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Description: ff. 1-158v. [Gradual]. Latin. ff. 1-76, Temporale; ff. 76-78v, Common of saints; ff. 78v-154, Sanctorale, ff. 154-158v, Votive masses for the dedication of a church, the vigil of an apostle, the Trinity, Angels, two masses (introits: Domine refugium; Aqua sapiencie), the Holy Spirit, the Cross, the Virgin, and, added in less formal hand, Alleluia of the feast of Corpus Christi.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: [between 1250 and 1299]
Call number: mssEL 35 B 53
Creator: Catholic Church(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Written in France in the second half of the thirteenth century; was shortly thereafter in England. Among the fifteenth century marginalia in English hands: f. 100, "Ego pravo [?] Ricardus lely convisi ille est manus pravus istius societatis et Iohannes cestren. et cetera tomas ia"; f. 110v, "Dominus Willelmus de brunbury persona eclesie de ald__?___"; f. 111, "__?___ de dusbere Omnibus est notum quod multum __?___"; f. 119v, "Et quere enim gelido zeperus fer __?___ sire et bone Ami __?___ Iohannes de Arderne honorables et reverentes de tous amitez sachez sire que ioe ai travalie en tour vous bosognies tentivement pour coe que ioe ne voliei que ne vous fustis descu quant" (ending abruptly; an apparently different hand on f. 133v also makes reference to "gelides zefferus"; the various repetitions of the verse, "Fuit homo missus...Iohannes" appear to be in a different hand); f. 146, "hugo de Lincoln." On f. 1, the pressmark "I:3./2." in the hand of John Egerton (1622-86), 2nd Earl of Bridgewater. The current Bridgewater pressmark and the bookplate from that Library on the front pastedown. Acquired by Henry E. Huntington with the Bridgewater Library in 1917.
Restrictions: RESTRICTED. Available with curatorial approval. Requires extended retrieval and delivery time.
Dimensions: 175 x 235 mm
Associated organization: Henry E. Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens.
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