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Book of hours, use of Sarum : [manuscript]

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Description: ff. 1-177v. Latin; English. ff. 1-6v, calendar; ff. 7-13v, prayer to the Trinity and the 15 Oes of St. Bridget; ff. 14-16, prayers including some added later with rubric in English; ff. 17-34v, suffrages of John the Baptist, Thomas of Canterbury, George, Christopher, Anne, Mary Magdalene, Catherine of Alexandria, Barbara, Margaret, with prayers added on ff. 18v-19; ff. 35-84v [f. 35, blank]: Incipiunt hore beate marie virginis secundum usum Anglie ecclesie, with the hours of the Cross worked in; suffrages after lauds of the Holy Spirit, the Trinity, the Cross, Michael, John the Baptist, Peter and Paul, Andrew, Lawrence, Stephen, Thomas of Canterbury, Nicholas, Mary Magdalene, Catherine of Alexandria, Margaret, All Saints, and other prayers, including some on ff. 76-77 added later; ff. 85-102v, prayers; ff. 103-120 [f. 103, blank]: Penitential psalms, gradual psalms (cues only for the first 12), and litany, including Edward, Quentin and Lambert among the martyrs; Albinus, ""Zwithine"" and Birinus among the confessors; Petronilla, Sotheris, Edith and Afra among the virgins; f. 120v, ruled, but blank; ff. 121-142v [f. 121, blank]: Office of the Dead, Sarum use; ff. 143-156 [f. 143, blank]: Commendation of souls (Pss. 118, divided into sections, and 138 with prayers; f. 156v, ruled, but blank; ff. 157-162v [f. 157, blank]: Psalms of the Passion (Pss. 21-30, 6 with cues only for Pss. 22-24, 26, 29); ff. 163-176: Psalter of St. Jerome; added on ff. 176-177v, prayers, charm, computistic material, an obit and ownership notes, some in English.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: [between 1440 and 1460]
Call number: mssHM 1086
Creator: Catholic Church(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Written in the middle of the fifteenth century, possibly in Bruges for export to England. Coat of arms placed in the lower margins of ff. 7v-8, very slightly overlapping the flowers of the border decoration: per pale, 1 argent a chevron or between 3 pheons the two in chief lying fesswise point to point and that in base erect sable; 2 or two lions combatant argent supporting a bezant. The first (although with a chevron gules) is given by J. Papworth, Ordinary of British Armorials (London 1874) 462 as Kyffin, co. Salop, agreeing with the note on f. 177 by the widow of "Gyffrey Kyffen" (d. 1479). Later notes on the same leaf show that the manuscript belonged to John Somers, 1st Baron Somers (1650/1-1716), whose library passed to his brother-in-law, Sir Joseph Jekyll (1663-1738); his sale, London, 26 February 1739, probably n. 5000 to James West (1704?-1772); the West sale, London, Langford, 27 February 1773, possibly n. 78. Thomas Windus acquired the book (ca. 1820?) from the booksellers John and Arthur Arch; the name Ansley Windus is neatly penned on f. i above an erasure; Thomas Windus sale, 27 February 1858, n. 197. A partially erased note reads "I bought this book at Leigh and Sotheby at auction for..." and seems to be signed "W. L__?___"; another partially erased note, in blue ink, appears to read "T__?___ Henry __?___." Sale of Edwin Henry Lawrence, Sotheby's, 9 May 1892, n. 299 to Quaritch. Belonged to Robert Hoe: Bierstadt (1895) 33 ; Cat. (1909) pp. 21-22 ; his sale, Anderson, New York, 1911, pt. I, n. 2128 to G. D. Smith; precise date and source of acquisition by Henry E. Huntington unknown.
Restrictions: RESTRICTED. Available with curatorial approval. Requires extended retrieval and delivery time.
Dimensions: 162 x 235 mm
Associated people: Jekyll, Joseph, (1663-1738,); West, James, (1703-1772,); Windus, Thomas, (1778-1854,); Lawrence, Edwin Henry, (1839-1909,); Hoe, Robert,
Associated organization: Henry E. Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens.
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ff. 1-183v [Book of Hours]: ff. 1-12v: Calendar; f. 13, blank; ff. 13v-17: Pericopes of the Gospels; ff. 17v-18, blank; ff. 18v-33v: Passion according to John and prayers to be said at various occasions with rubrics in English; f. 34, blank; ff. 34v-72v: Incipiunt hore beate marie virginis secundum usum sarum with suffrages after lauds of the Holy Spirit, the Trinity, the Cross, Michael, John the Baptist, Peter and Paul, Andrew, John the Evangelist, Lawrence, Stephen, Thomas of Canterbury (cancelled), Nicholas, Mary Magdalene, Catherine of Alexandria, Margaret, Many Apostles, All Saints, for peace, and with the hours of the Cross worked in; ff. 72v-111v: Prayers, suffrages of James the Greater, James the Less, Sebastian, Christopher, George, Martin, Anthony abbot, Francis, Anne, Barbara, the 11,000 Virgins, Apollonia, All Saints, and prayers in English and in Latin (one dated in the rubric, 1485); f. 112, blank; ff. 112v-128v: Penitential psalms, gradual psalms and litany, with prayers; f. 129, blank; ff. 129v-149: Office of the Dead, Sarum use; ff. 149-159: Commendation of souls; f. 159v, blank; ff. 160-167v: Psalms of the Passion; ff. 167v-177v: Psalter of St. Jerome; ff. 177v-183: Prayers including the ""rosarium beate marie virginis."". f. 183v, blank.
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ff. 1-193v. [Book of Hours]: ff. 1-12v: Calendar with major feasts in red; ff. 13-21: [f. 13, blank], Fifteen Oes of St. Bridget; f. 21v, ruled, but blank; ff. 22-40v: [f. 22, blank], Prayer to the Trinity and suffrages of John the Baptist, George, Christopher, Anne, Mary Magdalene, Catherine of Alexandria, Margaret, Barbara; ff. 41-89v: [f. 41, blank], Incipiunt hore beate marie virginis secundum consuetudinem anglie, with, after lauds, suffrages of the Holy Spirit, the Trinity, the Cross, Michael, John the Baptist, Peter and Paul, Andrew, Lawrence, Stephen, Thomas of Canterbury (ff. 61v-62, erasures), Nicholas, Mary Magdalene, Catherine of Alexandria, Margaret, All Saints, for peace, and with the hours of the Cross worked in; ff. 89v-103: Fifteen Joys, farcing of the Salve Regina, O Intemerata, Obsecro te, Seven Joys; f. 103v, ruled, but blank; ff. 104-113: Prayers to God and to Christ; f. 113v, ruled, but blank; ff. 114-130v: [f. 109, blank on recto, with illumination of the Last Judgment on the verso, has been misbound and should be placed here], Penitential psalms, gradual psalms (cues only of the first 12), and litany; ff. 131-155: [f. 131, blank], Office of the Dead, Sarum use; f. 155v, ruled but blank; ff. 156-170: [f. 156, blank], Commendation of souls; f. 170v, ruled, but blank; ff. 171-177: [f. 171, blank], Psalms of the Passion; ff. 177-192v: Psalter of St. Jerome; f. 178v, ruled, but blank; f. 179, blank; f. 193r-v: ruled, but blank, except for prayers added, 17th century, including one in English.
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