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![Book of Hours, use of Rome : [manuscript]](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Frail.huntington.org%2FIIIF3%2FImage%2F22APN4KL0T3J%2Ffull%2F%5E360%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg&w=750&q=75)
Manuscripts
ff. 1-189v [Book of Hours]: ff. 1-12v: full calendar; ff. 13-20: Mass of the Virgin, with the prayers, Obsecro te and O Intemerata, and a suffrage of Roch [f. 20v blank]; ff. 21-36: pericopes of the Gospels, and Passion according to John; ff. 36-99v: Hours of the Virgin "secundum usum romane curie"; ff. 99v-105: Hours of the Conception [f. 105v, blank]; ff. 106-109v: Short hours of the Cross; ff. 109v-118: prayer and the Athanasian Creed; ff. 118-122v: Short hours of the Holy Spirit; ff. 122v-139v: penitential psalms and litany; ff. 139v-171: Office of the Dead, use of Rome; ff. 171-188v: prayers and suffrages of Michael, of one's guardian angel, all angels, Paul, John, Andrew, James, Lawrence, Vincent, Sebastian, Stephen, George, Christopher (in the prayer of this suffrage, f. 179, feminine forms have been added above the masculine, possibly in the hand of the scribe), Ambrose, Gregory, Jerome, Augustine, Francis, Anthony of Padua, Dominic, Benedict, many martyrs, Catherine, Lucia, Barbara, Agatha, Apollonia, Mary Magdalene, Ursula and the 11,000 virgins, Genevieve, Anne. Explicit on f. 188v: Horas presentes fecit facere litteratissimus vir magister franciscus de mello pro sorore sua domina maria Manuel. [f. 189r-v, blank]
mssHM 1124
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Manuscripts
Part 1. ff. 1-45v. [Portiforium, Sarum use]. Latin. ff. 1-7v: Day offices and mass of Thomas of Canterbury; ff. 8-19: Day offices and mass of All Saints; f. 19: Variant blessings for the seventh lesson at matins, depending upon the gospels; ff. 19v-20v: Memoriae of the Cross, the Virgin Mary, and All Saints.; ff. 21-45v: Variants for the office of the Virgin Mary on different days and during different liturgical seasons. Part 2. ff. 46-62v, f. iv verso. [Prayers]. Latin. ff. 46-52v: The Fifteen Oes of St Bridget; ff. 52v-53: Prayer, written for a female supplicant: "Deus qui Susannam a falso crimine liberasti. . ."; ff. 53-54v: Prayer to the Name of Jesus; ff. . 54v-55v: Prayers to be said at mass beginning: "Ave verum corpus natum. . . "; ff. 55v-56v: Four prayers to the Trinity; ff. 56v-58v: Three prayers to the Virgin Mary, the first written for a male supplicant; ff. 58v, 60r-v: Prayer to Christ; f. 60v: The opening words of a prayer "Te deprecor sancta maria mater; f. 59r-v: The prayer Obsecro te, to be said by a supplicant named William, beginning imperfectly; f. 59v, A prayer to the Virgin; f. 61: A version of the Arma Christi; ff. 61-62: The Verses of St. Bernard; f. 62: A suffrage of the Archangel Gabriel; f. 62r-v: A prayer for strength against the devil; f. iv verso: An excerpt from a Passio of Thomas of Canterbury.
mssHM 55665
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Manuscripts
ff. 1-113v (+ 14 bis, 49 bis) [Book of Hours]: ff. 1-12v: Calendar in French; ff. 13-17: Prayers for the priest to say before and after mass; ff. 17-19: Prayers to say after mass; f. 19v, ruled, but blank; ff. 20-59: Hours of the Virgin, use of Langres with short hours of the Cross and of the Holy Spirit worked in; f. 59v, blank; ff. 60-73v: Penitential psalms and litany; ff. 74-97v: Office of the Dead, use of Langres followed by the Commendations of the dead and other prayers; ff. 98-110v: Obsecro te, O Intemerata (masculine forms), other prayers and suffrages of Desiderius and Denis. ff. 111-113v, blank.
