Offices and prayers for private use — 15th century, end; Multiple places of origin

Title

Offices and prayers for private use — 15th century, end; Multiple places of origin

Shelfmark

MS. Douce 8

Place of origin

Flemish, Bruges (?) (decoration)

Italian (script)

Date

15th century, end

Language

Latin

Contents

Form

codex

Support

parchment

Physical extent

xxix + 457pages

Decoration

Some fine, many good miniatures.

Borders.

Initials. By various hands. Italian script. (Pächt and Alexander i. 371, pl. XXX)

Binding

Red morocco with gilt ornament, with embroidered filigree work inside each cover. (18th cent.).

Acquisition

Bequeathed to the Bodleian in 1834

Provenance

Francis Douce, 1757–1834

Title

Offices, prayers, etc., for private use

Shelfmark

MS. Douce 8

Summary

Consisting of:

(p. v) a calendar

(pp. 1, 88, 154, 230, 380) minor pieces and prayers

(p. 60) 'Offitium de Passione Domini'

(p. 108) 'Missa beate Marie Virginis'

(p. 133) Capituia from the Gospels

(pp. 213, 316) Suffrages

(p. 252) Penitential Psalms with litany

(p. 328) Italian prayers.

Every page has a well-painted illuminated border, and there are many small miniatures, the twenty-four in the calendar illustrating the employments of each month.

Date

written in the second half of the 15th cent. in Italy

Language

Italian

Latin

Physical facet

On parchment, illuminated, binding: red morocco with gilt ornament, with embroidered filigree work inside each cover. (18th cent.)

Physical extent

457 pages