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Sarum manual : [manuscript]

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Description: ff. 1-105v: [Sarum manual]: ff. 1-4v: Benediction of salt and water; ff. 4v-8v: Order for cathecumens; ff. 8v-11v: Benediction of a font; ff. 12-19v: Marriage service; ff. 20-21v: Benedictions of various foods and objects; ff. 22-27: Order for visiting the sick; ff. 27-34: Extreme Unction; ff. 34-45v: Commendation of souls before and after death; ff. 46-64v, 68-71v, 75-77v: Office of the Dead; ff. 65-67v, 72-74v: Office of the Dead from another manuscript; ff. 77v-89v: Burial; ff. 90-95: Gospel pericope for Christmas; ff. 95-98: Gospel pericope for Epiphany; ff. 98-101v: Blessing of candles for the Purification; ff. 101v-104v: Order for Ash Wednesday; ff. 104v-105v: Benediction of the palm fronds on Palm Sunday.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: [between 1350 and 1380]
Call number: mssHM 30986
Creator: Catholic Church(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Belonged to the Rev. Edward S. Dewick; his sale, Sotheby's, 17 October 1918, lot 89. Acquired by John Meade Falkner; a letter dated 1 January 1919 discussing text and re-binding from E. Gordon Duff affixed to f. ii, with his collation of the manuscript and a note in the hand of E. V. Stocks, Durham University Librarian, 1903-34; Meade Falkner sale, Sotheby's, 12 December 1932, lot 263, to Quaritch (another 12 manuscripts which once belonged to Meade Falkner are now Claremont, California, Claremont Colleges, Honnold Library, Crispin MSS 5, 8, 10, 11, 13, 14, 16, 17, 19, 22, 23, 37). Acquired by James P. R. Lyell from Quaritch, 7 April 1943, according to Lyell's notes on the front pastedown; of his collection of some 250 medieval manuscripts, 100 were bequeathed to the Bodleian Library and the remainder sold by his executors to Bernard Quaritch in 1951. Quaritch Cat. 699 (1952) n. 102 to James R. Page; his number JRP 351. Bequeathed to the Huntington Library with his collection on the Book of Common Prayer.
Restrictions: RESTRICTED. Available with curatorial approval. Requires extended retrieval and delivery time.
Dimensions: 190 x 290 mm
Associated people: Hankok, (1844-1917,); Dewick, E. S. (1858-1932,); Falkner, John Meade, (1871-1948,); Lyell, James P. R. (1884-1962,); Page, James Rathwell,
Associated organization: Henry E. Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens.
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Devotions : [manuscript]

Manuscripts

ff. 1-27v: [Devotions]: ff. 1-3: Explanation of the commandments; ff. 3v-4v [rubric on f. 3]: Prayers on the passion of Christ; ff. 5-15: Gospel pericope from John, passion according to John, and gospel pericopes from Luke, Matthew and Mark; ff. 15v-27v: Prayers.

mssHM 36701

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, use of Rome : [manuscript]

Manuscripts

Part I. ff. 1-162 [Book of Hours]: f. 1r-v: Table of contents; ff. 2-10: Calendar with the months following one another directly; ff. 10v-17v: Prayers for the beginning of the day, for the king, other prayers, and pericope from John; ff. 18-22v: Short hours of the Cross; ff. 23-27v: Short hours of the Holy Spirit; ff. 28-34: Short hours of the Conception; ff. 34v-92v: Incipit officium beate marie virginis secundum consuetudinem romane curie; ff. 93-98: Mass of the Virgin; ff. 98-111: Penitential psalms and litany; f. 111v: Office of the Dead, now missing; ff. 140-151: Gradual psalms; ff. 151v-157v: Prayers, readings and hymns for the end of the day; ff. 158-162: Suffrages of John the Baptist, Christopher, Jerome, Mary Magdalene, Apollonia, Catherine of Alexandria, Agatha, Elizabeth, Roch, Margaret, Francis, Anthony of Padua. f. 162v, blank. Part II. 17 miniatures of Flemish origin.

mssHM 1162

Book of Hours, use of Paris : [manuscript]

Manuscripts

ff. 1-165v [Book of Hours]: ff. 1-12v: Full calendar in French alternating red and blue with major feasts in gold; ff. 13-25v: Pericopes of the Gospels, with the Obsecro te and the O Intemerata; ff. 26-46v: House of the Virgin, use of Paris; misbound and should be read as follows: 26-46v and 78r-v, matins, with the weekly variations of the psalms set into the text before the lessons; ff. 79-101, lauds through sext; ff. 101v, 105, 104, 102, none; ff. 103, 108, 109, 107, 106, 47, vespers; ff. 48-52 [f. 52v, ruled, but blank], compline; ff. 53-70v: Penitential psalms and litany; ff. 71-74: Short hours of the Cross; ff. 74v-77: Short hours of the Holy Spirit; ff. 77v: Office of the Dead, misbound and should be read as follows: ff. 77v, 112, 111, 110, 113, 114, 117, 116, 115, 118-150; ff. 150v-157: Suffrages of the Trinity, Michael, John the Baptist, John the Evangelist, Peter and Paul, Sebastian, Nicholas, Anne, Catherine of Alexandria, Margaret, Genevieve; f. 157v, ruled, but blank; ff. 158-165v: Prayers in French.

mssHM 1133

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

Psalter-Hours, use of Sarum : [manuscript]

Manuscripts

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.

mssHM 56911

Sarum manual : [manuscript]

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