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'...Officium beate Marie Virginis secundum consuetudinem Romane Ecclesie', Written in the second half of the 15th century in North Italy

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MS. Canon. Liturg. 267
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'...Officium beate Marie Virginis secundum consuetudinem Romane Ecclesie', preceded by a calendar (fol. 1), and followed by:

  1. The Penitential Psalms with litany (fol, 92b)
  2. 'Officium in agenda Mortuorum' (fol. 118e)
  3. 'Officium sancte Crucis ordinatum et compositum per ... papam Johannem xxij ...' (fol. 167)
  4. 'Officium deuotissime Crucis et Passionis ... Ihesu Christi', hours of the Passion (fol. 175c)
  5. Hours of the Holy Spirit, composed in or before 1308 (fol. 204v)
  6. 'Officium sacratissimi sacrumsancti Sacramenti Corporis & Sanguinis Domini ... compilatum per dominum Benedictum [xi] papam ...' A.D. 1338 (fol. 207v)
  7. At fol. 212d is '... Tractato de san Thomaso daquino de la Confessione', in Italian
  8. Prayers (fol. 265) among which are 'Oratio sancti Antonii de Viana' (fol. 277) and 'Oratio sancti Guinifortis' (Gunifortus of Pavia: ibid.)
  9. A few psalms, and (fol. 308v) 'Miser Francesco Petrarcha Laude de beata Virgine Maria', beg. 'Coronata de stelle.'

This book was written for a person named Gaspar, whose name occurs in prayers on fols. 265, 273, 275, 277, 282r, 282v, 283. A much-injured coat of arms (?) is on fol. 13.

Dates

  • Creation: Written in the second half of the 15th century in North Italy

Extent

331 Leaves

Language of Materials

  • Latin

Shelfmark

MS. Canon. Liturg. 267

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. 19369

Physical Facet

On parchment, with some small miniatures, borders, etc.

Dimensions

5 1/8 × 3 5/8 in.

Repository Details

Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository

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