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MS. Laud Misc. 3a

Summary Catalogue no.: 502

Contents

Breviary, Use of Sarum

Formerly one volume with a breviary in Melbourne University, Baillieu Library

Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment
1 + 205 + 1 leaves .
Dimensions (leaf): 115 × 75 mm.
Dimensions (written): 82 × 51 mm.

Layout

2 col. of 35 lines

Decoration

Pächt and Alexander iii. 642, pl. LXIV:

Fine borders.

Fine historiated initials.

Fine other initials.

History

Origin: 14th century, middle ; English

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the Quarto Catalogue (H. O. Coxe, Laudian Manuscripts, Quarto Catalogues II, repr. with corrections, 1969, from the original ed. of 1858–1885). Decoration, localization and date follow Pächt and Alexander (1973).
Quarto Catalogue, col. 57
Summary Catalogue, vol. 2, part 1, p. 25

Digital Images

Digital Bodleian (24 images from 35mm slides)

Bibliography

    Printed descriptions:

    S. J. P. van Dijk, Latin Liturgical Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, Oxford, vol. 2: Office Books (typescript, 1957), p. 297

Abbreviations

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Last Substantive Revision

2025-07: Add extent, leaf dimensions and layout from van Dijk, Latin Liturgical Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, Oxford.