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Description: ff. 5v-107. [Psalter]. Latin; French. The psalter is in biblical order, with antiphons and versicles added in the margins, s. XV, but later erased, except on f. 84v, where they were written straight on below the text. On ff. 107-115v, canticles, Quicumque vult; an alphabet: a-z, ampersand, punctuation marks and the ""et cetera"" abbreviation; Pater noster; Credo in deum; Magnificat. On f. 116r-v, litany of saints, beginning defectively. On f. 117r-v, in 3 different but contemporary gothic hands: Ave stella matutina . . . [RH 2135]; Tres sainte arme de ihesucrist santefie me . . . e me prene iouste toy ma suy ut cum beatis laudem in secula seculorum Amen; Du haut seignor de gloyre quil du ciel descendit/ Qui por nous devint homme e que iudas vendit . . . A Touz mes biens fetours presenz e de iadis/ Enuoit diex es cors ioie es ames paradis Amen. [in 25 monorhyme verses; listed by K. V. Sinclair, French Devotional Texts of the Middle Ages: A Bibliographic Manuscript Guide (Westport, Connecticut, 1979) n. 2811.] Preceding the psalter, on ff. 1-4v, calendar in red and black, lacking 2 leaves after f. 2 with loss of May-August; included are the feasts of Vedast and Amand (6 February), ""Resurrectio domini"" (27 March), Invention of Denis (22 April), Bertin and Taurinus (5 September), Evurtius (7 September), Maurilius (13 September), Germar (24 September), Leodegar (2 October), Denis, Rusticus and Eleutherius (9 October), Mellonius (22 October), Romanus (23 October), Magloire (24 October), Hilary (25 October), Eustachius (2 November); 3 entries by a later hand: Eulalia of Barcelona (12 February), Michael (29 September), Conception of the Virgin (8 December); astrological month verses in Latin, beginning: Arva nemus prata dat aquarum ymbre rigata.

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ff. 17-162. [Psalter]. Latin. Psalter in biblical order, with tituli psalmorum of the Old and New Testaments. On ff. 162-176v, canticles, Te deum, Quicumque vult, Credo, Gloria, Pater noster. On ff. 176-181, litany, including Bernardinus and Leonard among monks, and Clare and Margaret among virgins. ff. 181v-182v, ruled, but blank. On ff. 183-218, Passion according to the 4 Gospels. Preceding the psalter, on ff. 1-12v, calendar in red and black including the feasts of the Translation of Anthony of Padua (15 February),"Resurrectio domini" (27 March, in red), Severus (30 April, in red),"Inventio sancti michaelis" (8 May, in red), Restituta (17 May, in red), Peter de Morrone (19 May), Bernardinus (20 May, in red), Euphebius (23 May, in red), Translation of Francis (25 May, in red), Anthony of Padua (13 June, in red),"Dedicatio sancte marie de angelis" (2 August, in red),"Festum nivis" (5 August, in red), Clare (12 August, in red), Louis of Toulouse (19 August, in red), Antoninus (2 September), Stigmata of Francis (17 September, in red), Januarius (19 September, in red),"Dedicatio sancti michaelis" (29 September, in red), Francis (4 October, in red), Agnellus (14 December, in red); later entries by 2 hands: Francis de Paola (2 April), Thomas Aquinas (8 July),"Sancta maria del carmino" (16 July; now erased), Exuperius bishop and martyr (28 September). On ff. 13-16v, list of the psalms, alphabetical in the first letter only, thereafter in the order of appearance in the psalter, with reference to psalm number. ff. 218v-235. [Prayers]. Latin; Catalan. A number of the prayers are preceded by narratives of the circumstances of composition, of discovery or of recitation; many include phrases such as"da michi famulo tuo T." presumably in reference to the book's first owner; for a prayer on f. 222, the rubric is in Catalan: La sequent oratio feu lo glorios doctor ebisbe mosser sant agosti e demana gratia ad nostro senyor . . . , Deus propicius esto michi peccatori et custos mei esse digneris . . . [Römer, i, 374]; the prayer on f. 236r-v was added in a later hand: O domine iesu christe fili dei vivi crucifixe propter hominem rogo te propter sancta vulnera tua . . .
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Book of Hours and Psalter : [manuscript]
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ff. 1-199; ff. 199v-200v, blank. [Book of Hours and Psalter]. Latin; French. f. 1, drawing; f. 1v, blank; ff. 2-12, Hours of the Passion; ff. 12v-13v, blank; ff. 14-18, Short Hours of the Cross; f. 18v, blank; ff. 19-26, Hours of the Virgin, Dominican use; ff. 26-35, Psalter of St. Jerome; f. 35v, blank; ff. 36-41v, Calendar; ff. 42-175v, Psalter; ff. 175v-187v, Ferial canticles; ff. 188-192v, Litany; ff. 193-199, Office of the Dead, use of Rome.
