Offices, prayers, etc., for a lady's private use, written in the second half of the 15th cent. in Italy
File
MS. Douce 12
Held at the Weston Library
Consisting of:
- (fol. 1v) a calendar
- (fols. 15, 83, 123) minor pieces and prayers
- (fol. 46) 'Offitium de Passione Domini nostri Ihesu'
- (fol. 61) 'Missa beate Marie Virginis'
- (fol. 72) Capitula from the Gospels
- (fol. 97) Penitential Psalms with litany
- (fol. 131) Italian prayers.
Latin suffrages are at fols. 149-56.
A leaf has been cut out after fol. 189.
Of the twenty-four miniatures in the calendar that on fol. 2 is a skating scene: fol. 4 is misplaced.
Dates
- Creation: written in the second half of the 15th cent. in Italy
Extent
217 Leaves
Language of Materials
- Latin
- Italian
Shelfmark
MS. Douce 12
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 21586
Our best descriptions for medieval items in this collection are in Medieval Manuscripts in Oxford Libraries under MSS. Douce.
Physical Facet
On parchment, illuminated
Dimensions
4 1/4 × 3 1/4 in.
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
Contact:
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Weston Library
Broad Street
Oxford OX1 3BG United Kingdom
specialcollections.enquiries@bodleian.ox.ac.uk