Book of Hours, Use of Rome — 15th century, third quarter; Italian, Padua (?)
MS. Canon. Liturg. 143
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Book of Hours, Use of Rome — 15th century, third quarter; Italian, Padua (?)
Shelfmark
MS. Canon. Liturg. 143
Associated place
Italian
Place of origin
Italian, Padua (?)
Date
15th century, third quarter
Language
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Support
parchment
Physical extent
2 + 213 (219) + 2 fol.
Decoration
Good historiated and other borders.
Good initials. (Pächt and Alexander ii. 621)
Binding
15th century or 16th century?, Italian: wood boards, narrow inside bevel, all corners slightly rounded; sewn onto three cords of tawed leather and two endband cores, nailed into grooves with iron nails; endband sewing through spine-liners of brown leather; covering of plain red silk, very worn, spine and other parts lost, front turn-in with green edging (cf. MS. Canon. Liturg. 22); traces of a central clasp and four corner-pieces on each cover, all lost; edges gilt, gauffered. 119 85 c. 45 (book closed).
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Title
Hours of the Virgin, according to Roman use
Shelfmark
MS. Canon. Liturg. 143
Summary
Hours of the Virgin, according to Roman use, followed by:
'Septem Psalmi penitentiales' with Litany (fol. 99b)
'Offitium in agenda Mortuorum' (fol. 127)
Hours of the Passion (fol. 183f)
The beginnings of the two Hours are unfinished.
Date
Written in the 15th century in Italy
Language
Latin
Physical facet
On parchment, with two small miniatures, borders, etc., unfinished
Physical extent
221 Leaves
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Collection contents
Canonici Liturgical
Hours of the Virgin, according to Roman use