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f. 1 blank; ff. 1v-196v. [Psalter]. Latin. Loss of one leaf after f. 27 (Ps. 26, 1-8) and after f. 41 (Ps. 36, 26-40). On ff. 177v-195v, canticle and Quicumque vult; on ff. 195v-196v, litany, ending defectively; included are Livin among the martyrs; Bavo, Macarius, Landoald, Wandregisil, Gudwal, Donatianus, Basilius as the first 7 of 18 confessors; Amalberga, Gertrude, Bridget, Pharaildis and Adelgundis among the virgins.
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Psalter and prayers : [manuscript]
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ff. 1-291v: [Psalter and Prayers]: ff. 1-4v: Flyleaves with owners' notes; ff. 5-16v: Calendar with major feasts in red; ff. 17-33v: [f. 17, blank], Penitential psalms, gradual psalms, and litany; ff. 34-55v: Office of the Dead; ff. 56-69v: [f. 56, blank], Commendation of souls; ff. 70-77: Psalms of the Passion; f. 77v, blank; ff. 78-94: Prayers to Jesus, a suffrage of Christopher, prayer at Communion, a suffrage of Barbara, prayers to the crucified Christ, a prayer at the consecration; ff. 94v-95v, blank; ff. 96-102v: Suffrages of John the Baptist, Thomas of Canterbury, Erasmus, John the Evangelist, the Holy Face, and other prayers; ff. 103-112: [f. 103, blank], Prayers to the Virgin, including the Obsecro te; f. 112v, blank; ff. 113-269: [f. 113, blank], Psalter (ff. 270-271v, containing Pss. 5:8 though 7:17, are misbound and should follow f. 116); ff. 269r-v, 272-284v: Ferial canticles; Te deum laudamus...; Quicumque vult...salvus esse non poterit. Anno domini 1478. ff. 285-291v, blank
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Psalter-Hours, use of Sarum : [manuscript]
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ff. 12-136; f. 136v blank. Psalter. Latin. On f. i recto-verso, blessings of salt and water; ff. 1-6v, calendar; ff. 7-8v, prayers; ff. 9-11v, suffrages (some possibly missing). The psalter is followed by the canticles and the Athanasian Creed, with original foliation in roman numerals in red ink in the upper margin of rectos. ff. 137-219v. Book of Hours, use of Sarum. Latin. On ff. 137-146v, Hours of the Virgin, Sarum use; ff. 147v-152v, prayers mainly to the Virgin and using masculine forms; f. 159r-v, meditation on Ps. 115:16-17; ff. 160-163v, prayers and devotions mainly regarding the Crucifixion; f. 164r-v, prayer to the Body of Christ; ff. 164v-165, an indulgence; ff. 165-167v, prayers; ff. 168-192v, Hours of the Passion and related prayers; ff. 193-202v, Hours of the Compassion of the Virgin; ff. 203-209v, Long Hours of the Holy Spirit; ff. 210-214v, Penitential psalms; f. 214v, Gradual psalms by cue only; ff. 214v-218v, Litany; f. 219, Office of the Dead (defective); f. 219r-v, Commendations of Souls.
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Psalter, with collects : [manuscript]
Manuscripts
ff. 1-188v; ff. 189-194v blank. [Psalter]. Latin. Biblical psalter, each psalm proceded by a titulus and followed by collects (here "oratio"); the collects generally agree with the Roman series, except for 12 of the Hispanic series and 27 not precisely identified; collect R74 is copied twice, after Pss. 73 and 74; the collect after Ps. 118, 96 is R11811; after Ps. 118, 153 there are 4 collects. See L. Brou, The Psalter Collects. HBS 83 (London 1949). On ff. 167-177v, canticles; on ff. 177v-181v, Gloria, Credo, Pater noster, Te deum, Quicumque vult; on ff. 181v-187, litany including Germanus, Nicholas and Louis among the confessors; Benedict, Maurus, Placidus, Onuphrius and Leonard among the monks and hermits; Scholastica among the virgins; on ff. 187-188v, added, s. XVII, an index in Italian of the psalms for the office of the Virgin arranged according to the hours of the office, and index of the penitential and gradual psalms with reference to page numbers added to the text leaves by the same person.
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