Diurnal (Franciscan) — 13th century, second half – 14th century, first half; Italian, Rome

Title

Diurnal (Franciscan) — 13th century, second half – 14th century, first half; Italian, Rome

Shelfmark

MS. Canon. Liturg. 248

Associated place

Italian

Place of origin

Italian, Rome

Date

13th century, second half – 14th century, first half

Language

Latin

Contents

Form

codex

Support

parchment

Binding

15th century, late, or early 16th century, Italian (MS. from the nunnery of the Poor Clares of Assisi): wood boards; dark brown leather, blind-tooled with lines, stamps and strapwork; original spine lost; remains of a single central clasp with part of a brown-leather strap (not original?) and a brass catch-plate with a boss-like protrusion on the back cover; edges discoloured, probably plain. Rebacked, later 19th century, Bodleian, whilst classified amongst MSS. Liturg. (c. 1877–1887?). 104 74 c. 55–56 (book closed).

Title

A Roman Diurnal for Franciscan use

Shelfmark

MS. Canon. Liturg. 248

Summary

A Roman Diurnal for Franciscan use, containing:

A Calendar and Tables (fol. 1)

Litany (fol. 8v)

Psalter with Canticles, etc., and (added) the Office for the Dead (fol. 13)

Hymnal (fol. 157)

'Officium diurnum secundum ordinem sancte Romane ecclesie', Proprium de Tempore (fol. 180)

Proprium ('festiuitates') Sanctorum (fol. 252)

Commune Sanctorum (fol. 294v) with Prayers, etc., imperfect at end

The Calendar and Tables are perhaps of the date 1228 (see fol. 7), but altered and added to, to suit the rest of the volume, which belongs to the next century. On Aug. 2 is 'Dedicatio ecclesie sancte Marie de Angelis', an addition.

Date

Written in the first half of the 13th and first half of the 14th centuries

Language

Latin

Physical facet

On parchment

Physical extent

335 Leaves