Book of Hours, Use of Rome — c. 1470; Italian (script); Flemish (decoration)
MS. Canon. Liturg. 108
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Book of Hours, Use of Rome — c. 1470; Italian (script); Flemish (decoration)
Shelfmark
MS. Canon. Liturg. 108
Associated place
Italian
Place of origin
Italian (script); Flemish (decoration)
Date
c. 1470
Language
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Support
parchment
Physical extent
iii + 231 (233) + 3 + i fol.
Hands
Script Italian. (Pächt and Alexander i. 326, pl. XXVI)
Decoration
Good miniatures.
Good borders.
Good initials. By the School of Willem Vrelant. (Pächt and Alexander i. 326, pl. XXVI)
Binding
16th century?, origin unclear (MS. first made for a female owner): wood boards; gilt edges, gauffered with an overall diagonal/diamond pattern; no discernible evidence of clasps. Red velvet covering, thick and plain, worn at edges but probably a later replacement, 18th century ?, Italian, along with the front endleaves of thin white laid paper; reback of red leather with suede-like texture, 20th century, Bodleian. 135–137 84–85 c. 50 (book closed).
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Title
'...Offitium beate Marie Virginis secundum usum Romane Curie'
Shelfmark
MS. Canon. Liturg. 108
Summary
'...Offitium beate Marie Virginis secundum usum Romane Curie', preceded by a Calendar (fol. 1), 'Officium de sancta Cruce' (fol. 14), and 'Hore de Sancto Spiritu' (fol. 23), and followed by:
'Psalterium beati Ieronimi presbyteri' (fol. 127: beg. 'Verba mea')
The Penitential Psalms with Litany (fol. 159)
'Vigilie Mortuorum' (fol. 182) and prayers
The fine miniatures and illuminated borders are in French style, but the writing and Calendar Italian. A leaf is lost after fol. 115.
Date
Written in the first half of the 15th century in Italy
Language
Latin
Physical facet
On parchment, illuminated
Physical extent
236 Leaves
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Collection contents
Canonici Liturgical
'...Offitium beate Marie Virginis secundum usum Romane Curie'
