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Collection of leaves from a missal, books of hours, and an antiphonal

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Description: A collection of leaves from an unidentified missal, books of hours, and antiphonal; also modern ephemera. HM 82933 (1) leaves from a missal written for Chichester Cathedral, with decorated initials and possibly Flemish illuminated borders. The five leaves are bound into a volume with black Morocco binding and two ribbons laid in; with the bookplate of Edward J. Loftus pasted onto first page.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1459-late 15th century.
Call number: mssHM 82933 (1-7)
Creator: Catholic Church(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Mrs. Edward J. Loftus, February 1975.

Collection of leaves from antiphonals, books of hours, and the four books of sentences

Manuscripts

A collection of leaves from unidentified antiphonals and books of hours; also a vellum binding and modern ephemera. This collection includes: HM 82932 (1) - Peter Lombard, Bishop of Paris, two leaves of a copy of his Four Books of Sentences; HM 82932 (2-5) - 9 leaves from various antiphonals, with black square notes set on red four line staves with decorated initials; HM 82932 (6-16) - 38 leaves from various books of hours, with mostly black and red ink, decorated initials and illuminated borders.

mssHM 82932 (1-16)

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Book of hours, single leaf

Manuscripts

Text is in Latin; with decorated initials and illuminated border.

mssHM 82458

Book of Hours: selected leaves : [manuscript]

Manuscripts

ff. 1-9v. [Book of Hours]: nine single leaves with illuminations copied from the Stuart de Rothesay Hours (London, British Library, Add. 20927), here bound out of order with respect to the British Library manuscript: Add. 20927 f. 13v: Annunciation = HM 1175, f. 8v; Add. 20927 f. 14: rubric for the Hours of the Virgin = HM 1175 f. 7; Add. 20927 f. 91v: David penitent = HM 1175 f. 9; Add. 20927 f. 92: rubric for the Penitential psalms = HM 1175 f. 1; Add. 20927 f. 119v: Jesus before Mary and Martha = HM 1175 f. 2v; Add. 20927 f. 120: rubric for the Office of the Dead = HM 1175 f. 5; Add. 20927 f. 165v: Crucifixion = HM 1175 f. 6v; Add. 20927 f. 166: rubric for the Hours of the Cross = HM 1175 f. 4; Add. 20927 f. 172: the Archangel Raphael guiding a very young Tobias = HM 1175 f. 3.

mssHM 1175

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Parchment leaves of music from a liturgical book

Manuscripts

Two parchment leaves of music from a liturgical book, probably an antiphonal, pasted to stubs in a large bound volume (all other pages blank).

mssHM 84154

Book of Hours, Sarum use : [manuscript]

Manuscripts

ff. 1-187v. [Book of Hours]: ff. 1-6v: Calendar; ff. 7-84v: Hours of the Virgin, Sarum use, missing the illuminated opening leaves before ff. 7, 22, 55, 65, 69 and 77, with suffrages after lauds of the Holy Spirit, the Trinity, the Cross, Michael, John the Baptist, Peter and Paul, John the Evangelist, Edmund king and martyr, Lawrence, Stephen, Nicholas, Mary Magdalene, Catherine of Alexandria, Margaret, All Saints, and for peace; ff. 85-118v: Penitential psalms, gradual psalms and litany; ff. 119-184v: Office of the Dead, Sarum use (one leaf missing before f. 131 with loss of text); ff. 185-186: [added, 14th/15th c.] St. Gregory's Trental; f. 186v: [added, 14th/15th c., in a different hand from above]: Advowsons of 35 churches mainly in Somersetshire and in Devonshire; f. 187: [added, early 14th c.] Prophecy of the Lily, the Lion and the Son of Man; f. 187v: [added, early 14th c., in the same hand as the prophecy]: Reasons for the deposition of anti-Pope John XXIII.

mssHM 1346

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Book of Hours

Manuscripts

Three non-consecutive leaves from a French Book of Hours, use undetermined.

mssHM 80515

Collection of leaves from a missal, books of hours, and an antiphonal

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