Breviary of Chertsey Abbey — 14th century, beginning; English
MS. Lat. liturg. d. 42
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Description
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Title
Breviary of Chertsey Abbey — 14th century, beginning; English
Shelfmark
MS. Lat. liturg. d. 42
Place of origin
English
Date
14th century, beginning
Language
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Support
parchment
Physical extent
47 leaves or cuttings: fragments, mostly cut out historiated initials, with eight whole leaves variously mutilated.
Decoration
Fine miniature.
Fine borders.
Fine historiated initials.
Fine other initials.
Binding
Modern Bodleian binding
Provenance
Chertsey Abbey (obits of the abbots in MS. Lat. liturg. e. 6; octave of St. Erkenwald in MS. Lat. liturg. e. 39, etc.)
Apparently broken up later than the 17th century
Made up of cuttings from the Douce collection (formerly MSS. Douce d. 13, fols. 2–10, and Douce 381, fol. 126). The fragments were all lifted and rearranged in the present manner in 1967–68 following the acquisition of MS.Lat.liturg.e.39. Formerly MS. Lat. liturg. e. 40.
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