Missal, Use of Sarum — c. 1400; English
MS. Rawl. liturg. c. 3
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Description
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Title
Missal, Use of Sarum — c. 1400; English
Shelfmark
MS. Rawl. liturg. c. 3
Place of origin
English
Date
c. 1400
Language
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Support
parchment
Physical extent
i + 260 (261) + i fol.
Decoration
Fine borders, initials. (Pächt and Alexander iii. 791, pl. LXXIV)
Coloured initials on a gold background (fols. 7, 9v, 24v, 28v, 31, 126, 145, 151, 165 ect.), cut out on fol.140 and 151b.
Musical notation
Square notation on staves of 4 red lines, sometimes left blank.
Acquisition
Bequeathed by him to the Bodleian.
Provenance
Probably from the parish church of St John, Strensham. In the calendar (13 July) Obitus Roberti Russell‘ [of Strensham, Worcs. ?] anno mº ccccº xxxº iijº (contemporary (?) addition); 10 Dec.: Dedicatio ecclesie de Duryst [probably Deerhurst in Gloucestershire, near Strensham] (15th cent. addition).
On fols. 256v and 260 members of the Carsy (?) family of Orleton (Worcestershire) are mentioned (16th cent.). Fol. 260v: a note about Giles Reed, born at the Wynieard (of Pershore ?), 29 January 1573/4 and baptized at Tewkesbury.
Iste liber pertinet magistro Wilhelmo Carsy..., 16th cent., fol. 260
Richard Rawlinson, 1690–1755
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