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Martyrologium : [manuscript]

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Description: ff. 1-131v (+117r-v bis); f. 132r-v, blank. [Usuard] [Martyrologium]. Latin. Rubric: Incipit martirologium ordinis fratrum beatissime marie virginis dei genitricis de monte carmeli conventus eiusdem gloriose virginis ad urticas extra muros prope heylprun. On ff. 1-130, martyrology as in PL 123:601-992, 124:9-858; many corrections by one person of single words, of omitted or reversed passages, of an omitted day (f. 117 bis, 28 November) or notes on leap year (f. 20); on ff. 130v-131v, explanation of the use of kalends, nones and ides.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: [between 1450 and 1499]
Call number: mssHM 1044
Creator: Usuard (-876 or 887)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Written in the second half of the fifteenth century in Germany for the Carmelite house near Heilbronn, whose chapel, dedicated to Sancta Maria ad Urticas (from a vision of a peasant women, who saw an image of the Virgin overgrown with nettles), was founded in 1447 and dedicated in 1458. During the Thirty Years War the monastery was destroyed and its monks moved within the city walls. Owned ca. 1860 by the Parisian bookseller Tross, whose stamp is on f. 132v. Source and date of acquisition by Henry E. Huntington unknown.
Restrictions: RESTRICTED. Available with curatorial approval. Requires extended retrieval and delivery time.
Dimensions: 159 x 223 mm
Associated organization: Henry E. Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens.
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Bible : [manuscript]

Manuscripts

ff. 1-569; f. 569v blank. [Bible]. Latin. ff. 1-415v, Old Testament; ff. 416 bis-530, New Testament; f. 530r-v, list of books of the Bible, added in a later hand; ff. 532-569 ["531" omitted in foliation], Interpretations of Hebrew Names. Generally similar to the thirteenth century French bibles described by Ker, MMBL 1:96-97 regarding London, Lambeth Palace MS 1364, but here lacking the prologue to 2 Paralipomenon and with 9 additional prologues for the Minor Prophets.

mssHM 1074

Missal, for Cistercian use : [manuscript]

Manuscripts

ff. 1-141v (+ f. 108r-v bis). Latin. ff. 1-50v, Temporale, beginning defectively; ff. 50v-55v, Prefaces and canon of the mass; ff. 55v-130, Sanctorale; ff. 130-139v, Votive masses; f. 140r-v, Office of the dead, beginning and ending defectively; f. 141r-v, Full office of Elizabeth, beginning defectively, several other masses, and prayers for the blessing of water, starting with the blessing of salt.

mssHM 1079

Offices for the week, compiled by Andrea Matteo Acquaviva : [manuscript]

Manuscripts

ff. 1-425 (+ 145 bis); ff. 425v-426v, blank. [Andrea Matteo Acquaviva, compiler]. [Offices for the week]. Latin. ff. 1-3v, Indulgence of Leo X granted in 1518 for saying these offices; f. 4r-v, blank; ff. 5-11v, Computistic notes and calendar; ff. 12-13, Computistic material; f. 13v, blank; ff. 14-15, Rubrics for a changed office during certain liturgical seasons; ff. 15v-16v, blank; ff. 18-221v, Offices for Sundays through the liturgical year beginning with Advent; f. 222r-v, blank; ff. 223-244, Office of the Dead; f. 244v-245, blank; ff. 245v-272v, Officium de angelis et dicitur feria tercia; ff. 273-274, blank; ff. 274v-303, Officium pro peccatis et dicitur feria quarta; ff. 303v-304, blank; ff. 304v-332, Officium sancti spiritus et feria quinta dicitur; f. 332v, blank; ff. 333-361: Offitium de passione domini et dicitur feria sexta; ff. 361v-362, blank; ff. 362v-392, Officium de septem festivitatibus beate virginis quod dicitur in die sabbati. Dicitur etiam quando infra annum contingunt festivitates ipsius beate virginis et per totam octavam ipsarum festivitatum; ff. 393-395v: Dedication and indulgence as in art. 1, here in the same hand as the main body of the text; f. 395v, Prayer; ff. 396-405v, antiphons and prayers for the temporale from Ash Wednesday to the Rogation Saturday after the feast of Andrew; ff. 406-421v, antiphons and prayers for the sanctorale from Circumcision to Silvester; ff. 421v-424, antiphons and prayers for the common of saints, from one apostle to a widow; ff. 424v-425, Salve Regina.

mssHM 1046

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

De vita Caesarum : [manuscript]

Manuscripts

ff. 1-117v: [Suetonius, De vita Caesarum]: Incipit: Annum agens cesar sextumdecimum patrem amisit ... Explicit: abstinentia et moderatione insequentium principum. [Greek words entered by scribes; corrected throughout by the second scribe; the section 10, 1 - 12, 2 was omitted from its place on f. 96 and then inserted on ff. 97v-98 between parts of 20, 1]. [f. 118r-v, blank].

mssHM 45717

Diurnal for Dominican use : [manuscript]

Manuscripts

ff. 1-341v (+ f. 305r-v bis). [Dominican diurnal]. Latin. ff. 2-13v, Graded calendar; f. 14, blank; ff. 14v-114v, Temporale, day offices only; ff. 114v-117, Dedication of a church and its anniversaries; ff. 117v-227, Sanctorale, day offices only; ff. 227-238v, Common of saints, day offices only; ff. 238v-239, prayer added in a later hand; ff. 239v-240, blank; ff. 241-280v, Day offices for the week, ending defectively; ff. 281-341v, paper, blank.

mssHM 1066

Martyrologium : [manuscript]

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