Book of Hours, Use of Rome — 1477; Italian, Bergamo
MS. Canon. Liturg. 142
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Book of Hours, Use of Rome — 1477; Italian, Bergamo
Shelfmark
MS. Canon. Liturg. 142
Associated place
Italian
Place of origin
Italian, Bergamo
Date
1477
Language
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Support
parchment
Physical extent
ii + 196 + iv fols.
Decoration
Good historiated and other borders.
Good initials. Written at Bergamo in 1477, fol. 196v. (Pächt and Alexander ii. 889, pl. LXXVIII)
Binding
15th century?, Italian (as MS.?): wood boards, narrow inside bevel; original covering (now lost) of dark blue textile, probably with a single clasp and perhaps already with the four round bosses of domed brass which still survive on each cover; edges gilt, gauffered.
18th century?, Italian: replacement covering of shiny brown leather with strong grain, blind-tooled with triple lines and stamps, and central lozenge and floral centrepiece on each cover; spine blind-tooled with lines and a floral tool, re-laid over a modern reback of lighter leather (Bodleian, 1951); no clasps, but the bosses on each cover, integrated in the design, were perhaps carried over from the previous covering. 109–110 80 c. 42–45 (book closed).
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Title
'...Offitium beate Marie Virginis secundum consuetudinem Romane Curie'
Shelfmark
MS. Canon. Liturg. 142
Summary
'...Offitium beate Marie Virginis secundum consuetudinem Romane Curie', preceded by a Calendar (fol. 1), and followed by:
'Missa beate Marie Virginis' (fol. 95)
'Septem Psalmi penitentiales' with Litany (fol. 98v)
'Offitium Mortuorum' (fol. 131)
'Offitium sancte Crucis' (fol. 186v)
'Offitium Spiritus Sancti' (fol. 191v)
Added later, 'Oratio sancti Thome Aquinatis ante studium', beg. 'Creator ineffabilis' (fol. 197)
Date
Written in the 15th century in France
Language
Latin
Physical facet
On parchment, with some small miniatures, borders, etc., with brass bosses
Physical extent
201 Leaves
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Collection contents
Canonici Liturgical
'...Offitium beate Marie Virginis secundum consuetudinem Romane Curie'
