Miscellaneous offices of a church in Ravenna, Written in the 12th century at Ravenna
Miscellaneous offices of a church in Ravenna, consisting of:
1. Manual Offices:
- Baptismal office (fol. 3: imperf.)
- Office 'ad reconciliandum penitentiam' (fol. 11)
- 'Ordo ... ad uisitandum infirmum' (fol. 13v)
- Office for the Dead (fol. 21)
2. A Missal, with musical notes:
- The Ordinary (fol. 35v: the Canon is at fol. 39)
- Votive masses, etc. (fol. 48)
- Propria de Tempore and Sanctorum in one series (fol. 59)
- Commune Sanctorum, etc. (fol. 75)
3. Breviary offices: lections, hymns, etc., in the Breviary offices of the Commune Sanctorum, etc. (fol. 94v: the musical part all together at fol. 110)
The prominence of St. Apollinaris and the mention of St. Barbatianus (fol. 17v) connect the book with Ravenna. A description stated to be by the abbot Canonici is on fols. 1-2. A leaf is lost after fol. 10.
Dates
- Creation: Written in the 12th century at Ravenna
Extent
132 Leaves
Language of Materials
- Latin
Shelfmark
MS. Canon. Liturg. 321
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. 19410
Physical Facet
On parchment, imperfect
Dimensions
9 7/8 × 7 in.
Repository Details
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