Breviary, Use of the Badia, Florence — c. 1400; Italian, Florence
MS. Canon. Liturg. 392
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Breviary, Use of the Badia, Florence — c. 1400; Italian, Florence
Shelfmark
MS. Canon. Liturg. 392
Associated place
Italian
Place of origin
Italian, Florence
Date
c. 1400
Language
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Support
parchment
Decoration
Good borders.
Good initials. (Pächt and Alexander ii. 206)
Binding
15th century, early, Italian (as MS.): wood boards; brown leather, tooled on each cover with blind lines and stamps in near-ropework frames, around a decorative gilt centrepiece built up with a repeated concave-lozenge stamp; spine cross-hatched with blind double lines, no title; traces of two strap-and-pin fastenings with leather straps running from fore-edge of front board to large pins near centre of back, all lost; edges plain. Spine repaired, 20th century, Bodleian. 236–237 168–170 c. 69–70 (book closed). Claimed as probably the earliest known example of a European binding with gold tooling (under Islamic influence).
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Title
'...Breuiarium monasticum secundum consuetudinem abbatie Flor[entine]'
Shelfmark
MS. Canon. Liturg. 392
Summary
'...Breuiarium monasticum secundum consuetudinem abbatie Flor[entine]', a Benedictine breviary of the monastery of San Miniato at Florence: consisting of:
A calendar (fol. 1)
Proprium de Tempore (fol. 8)
Psalter 'secundum regulam sancti Benedicti', with canticles, etc. (fol. 152)
'Liber hymnorum' (fol. 201)
Proprium ('festiuitates') Sanctorum (fol. 215)
'Commune Sanctorum' (fol. 312) with additions for stt. Minias, Martha, etc.
Date
Written in the first half of the 15th century at Florence
Language
Latin
Physical facet
On parchment, in double columns, with some illuminated borders, capitals, etc., binding, stamped leather on boards, partly gilt (Italian, contemporary)
Physical extent
355 Leaves
Custodial history
In the calendar at Dec. 21 is 'Obiit Ugo marchio.'
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Collection contents
Canonici Liturgical
'...Breuiarium monasticum secundum consuetudinem abbatie Flor[entine]'
