Legendary-Homiliary. — Multiple dates; Austria or Switzerland
MS. Canon. Misc. 490
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Legendary-Homiliary. — Multiple dates; Austria or Switzerland
Shelfmark
MS. Canon. Misc. 490
Associated place
Swiss
Austrian
Place of origin
Austria or Switzerland
Date
added decoration, 15th century, first half
12th century, second half
Language
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Support
parchment
Decoration
Good initials on fols. 1–153, 161–211. Good initials added 15th century, first half, fols. 227-end.
Binding
16th century or 17th century, Austrian or Swiss, archaizing style, on a volume for lectern use: thick wood boards, bevelled; pigskin, blind-tooled with lines, stamps and roll; two extant strap-and-pin clasps, pigskin straps running from back edge to front cover with animal-headed metal catches (perhaps earlier and re-used); marks of 4+1 large lost bosses on each cover; paste-downs from homiletic fragments in 12th-century scripts similar to the main manuscript. The leaves of this massive volume show much staining in the lower margins, evidently from repeated handling over a long period. Title added in ink on spine, 18th century, Italian. c. 472 c. 313–315 c. 118 (book closed).
Acquisition
Purchased by the Bodleian in 1817
Provenance
Matteo Luigi Canonici, 1727–1805
Giuseppe Canonici , -1807
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Title
Legendary-Homiliary
Shelfmark
MS. Canon. Misc. 490
Date
12th century, second half; added decoration, 15th century, first half
Language
Latin
Physical extent
1 volume
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Collection contents
Canonici Miscellaneous
Legendary-Homiliary
