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Book of Hours, Sarum use : [manuscript]

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Description: 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.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: [between 1400 and 1415]
Call number: mssHM 19913
Creator: Catholic Church(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: In the lower margin of f. 1 are the initials "I.G." in a late sixteenth or early seventeenth century hand. Acquired by Dr. Eric G. Millar (1887-1966) from James Thorp in London, 1934; his notes, ff. i-ii, and on file; his sale, Sotheby's, 15 June 1959 lot 190 with a plate of all 4 miniatures. Acquired by the Huntington Library at that time.
Restrictions: RESTRICTED. Available with curatorial approval. Requires extended retrieval and delivery time.
Dimensions: 82 x 110 mm
Associated people: Scheerre, Herman, (active 1405-1425‏,)
Associated organization: Henry E. Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens.
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Book of Hours, Sarum use : [manuscript]

Manuscripts

ff. 1-147v. [Book of Hours, Sarum use]: ff. 3-8v, calendar with major feasts in red; ff. 9-14v, Fifteen Oes of St. Bridget; ff. 15-27, prayer to the Trinity and suffrages of John the Baptist, John the Evangelist, George, Christopher, Thomas of Canterbury, Anne, Mary Magdalene, Margaret, Catherine of Alexandria, Barbara [f. 27v, blank]; ff. 28-63v, cursum beate marie Secundum sarum with 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, for peace and with hours of the Cross worked in; ff. 64-71v, 3 prayers to the Virgin (farcing of the Salve Regina; O Intemerata; Obsecro te, these last with masculine forms); ff. 72-75v, Seven Joys of the Virgin; ff. 76-79v, 3 prayers to Christ; ff. 80-81v, 6 prayers to the body of Christ; ff 82-97, penitential psalms, gradual psalms and litany [f. 97v blank]; ff. 98-117, office of the dead, Sarum use; ff, 117v-128v, commendation of souls; ff. 129-133, psalms of the Passion; ff. 133v-145v, Psalter of St. Jerome [ff. 146-147v, blank].

mssHM 1087

Book of Hours, Sarum use : [manuscript]

Manuscripts

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.

mssHM 1344

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, 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, Sarum use : [manuscript]

Manuscripts

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.

mssHM 1144

Book of hours, use of Sarum : [manuscript]

Manuscripts

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.

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