SLOVO, sv: 70 (2020), 77-91, Zagreb 2020.

Catherine Mary MACROBERT UDK 272-282.7:003.349.1
University of Oxford 091(497.5)"1
catherine.macrobert&lmh.ox.ac.uk 811.163.4242

 

 

Izvorni znanstveni članak
imljen: 26. travnja 2019.
aćen: 9. listopada 2019.

 

 

 

OBSERVATIONS ON THE LITURGICAL PSALTER IN
MS CANON. LITURG. 172 (BODLEIAN LIBRARY, OXFORD)

'This paper examines presentational and textual peculiarities of the liturgical psalter in the bre-
viary contained in the Glagolitic MS Canon. liturg. 172 in the Bodleian Library. It argues that
ihey demonstrate a heavy reliance on memorization of text, seem 1o reflect distinetive liturgical
practice, and imply that the manuscript was written for a specific user.

Keywords: breviary, banalizations, canticles, office hymns, liturgical psalter, reminiscences

1. INTRODUCTION

 

'The Glagolitic codex MS Canon. Liturg. 172 in the Bodleian Library has
attracted little scholarly attention, and that little has focussed mainly on the
problem of its dating. The aim of this paper is to argue that the ostensibly
defective character of its contents, which has made it seem a source of minor
importance, in fact offers interesting clues to its intended and actual use.

 

1.1. Dating

'The manuscript is supplied with a date at the end of the colophon on £. 409r:
Dovaršeno lito .čL.i., i.e. in 1310. However, the reliability of this information
is highly questionable. The date itself has been added in a different hand from
that of the colophon or indeed from those found elsewhere in the manuscript,
and it is written, apparently over black lettering, in a dull red ink which again
is different from that used for rubrication (DU FEU 1971: plate). Tadin's a
tempt to vindicate a date early in the 14th century (TADIN 19$3: 153-155)

 

 

 

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