Book of Hours, Use of Rome — 15th century, middle; Italian, Florence

Title

Book of Hours, Use of Rome — 15th century, middle; Italian, Florence

Shelfmark

MS. Canon. Liturg. 22

Associated place

Italian

Place of origin

Italian, Florence

Date

15th century, middle

Language

Latin

Contents

Form

codex

Support

parchment

Physical extent

3 + 246 + 2 fol.

Decoration

Good historiated borders.

Good initials. (Pächt and Alexander ii. 245, pl. XXII)

Binding

15th century or 16th century?, Italian: wood boards, inside bevel, corners rounded; plain red silk, with thin green border at lower turn-ins (cf. MS. Canon. Liturg. 143); spine lost; evidence for clasp(s) and other metal-work compromised by later repair, perhaps a single lost clasp or strap-and-pin fastening and maybe other fittings; edges gilt, gauffered. Reback (probably not the first) and edge-linings in red leather, later 19th century, Bodleian. 116–117 c. 80 c. 50 (book closed).

Title

'... Officium beate Marie Virginis, secundum consuetudinem Romane Curie'

Shelfmark

MS. Canon. Liturg. 22

Summary

'... Officium beate Marie Virginis, secundum consuetudinem Romane Curie':

Preceded by a Calendar

Followed by '... Officium Mortuorum secundum usum Romanum' (fol. 98)

'... Officium sanctissime Passionis ... Iesu Cristi' (fol. 158)

'... Officium sancte Crucis' (fol. 193v)

'... Psalmi graduales' (fol. 198), and various prayers, etc., some in Italian

At fol. 219 are the 'Settem Psalmi penitentiales', with Litany

The Calendar is Augustinian, and the occurrence in red of Stt. Domitilla, Theodora, and Euphrosina on May 7 points to Terracina: the first-named occurs also in the Litany. A leaf is lost after fol. 233.

Date

Written in the first half of the 15th century in Italy

Language

Latin

Physical facet

On parchment, with some illuminated borders, etc.

Physical extent

248 Leaves