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Psalter, with collects : [manuscript]

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Description: 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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Date: [between 1485 and 1499]

Psalter : [manuscript]

Manuscripts

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.

mssHM 1050

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.

mssHM 1086

Book of Hours, use of Bescançon : [manuscript]

Manuscripts

ff. 1-189; [Book of Hours]: ff. 1-12v: Full calendar in French; f. 13r-v, ruled, but blank; ff. 14-21v: Pericopes of the Gospels; ff. 22-93v: Hours of the Virgin, use of Bescançon; ff. 94-99: Short hours of the Cross; ff. 99v-103v: Short hours of the Holy Spirit; ff. 104-122: Penitential psalms and litany; ff. 122v-171: Office of the Dead, use of Bescançon; ff. 171-177v: Obsecro te and O Intemerata; ff. 178-188: Prayers in French. ff. 188v-189v, blank.

mssHM 1141

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, use of Rome : [manuscript]

Manuscripts

ff. 1-209v; [Book of Hours]: ff. 1-12v: Full calendar; ff. 13-25v: Pericopes of the Gospels and Passion according to John; ff. 26-34v: Obsecro te, O Intemerata and other prayers to the Virgin; ff. 35-79: Hours of the Virgin, use of Rome; f. 79v ruled, but blank, except for rubric to the Hours of the Cross; ff. 80-83v: Short hours of the Cross; ff. 84-87: Short hours of the Holy Spirit; f. 87v, ruled, but blank; ff. 88-103v: Penitential psalms and litany; ff. 104-135: Office of the Dead, use of Rome; ff. 135v-144: Suffrages of Michael, John the Baptist, John the Evangelist, Peter and Paul, Christopher, George, Adrian, Sebastian, James the Greater, Bernard, Catherine of Alexandria, Mary Magdalene, Martha, Apollonia, Barbara; ff. 144v-155: Prayers, including one in French; ff. 155v-186v: Psalter of St. Gregory; ff. 187-194v: Psalter of St. Augustine; ff. 195-207v: Psalter of St. Jerome. ff. 208-209v, blank.

mssHM 1143

Breviary, use of Sarum : [manuscript]

Manuscripts

ff. 1-373v. Latin. On ff. 1-13v, additions of s. XV2 by various hands; ff. 14-185v, Temporale from Advent to the 25th Sunday after Pentecost; ff. 186-192, Dedication of a Church, and the office within the octave; ff. 192-193v, rubrics mainly regarding Sarum rite; ff. 194-199v, graded calendar in blue, red, and black; ff. 194-199v, added prognostications in English and Latin in the lower margin of each page, e.g. f. 194: "If it þundir in þe monþe of ianuarii ... In þis signe take þi iourney ..."; ff. 200-225v, Psalter (after f. 206, missing Psalms 21:27-48:15; after f. 225v, missing Ps. 102:14 to the end); ff. 226-345, Sanctorale, from Andrew to Saturninus (nine lections for David and Chad (respectively, 1 and 2 March); ff. 345v-366, Common of saints; ff. 366v-367, Benedictions "ante prandium" and "post prandium"; ff. 367v-373, additions by various hands; f. 373v blank.

mssHM 71520

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