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Book of Hours, fragment : [manuscript]

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Description: ff. 1-10v. [Book of Hours] ff. 1-9v: Commendation of souls; ff. 9v-10v: Prologue in English and a suffrage of Erasmus, added in a late fifteenth/early sixteenth century cursive hand.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: [between 1400 and 1415]
Call number: mssHM 1159
Creator: Catholic Church(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: In the library of Henry Huth and in his catalogue, The Huth Library (London 1880) vol. 4, p. 1231; sold by his son, Alfred H. Huth, Sotheby's, 8 July 1918, pt. VII, lot 6248 to G. D. Smith. Acquired from Smith by Henry E. Huntington in September 1918.
Restrictions: RESTRICTED. Available with curatorial approval. Requires extended retrieval and delivery time.
Dimensions: 127 x 170 mm
Associated people: Huth, Henry, (1815-1878,)
Associated organization: Henry E. Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens.
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Book of Hours, Sarum use : [manuscript]

Manuscripts

ff. 1-142v: [Book of Hours]: ff. 1-6v: Calendar; ff. 7-42: Hours of the Virgin, use of Sarum with the hours of the Cross worked in and with suffrages after lauds of the Holy Spirit, the Trinity, the Cross, Michael, John the Baptist, John the Evangelist, Peter and Paul, Andrew, Lawrence, Stephen, Thomas of Canterbury (erased), Nicholas, Catherine of Alexandria, Margaret, All Saints; f. 42v, ruled, but blank; ff. 43-62v: Penitential psalms, gradual psalms and litany; ff. 63-64, blank; ff. 65-103: Office of the Dead, Sarum use; f. 103v, blank; ff. 104-119: Commendation of souls; f. 119v, blank; ff. 120-137v: Psalter of St. Jerome; ff. 138-142v: the 15 Oes of St. Bridget, beginning and ending defectively.

mssHM 19913

Book of Hours, Sarum use : [manuscript]

Manuscripts

ff. 1-168v. [Book of Hours]: ff. 1-6v: Calendar in red and black; ff. 7-9v: Short hours of the Holy Spirit [f. 10r-v, blank]; ff. 11-12v: prayer to the Trinity; ff. 13-23v: Suffrages of John the Baptist, Thomas of Canterbury, George, Christopher, Catherine of Alexandria, Mary Magdalene, Margaret, Barbara; ff. 24-30: Fifteen Oes of St. Bridget; f. 30v, coat of arms; ff. 31-68v: Hours of the Virgin, Sarum use; suffrages after lauds of the Holy Spirit, the Trinity, the Cross, Michael, John the Baptist, Peter and Paul, Andrew, Stephen, Lawrence, Thomas of Canterbury, Nicholas, Mary Magdalene, Catherine of Alexandria, Margaret, All Saints, for peace; short hours of the Cross worked in from lauds to compline; ff. 68v-80v: farcing of the Salve Regina, O Intemerata, Obsecro te, and other prayers; ff. 81-88v: prayers; ff. 89-105v: Penitential psalms, gradual psalms (the first 12 by cue only), and a long litany, including ""Eswarde,"" Oswald, Alan, Quentin, Lambert, ""Wallepaxde"" among the martyrs; Remigius, Vedast, Bavo, Audoenus, Dunstan, Philibert, Leonard, Botulph, Amand among the confessors; Bridget, Christina, Genevieve, Sexburga, Milburga, Osyth, Radegundis, Anastasia among the virgins; ff. 106-127v: Office of the Dead, Sarum use; ff. 128-140v: Commendation of souls; ff. 141-145v: Psalms of the Passion; ff. 145v-158v: psalter of St. Jerome [ff. 159-160v, blank]; ff. 161-168: Fifteen Joys of the Virgin, and pericopes of the Gospels [f. 168v, ruled, but blank].

mssHM 1125

Book of Hours, use of Sarum, in Latin with English additions : [manuscript]

Manuscripts

ff. 1-103v. Book of Hours, use of Sarum. Latin; English. On ff. 1-6v, calendar; ff. 7-35v, Hours of the Virgin, Sarum use with suffrages after lauds; f. 36r-v, added tale in English on the efficacy of saying Ps. 129; ff. 37-43, Penitential psalms; ff. 43-45, Gradual psalms mainly by cue; ff. 45-49v, Litany; ff. 50-68, Office of the Dead, Sarum use; ff. 68-78v, Commendation of Souls; ff. 87v-93v, Fifteen Oes; ff. 93v-103v, prayers; f. 103v and f. v, added maxims in English, attributed to Solomon.

