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Breviary, Use of Rome — 1462; Italian, Brescia

MS. Canon. Liturg. 353

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Title

Breviary, Use of Rome — 1462; Italian, Brescia

Shelfmark

MS. Canon. Liturg. 353

Associated place

Venice

Italian

Place of origin

Italian, Brescia

Date

1462

Language

Latin

Contents

Breviary, Use of Rome

Form

codex

Support

parchment

Physical extent

415fols.

Decoration

Good borders.

Good historiated initials.

Good other initials. (Pächt and Alexander ii. 678)

Binding

15th century, Italian, Venice? (as MS., 1462, Brescia, ? corrected at Venice): wood boards; light brown leather, blind-tooled with multiple lines, stamps and strapwork; spine original, cross-hatched with blind triple lines and a small flower stamp; traces of four strap-and-pin clasps running from grooves at front-cover edges to pins at back, all lost; edges plain. Gilt red-leather spine-label and lettering added, 18th century, Italian; spine, corners and covers clumsily repaired in similar leather, 18th century (Italian) or 19th century (Bodleian). 302–5 210–14 c. 102–6 (book closed).

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Title

'...Ordo Breuiarij secundum consuetudinem Romane Curie'

Shelfmark

MS. Canon. Liturg. 353

Summary

'...Ordo Breuiarij secundum consuetudinem Romane Curie', consisting of:

A calendar with many Brescian saints (fol. 1)

'Psalterium' (fol. 7: first leaf mutilated at foot)

Proprium de Tempore (fol. 62v)

Hymnal (fol. 238)

Proprium ('festiuitates') Sanctorum (fol. 247v)

Commune Sanctorum with minor offices (fol. 376v)

Date

Written in 1462 at Brescia

Language

Latin

Physical facet

On parchment, with some small miniatures, a border, etc.

Physical extent

415 leaves, in double columns

Custodial history

At end 'Finis ... 1462.'

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Collection contents

Canonici Manuscripts

Canonici Liturgical

'...Ordo Breuiarij secundum consuetudinem Romane Curie'

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