Breviary (Cistercian) — c. 1500; Italian, Venice or Padua
MS. Canon. Liturg. 343
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Breviary (Cistercian) — c. 1500; Italian, Venice or Padua
Shelfmark
MS. Canon. Liturg. 343
Associated place
Italian
Place of origin
Italian, Venice or Padua
Date
c. 1500
Language
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Support
parchment
Physical extent
1 + 343 (344) + 2 leaves.
Decoration
Fine miniatures.
Fine borders.
Fine historiated initials.
Fine other initials.
Binding
c. 1500, Italian (as MS.): wood boards, inside bevel; polished reddish-brown leather, blind-tooled with multiple lines, stamps, strapwork and a centrepiece of ‘yh’s’ in a small circle on each cover; spine lost; remains of two strap-and-pin fastenings with lost straps of similar leather over parchment cores, fixed on the front cover with surviving star-shaped nails and running to lost pins with squarish bases halfway across the lower board; edges gilt, gauffered. Rebacked, later 19th century (‘new’ in 1897), Bodleian. 282–283 199–202 c. 70–80 (book closed).
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Title
'...Breuiarium diuini officii secundum ordinem Cisterciensem'
Shelfmark
MS. Canon. Liturg. 343
Summary
'...Breuiarium diuini officii secundum ordinem Cisterciensem', consisting of:
A calendar (fol. 1)
Collects (fol. 7)
Proprium de Tempore ('breuiarium dominicale': fol. 11)
Proprium Sanctorum (fol. 135)
Commune Sanctorum (fol. 227v)
'Psalterium' with canticles, litany, etc. (fol. 258v)
'Hymnaritim Ambrosianum secundum consuetudinem Cistelle' (fol. 326v)
'Officium Mortuorum', etc. (fol. 340)
'Dedicatio ecclesie' is on June 1 in the calendar. There are many medallion shaped miniatures in the lower margins.
Date
Written in the 15th century in Italy
Language
Latin
Physical facet
On parchment, in double columns, with miniatures, illuminated borders, capitals, etc., binding, stamped leather on boards (16th cent.?), the back new
Physical extent
346 Leaves
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Collection contents
Canonici Liturgical
'...Breuiarium diuini officii secundum ordinem Cisterciensem'