mssHM 64538

Book of Hours, Sarum use : [manuscript]

Manuscripts

ff. 1-80v: [Book of Hours]: ff. 1-3v: misbound leaves, now with suffrage of Christopher, illegible erased notes, miniature of Christopher, blank leaf, and a miniature of the Annunciation; ff. 4-6v: Calendar, beginning defectively at July; ff. 7-8v: misbound leaves, now a blank leaf, miniature of Veronica, suffrage of John the Baptist, and a blank leaf; ff. 9-27v: Hours of the Virgin, apparently Sarum use, with the hours of the Cross worked in and with suffrages after lauds of the Holy Spirit, the Trinity, the Cross, Michael, John the Baptist, John the Evangelist, Peter and Paul, Andrew, Stephen, Lawrence, Thomas of Canterbury, Nicholas, Mary Magdalene, Catherine of Alexandria, Margaret, All Saints, for peace, and other prayers; ff. 28-35v: Prayers to the Virgin; ff. 36-40: Prayers to Christ; f. 40v, blank except for the added note, ""O cupid I graunt thy might is much for sure thou loveth thy dart to shent at such""; ff. 41-49: Penitential psalms, gradual psalms and litany; f. 49v, blank except for an ownership note; f. 50, blank; ff. 50v-61v: Office of the Dead, Sarum use; f. 62, blank; ff. 62v-69v: Commendation of souls; added on f. 69v, ""blessed is he that keppethe godes commandemente and so is he that"" (ending here), and an invocation to Christopher; ff. 70-72v: Psalter of the Holy Cross; f. 73, blank; ff. 73v-80v: Psalter of St. Jerome; f. 80v, added in a cursive hand, prayer against the plague.

mssHM 28175

Book of Hours, use of Rome : [manuscript]

Manuscripts

ff. 1-100v. [Book of Hours]: ff. 1-6v: Calendar, written in 2 columns, with an entry for each day; ff. 7-10v: Pericopes of the Gospels; ff. 10v-14: Obsecro te, O Intemerata (masculine forms); f. 14v, ruled, but blank; ff. 15-53v: Hours of the Virgin, use of Rome, beginning imperfectly; ff. 54-65v: Penitential psalms and litany; ff. 66-67v: Short hours of the Cross; ff. 68-69v: Short hours of the Holy Spirit; ff. 70-92v: Office of the Dead, use of Rome; ff. 93-98v: Suffrages of the Trinity, Michael, John the Baptist, Peter and Paul, Sebastian, Nicholas, Anthony abbot, Anne, Catherine of Alexandria, Barbara, Margaret, Avia; ff. 99-100v, ruled, but blank except for ownership notes and, on ff. 99v and 100, 2 prayers added, 16th cent.: Priere avant Le Repas. L'Eternel qui crea toutes choses de Rien benisse par sa bonte ...;[dated 1561]: Apres Le Repas. Seigneur Dieu Pere nourrissier de toute creature ...

mssHM 1170

Book of Hours, in Dutch : [manuscript]

Manuscripts

ff. 1-220v. [Book of Hours]: ff. 1-10v: full calendar in Dutch; f. 10r-v: computistic notes; ff. 11-40: Hours of the Virgin, in the Middle Dutch compilation of Geert Grote; ff. 40v-42v: Prayers to the Virgin; ff. 43-59v: Hours of the Eternal Wisdom; ff. 59v-60v: Prayers to God and Christ, with indulgences; loss of one leaf between ff. 60-61, with resulting loss of text; ff. 61-78: Long hours of the Cross, beginning imperfectly due to loss of the leaf between ff. 60-61; ff. 78-91v: Prayers on the Passion of Christ; ff. 92-106v: Penitential psalms and litany; ff. 106v-107v: Prayers to Christ; ff. 108-176v: Prayers for the sanctorale; ff. 177-184v: Prayers for Communion; ff. 184v-188v: Prayers to Christ and to God the Father; ff. 189-216v: Office of the Dead, use of Utrecht; ff. 216v-220v: Prayers with indulgences.

mssHM 1127

Book of Hours, fragment : [manuscript]

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