Willelmus Durandus the Elder, Rationale divinorum officiorum; Bohemia, 14th century

Title

Willelmus Durandus the Elder, Rationale divinorum officiorum; Bohemia, 14th century

Shelfmark

MS. Laud Misc. 311

Date

14th century, end, perhaps 1370s

Language

Latin

Contents

Form

codex

Support

parchment

Physical extent

2 + 270 leaves

Hands

Textualis; several hands.

Decoration

Historiated initial, fol. 1r: the author reading his book to an audience. (Pächt and Alexander i. 149). Attributed by Gaudek to the workshop of the Master of the Opatovice Breviary (Krakow, Archiwum Krakowskiej Kapituły Katedralnej, MS 240)

Fine border, fol. 1r. (Pächt and Alexander i. 149)

Red and blue puzzle initials with pen flourishes in red and in blue.

Red rubrics.

Binding

Brown tanned calf over laminated pulpboard for Abp. Laud, 1637–1639; rebacked.

Acquisition

Part of his third donation to the Bodleian, 1639.

Provenance

Provenance unknown: erased and illegible inscription, fol. 1r.

William Laud, 1573–1645, 1638.

Title

Willelmus Durandus the Elder, Rationale diuinorum officiorum

Shelfmark

MS. Laud Misc. 311

Date

14th century, end

Language

Latin

Physical extent

267 Leaves

Custodial history

Manuscript 2513 acquired by the Bodleian Library