Breviary — 15th century, third quarter; Italian, North-east or Marches (?)

Title

Breviary — 15th century, third quarter; Italian, North-east or Marches (?)

Shelfmark

MS. Canon. Liturg. 316

Associated place

Italian

Place of origin

Italian, North-east or Marches (?)

Date

15th century, third quarter

Language

Latin

Contents

Form

codex

Support

parchment

Decoration

Good border.

Good initials. (Pächt and Alexander ii. 861)

Binding

15th century, before 1474, Italian (as MS.): wood boards with broad shallow bevel; brown leather, blind-tooled with lines, stamps, strapwork, and with dots showing traces of beige colour; spine lost; traces of a single lost clasp at centre of fore-edge; edges plain; flyleaves are fragments from a Latin glossed MS., 14th century?, Italian (badly worn); the bare wood of the inside front cover includes an ink ex libris dated 1474 and an incised coat of arms. Rebacked in lighter brown leather, later 19th century, Bodleian. 190 130–132 c. 20–21 (book closed).

Title

'Commune Sanctorum', with a calendar

Shelfmark

MS. Canon. Liturg. 316

Summary

'Commune Sanctorum', with a calendar, of the Dominican use. Fols, 1, 52 are fragments of a Latin MS., half defaced, with some Italian notes of 1471-5 written over them.

Date

Written in the 15th century in Italy

Language

Latin

Physical facet

On parchment, in double columns, with coloured border, etc., binding, stamped leather on boards (contemporary, Italian)

Physical extent

52 Leaves