mssHM 1169
![Book of Hours, use of Sarum, in Latin, English, and Czech (the"Felbrigg Hours") : [manuscript]](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Frail.huntington.org%2FIIIF3%2FImage%2F22APN4K2RIKO%2Ffull%2F%5E360%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg&w=750&q=75)
Manuscripts
ff. 1-64v. Latin; English; Czech. On ff. 2-7v, calendar; ff. 8-19v, Hours of the Virgin, presumably Sarum use, with the Hours of the Cross intermixed and suffrages following lauds; ff. 20-24v, Penitential psalms; ff. 24v-25v, Gradual psalms mainly by cue only; ff. 25v-29v, Litany; ff. 30-49v, Office of the Dead, Sarum use; ff. 50-57v, Commendations of Souls; ff. 58-64v, prayers and devotions in various hands including on f. 62: a Czech translation of the Elevation prayer with an indulgence of Pope Boniface VI for 2000 years, granted at the request of King Philip of France (which begins in Latin"Domine ihesu christe qui hanc sacratissimam carnem); on f. 62v, a suffrage of Anne; on f. f. 63, the beginning of a prayer in English:"[O] glorious ihesu. O meekest ihesu. O swettest ihesu. I pray the that I may haue true confession; on f. 65r-v (a loose leaf), the end of a prayer in English, detailing the failings of the parts of the body in turn and asking for forgiveness:"// him that ordeynith for me ever lasting peyne. Lord wyth every membre of my body . . .".
mssHM 58285
![Book of Hours, use of Châlons-sur-Marne : [manuscript]](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Frail.huntington.org%2FIIIF3%2FImage%2F22APN4KG9XTE%2Ffull%2F%5E360%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg&w=750&q=75)
Manuscripts
ff. 1-77v. [Book of Hours]: f. i r-v [added 16th c.]: Prayer to the Virgin; ff. 1-6v: Calendar in French; ff. 7-8v, 10-11: Pericopes of the Gospels (and on f. 11r-v, continuation of the responsorial prayer from f. i verso); ff. 13-14v: Obsecro te; ff. 40, 39, 41-43, 23, 12, 20-22, 27, 15, one leaf missing, 30, 25-26, 34, one leaf missing, 9, 16, two leaves missing, 19, one leaf missing, 35-36, one leaf missing, 37-38, one leaf missing; 24, two leaves missing, 29: Hours of the Virgin, apparently use of Châlons-sur-Marne; ff. 44-54v: Penitential psalms and litany; f. 54r-v: prayer added, 16th c., in the same hand as on f. i r-v: [M]ediatrix ..., [A]uxiliatrix ..., [R]eparatrix ...; ff. 31-32, 17-18, 33, 28, 55-71v: Office of the Dead, use of Châlons-sur-Marne; ff. 72-77v: Prayers in Latin and French to the Virgin with a woman as suppliant; f. 77r-v: completion of prayer from f. 54v: [I]lluminatrix ..., [A]lleluiatrix ...
mssHM 1265
![Book of Hours, use of St. Quentin : [manuscript]](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Frail.huntington.org%2FIIIF3%2FImage%2F22APN4KTYM3E%2Ffull%2F%5E360%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg&w=750&q=75)
Manuscripts
ff. 1-78v: [Book of Hours]: ff. 1-6v: Calendar in French; ff. 7-32v: Hours of the Virgin presumably of the use of St. Quentin; ff. 33-35: Short hours of the Cross; ff. 35v-38v: Short hours of the Holy Spirit and suffrages of Anthony abbot and Sebastian; ff. 39-48v: Penitential psalms and litany; ff. 49-63v: Office of the Dead with 3 lessons at matins; ff. 64-69: Prayers and suffrages of Anne, Michael, Quentin and Adrian; ff. 69-70v and by tie mark to f. 74r-v: Prayer of confession and repentance in French added in a different hand; f. 71r-v: Prayer to the Virgin in French, added by a third hand; ff. 72-76: Obsecro te and O Intemerata, both added by a fourth hand; f. 76v, blank; f. 77r-v: Prayer to the Virgin in French, added by a fifth hand. f. 78r-v, blank.
mssHM 1172