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The booke and diare of the ambassadors jorney to Rome: manuscript copy

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Description: This is a 19th century copy of Sir North's diary of a journey he took to Rome in 1555 as an ambassador of England to Pope Julius III. Accompanying him on his journey was Thomas Thirlby, Bishop of Ely and Anthony Browne, 1st Viscount Montagu. With manuscript note inserted.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: [between 1800 and 1899]
Call number: mssHM 81033
Creator: North, Thomas (1535-1601?)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Edwin F. Gay, October 1937. Copy of the Harleian MS 252, fol. 49. Was Phillipps MS 24316.
Dimensions: 27 cm :
Associated people: Phillipps, Thomas, (1792-1872,)
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Book of Hours, use of Rome : [manuscript]

Manuscripts

ff. 1-159: [Book of Hours]: ff. 1-12v: Calendar, with major feasts in blue or gold; f. 13: [Psalm 42] Iudica me deus et discerne causam meam de gente ...; ff. 13v-91v: Hours of the Virgin, use of Rome with short hours of the Cross and the Holy Spirit worked in, and on f. 81v, suffrage to Anthony abbot; ff. 92-110: Penitential psalms and litany; ff. 110-149: Office of the Dead, use of Rome; ff. 149v-151: Pericope from the Gospel of John; ff. 151v-159: Prayers in Latin and French, a list of the Ten and the Five Commandments, and a suffrage and mass of Genulph; f. 159v, blank.

mssHM 1139

Book of Hours, use of Rome : [manuscript]

Manuscripts

ff. 1-238 v [Book of Hours]: ff. 2-13v: Calendar in red and black; ff. 14-102 [f. 14, blank]: Office of the Virgin, use of Rome; ff. 102v-104v, ruled, but blank; ff. 105-166v: [f. 105, blank], Office of the Dead, use of Rome; ff. 148v-166v: liturgical variations for All Souls and for a funeral; f. 167, ruled, but blank; f. 167v: Short Hours of the Cross (remainder misbound and is on ff. 232-236v); ff. 168-198 [f. 168, blank]: Long Hours of the Passion; f. 198v, ruled, but blank; ff. 199-229: [f. 199, blank], Penitential psalms and litany; ff. 229v-231v: ruled, but blank; ff. 232-236v: Short Hours of the Cross, misbound; [ff. 237-238v, ruled but blank].

mssHM 1132

Book of Hours, use of Rome : [manuscript]

Manuscripts

Part 1. ff. 5-93v. [Book of Hours, use of Rome] ff. 5-7v: full calendar, usually alternating red and blue with major feasts in gold, in 2 columns, each of one month; [f. 8, blank], ff. 8v-18v: pericopes of the Gospels, and the Obsecro te and the O Intemerata (both with masculine forms); [f. 19, blank], ff. 19v-51v: Hours of the Virgin, use of Rome with changed office for Advent and with several prayers; [f. 52, blank], ff. 52v-60v: penitential psalms and litany; [f. 61, blank], ff. 61v-63v: Short hours of the Cross; [f. 64, blank], ff. 64v-66: Short hours of the Holy Spirit; ff. 66v-85: Office of the Dead, use of Rome; ff. 85v-93v: suffrage of the Trinity and other prayers to God the Father, God the Son, and the Holy Spirit, suffrages of the Holy Face, Michael, John the Baptist, John the Evangelist, Peter and Paul, James the Greater, All Apostles, Stephen, Lawrence, Christopher [""et michi famulo tuo N""], Sebastian, Many Martyrs, Nicholas, Anthony abbot, Anne, Mary Magdalene, Catherine of Alexandria, Margaret, Barbara, Apollonia. Part 2. ff. 1-4 (the versos), 94-98 (the rectos). [Book of hours]: Nine opening leaves (thus the illuminations) from sections of a book of hours.

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Book of Hours, use of Rome : [manuscript]

Manuscripts

ff. 1-205v [Book of Hours]: ff. 1-12v: Calendar in French; f. 13r-v, ruled as for a calendar, but blank; ff. 14-22: [f. 14, blank], Short hours of the Cross; f. 22v, ruled, but blank; ff. 23-29v: [f. 23, blank], Short hours of the Holy Spirit; f. 30r-v, ruled, but blank; ff. 31-102: [f. 31, blank], Hours of the Virgin, use of Rome; f. 102v, ruled, but blank; ff. 103-121: [f. 103, blank], Penitential psalms and litany; f. 121v, ruled, but blank; ff. 122-166: Office of the Dead, use of Rome; f. 166v, ruled, but blank; ff. 167-190: Obsecro te, O Intemerata and other prayers; ff. 190v-200: Suffrages of the Trinity, Peter and Paul, Sebastian, Anthony abbot, Adrianus, Piatus, Mary Magdalene, Julianus, Catherine of Alexandria, Barbara, Holy Spirit, Roch; ff. 200-204v: Prayers especially for the Eucharist. f. 205r-v, blank.

mssHM 1149

Book of Hours, use of Rome : [manuscript]

Manuscripts

ff. 1-211v. [Book of Hours]: ff. 1-17v: Calendar in red and black; ff. 17v-18v: Verses of St. Bernard; ff. 19-103: [f. 19, blank], Hours of the Virgin, use of Rome, ends f. 103, Finit officium beate marie virginis secundum consuetudinem Romane curie. Deo Gratias. Amen; ff. 103v-106v: Mass of the Virgin; ff. 107-108v: Prayer and suffrage of Roch; ff. 109-137 [f. 109, blank]: Penitential psalms and litany; ff. 137v-139v: Two indulgences; ff. 140-198v: [f. 140, blank], Office of the Dead, use of Rome; ff. 198v-200v: Prayer to Sebastian and second copy of the verses of St. Bernard; ff. 201-207: [f. 201, blank], Short hours of the Cross; ff. 207-211v: Short hours of the Holy Spirit.

mssHM 1135

Book of Hours, use of Rome : [manuscript]

Manuscripts

ff. 1-12v, 1-133v (+ 45 bis) [Book of Hours]: ff. 1-12v: Full calendar in French; ff. 1-6: Pericopes of the Gospels; ff. 6v-8v: Obsecro te; ff. 9-60v: Hours of the Virgin, use of Rome; ff. 61-76v: Penitential psalms and litany; f. 76v, rubric and antiphon for the Office of the Dead; ff. 77-79v: Short hours of the Cross; ff. 80-82v: Short hours of the Holy Spirit; ff. 83-117v: Office of the Dead, use of Rome; ff. 118-133v: Prayers to the Trinity and suffrages of Michael, John the Baptist, John the Evangelist, Peter and Paul, James, Stephen, Lawrence, Christopher, Sebastian, Denis, Nicholas, Claude, Anthony abbot, Anne, Mary Magdalene, Catherine of Alexandria, Margaret, Barbara. f. 134r-v, blank.

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The booke and diare of the ambassadors jorney to Rome: manuscript copy

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