Breviary (Dominican) — 15th century, third quarter; Italian, Venice
MS. Canon. Liturg. 212
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Breviary (Dominican) — 15th century, third quarter; Italian, Venice
Shelfmark
MS. Canon. Liturg. 212
Associated place
Venice
Italian
Place of origin
Italian, Venice
Date
15th century, third quarter
Language
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Support
parchment
Decoration
Good initials on fols. 11–179. Fols. 1–10, calendar, added 16th century. (Pächt and Alexander ii. 540)
Binding
16th century, first half, Italian, Venice (incorporating 16th-century additions for the Dominican nuns of Corpus Domini, Venice): wood boards, narrow inside bevel; reddish-brown leather, with blind lines and gilt tooling, stamps including a winged cherub’s head and stars, to form on each cover an elaborate panel and circular frame for the ‘yh’s’ centrepiece; spine tooled with horizontal and diagonal lines in blind and gilt; traces of two clasps with leather straps, roughly torn away (since 1897?); edges gilt, gauffered . 135–136 96–97 c. 43–45 (book closed).
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Title
A Dominican Breviary
Shelfmark
MS. Canon. Liturg. 212
Summary
A Dominican Breviary, without Lauds, consisting of:
A Proprium de Tempore (fol. 11)
Proprium Sanctorum (fol. 78)
Commune Sanctorum (fol. 151) with smaller offices (fol. 159v) imperf. at end
This, which is of the 15th cent., has been supplemented by a Calendar with French admixture (?: fol. 1) and a Psalter (fol. 180) with Litany, written in the 16th cent. At July 12 is 'Anniuersarium dedications ecclesie', and St. Denis is a 'totum duplex' on Oct. 9.
Two leaves are gone after fol. 224
Date
Written in the 15th and 16th century in Italy (?)
Language
Latin
Physical facet
On parchment
Binding, leather on boards, with gold tooling, 16th cent., Italian, with clasps
Physical extent
243 Leaves
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Collection contents
Canonici Liturgical
A Dominican Breviary
