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Private prayers, hymns, etc., Written in the 15th century at Como (?)

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MS. Canon. Liturg. 25
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Private prayers, hymns, etc., including:

  1. 'Versus compilati a magistro Johanne Pizano ... de ordine Fratrum Minorum ...' beg. 'Et ego quid demerui', fol. 30v)
  2. special offices of Stt. Liberata and Faustina (fol. 136)
  3. the Psalterium minus or breviatum of St. Jerome (fol. 141)
  4. 'Officium de Sancto Spiritu' (fol. 174v)
  5. '... Exercitium ... de centum doloribus Cristi et matris eius' (fol. 178v), etc.

A leaf is lost at beginning and after fol. 143. Stt. Liberata and Faustina point to Como.

Dates

  • Creation: Written in the 15th century at Como (?)

Extent

221 Leaves

Language of Materials

  • Latin

Shelfmark

MS. Canon. Liturg. 25

Other Finding Aids

Falconer Madan, et al., A summary catalogue of western manuscripts in the Bodleian Library at Oxford which have not hitherto been catalogued in the Quarto series (7 vols. in 8 [vol. II in 2 parts], Oxford, 1895-1953; reprinted, with corrections in vols. I and VII, Munich, 1980), vol. IV, no. 19238

Custodial History

On fol. 139v are some names of the Cerra family (?) as owners, about A.D. 1600.

Physical Facet

On parchment

Dimensions

4 1/4 × 3 1/2 in.

Repository Details

Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository

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