The 'Pars hiemalis' of an Evesham breviary, Written in the 3rd quarter of the 13th century at Evesham
File
MS. Barlow 41
The 'Pars hiemalis' of an Evesham breviary (fol. 4) followed by:
- paschal tables (fol. 156v)
- calendar (fol. 158)
- psalter (fol. 242)
- canticles (fol. 236v)
- litany (fol. 239)
- office of the dead (fol. 242)
- hymnal and monastic canticles (fol. 245v)
- the commune sanctorum (fol. 319)
The office 'in festo depositionis s. Egwini' of Evesham occurs under December 30. Fols. 9-10, 34, 54, 109, 275, 304, 308 are later insertions. The fly-leaves (fols. 1, 355) are formed out of part of a 16th-cent. indenture concerning a Worcestershire manor, mentioning Robert Rondylle, John Blackwelle. There are bibliographical notes by Barlow on fol. 2v, for which see the Old Catalogue.
Dates
- Written in the 3rd quarter of the 13th century at Evesham
Extent
355 Leaves
Language of Materials
- Latin
Shelfmark
MS. Barlow 41
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. II, no. 6481
Bibliography
- For the hymns see Julian's Dictionary of Hymnology, p. 292a , and for the date of the calendar see Mélanges Chatelain , p. 146.
Physical Facet
On parchment, for the most part in double columns. Binding, brown leather on boards, English 15th-cent. work
Dimensions
7 2/5 × 4 2/5 in.
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
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