and 34 and 10 (from the sanctorale) of a breviary; the foliation is comparatively recent. 2 cols. of 32 lines. Bodl. Lat. liturg. d.42, e.6, e.37 and e.39 are portions of one manuscript; see BLR 9 (1974) 72–4, 78–80. (MLGB3: Liturgical evidence, often to be found in the kalendar).
Bought from Quaritch's Rough List 176 no. 17, 31 January 1898. (MLGB3)
Bodl. Lat. liturg. d.42, e.6, e.37 and e.39 are portions of one manuscript; see BLR 9 (1974) 72–4, 78–80. (MLGB3)
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