Breviary (Benedictine) — 1476; Italian, Florence
MS. Canon. Liturg. 168
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Breviary (Benedictine) — 1476; Italian, Florence
Shelfmark
MS. Canon. Liturg. 168
Associated place
Italian
Place of origin
Italian, Florence
Date
1476
Language
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Support
parchment
Physical extent
536 + ii fols.
Decoration
Fine historiated borders.
Fine initials. By Gherardo and Monte di Giovanni di Miniato (del Fora). (Pächt and Alexander ii. 306, pl. XXVIII)
Binding
16th century?, Italian: wood boards, inside bevel; light brown leather, blind-tooled with sextuple lines alternating with rows of one repeated stamp; spine with same blind tools and (later?) gilt title ‘BREVIARIVM’; remains of two strap-and-pin fastenings with darker leather straps, once running from front fore-edge to pins towards centre back, one strap still present in 1897 (since lost) and one pin with small square base still surviving; edges gilt, gauffered. 170–172 111–112 c. 80–85 (book closed). The manuscript had been written by a nun, with professional illuminators.
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Title
'...Breuiarium monasticum secundum ordinem sancti Benedicti'
Shelfmark
MS. Canon. Liturg. 168
Summary
'...Breuiarium monasticum secundum ordinem sancti Benedicti', including:
A Calendar (fol. 1)
Proprium de Tempore (fol. 15)
Psalter, with Canticles, Litany, etc. (fol. 216)
Proprium ('festiuitates') Sanctorum (fol. 290c)
'Commune Sanctorum' (fol. 489b) with smaller offices and benedictions
Date
Written in 1476 in Italy
Language
Latin
Physical facet
On parchment, in double columns, with small miniatures, borders, etc., with clasp
Physical extent
539 Leaves
Custodial history
'Memento quod die xija mensis Septembris anno Domini M.cccco.lxxvjo breuiarium a sorore vre [i.e. Verone?]. Completum est.'
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Collection contents
Canonici Liturgical
'...Breuiarium monasticum secundum ordinem sancti Benedicti'
