A Benedictine Breviary, Written in or soon after 1154, at or near Würzburg
A Benedictine Breviary, consisting of:
- A calendar with calendarial tables from 1154 to 1186 (fol. 3)
- Proprium de Tempore (fol. 11)
- Proprium Sanctorum (fol. 189)
- Commune Sanctorum (fol. 262v)
- Hymnal (fol. 302) with canticles, litany, the Psalter of St. Jerome, etc.
- Psalter in shortened form (fol. 329b)
- At fol. 10v is a pen-and-ink figure of St. John writing his gospel
The calendar (Feb. 2, July 8 and 15, Oct. 14) points to Würzburg, and perhaps, as Frere suggests (Bibl. Mus.-Liturg., p. 34), to a house of St. Felicitas (July 10). The MS. was carried into Italy in the 15th cent., where numerous additions were made to the calendar, an Italian hymn to the Virgin added (fol. 301v), etc. See nos. 19245, 19408, 19414, 19426, 19432, 19441. There are musical notes.
Dates
- Creation: Written in or soon after 1154, at or near Würzburg
Extent
360 Leaves
Language of Materials
- Latin
Shelfmark
MS. Canon. Liturg. 297
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. 19395
Physical Facet
On parchment
Dimensions
8 7/8 × 6 3/8 in.
Repository Details
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