Breviary — 1563; French
MS. Douce 10
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Breviary — 1563; French
Shelfmark
MS. Douce 10
Date
1563
Language
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Support
parchment
Physical extent
v +315 + iii fols. (foliated 1-28, I-CCC)
Decoration
Fine miniatures and drawings.
Fine borders.
Fine initials.
Binding
Red velvet, about A.D. 1800.
Acquisition
Bequeathed to the Bodleian in 1834
Provenance
Francis Douce, 1757–1834
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Title
Excerpts from the Breviary, for private use
Shelfmark
MS. Douce 10
Summary
Consisting of:
(fol. 6) a calendar
(fols. 24, ccxcv) miscellaneous prayers, etc.
(fol. i) capitula from the Gospels
(fol. vi) Hour Services for Matins and Lauds for each day of the week
(fol. lxivv) 'Precum & lectionum quotidianarum ordo' from Advent to the first Sunday after Easter
(fol. ccxxxviii) Penitential Psalms with litany
(fol. ccxlviii) 'Officium mortuorum'
(fol. cclxxixv) Hymns
There are many ornate half-page miniatures and borders, and on fol. ccxcvii a full-page figure of Death with his hand on a skull.
In the calendar are paintings of the Signs of the Zodiac, and distichs for each month (beg. 'Jano cum tristis facies'). The date '1563' is on a miniature on fol. cxxi.
Date
written in 1563 in Italy
Language
Latin
Physical facet
On parchment, with illuminations, binding: red velvet, about A.D. 1800
Physical extent
28 Leaves
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Collection contents
Excerpts from the Breviary, for private use
