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Psalter : [manuscript]

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Description: 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.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: [between 1300 and 1315]
Call number: mssHM 1050
Provenance: Written in the beginning of the fourteenth century in Flanders, presumably for use in Ghent, to judge by the saints in the litany. Belonged to Herschel V. Jones (1861-1928) of Minneapolis; his sale, Anderson, New York, 29 January 1919, pt. II, n. 1070 to G. D. Smith. Date and source of acquisition by Henry E. Huntington unknown.
Restrictions: RESTRICTED. Available with curatorial approval. Requires extended retrieval and delivery time.
Dimensions: 98 x 134 mm
Associated people: Jones, Herschel V. (1861-1928,)
Associated organization: Henry E. Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens.
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Psalter, with collects : [manuscript]

Manuscripts

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.

mssHM 1041

Book of Hours, use of Rome : [manuscript]

Manuscripts

ff. 1-206v. [Book of Hours]: ff. 1-13: calendar in red and black including, in red, the feasts of Basilius (14 June), Remigius and Bavo (1 October) and Donatianus (14 October); f. 13v, blank; ff. 14-21: Short hours of the Cross; f. 21v, ruled, but blank; ff. 22-28: Short hours of the Holy Spirit; f. 28v, ruled, but blank; ff. 29-35v: Mass of the Virgin; ff. 36-41v: Pericopes of the Gospels; ff. 42-121v: Incipiunt hore beate marie virginis secundum usum Romanum (weekly variations of the psalms at matins set into the text before the lessons; suffrages of All Saints and prayers for peace from lauds to compline; Advent office begins on f. 114); f. 122r-v, ruled, but blank; ff. 123-143: Penitential psalms and litany (including Victor, Quentin, Eustachius, Maurice and Denis, all with companions, among the martyrs; among the confessors Bavo, Remigius, Eligius, Aegidius, Audomar, Livin and Amand; among the virgins Bridget, Genevieve and Apollonia); f. 143v, ruled, but blank; ff. 144-188v: Office of the Dead, use of Rome; ff. 189-206v: Quicumque vult, Obsecro te, O Intemerata, Stabat mater dolorosa and suffrages of Sebastian, James, Anthony of Padua, Michael, Francis, Jerome, Peter and Paul.

mssHM 1174

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, 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 Amiens : [manuscript]

Manuscripts

ff. 1-162v. [Book of Hours]: ff. 1-12v: full calendar in French; [f. 13r-v, blank], ff. 14-27: pericopes of the Gospels the Obsecro te and the O Intemerata [f. 27v, blank]; ff. 28-83v: Hours of the Virgin, use of Amiens; ff. 84-99v: Penitential psalms and litany, including Quentin, Firmin, Maurice and Fuscianus among the martyrs; Firmin, Honoratus, Romanus and Salvius among the confessors; Ulphia among the virgins; [f. 100r-v, blank], ff. 101-104v: Short hours of the Cross; [f. 105r-v, blank], ff. 106-109: Short hours of the Holy Spirit; [f. 110r-v, blank], ff. 111-154v: Office of the Dead, use of Amiens; ff. 155-162: prayers in French.

mssHM 1126

Psalter and prayers : [manuscript]

Manuscripts

ff. 1-291v: [Psalter and Prayers]: ff. 1-4v: Flyleaves with owners' notes; ff. 5-16v: Calendar with major feasts in red; ff. 17-33v: [f. 17, blank], Penitential psalms, gradual psalms, and litany; ff. 34-55v: Office of the Dead; ff. 56-69v: [f. 56, blank], Commendation of souls; ff. 70-77: Psalms of the Passion; f. 77v, blank; ff. 78-94: Prayers to Jesus, a suffrage of Christopher, prayer at Communion, a suffrage of Barbara, prayers to the crucified Christ, a prayer at the consecration; ff. 94v-95v, blank; ff. 96-102v: Suffrages of John the Baptist, Thomas of Canterbury, Erasmus, John the Evangelist, the Holy Face, and other prayers; ff. 103-112: [f. 103, blank], Prayers to the Virgin, including the Obsecro te; f. 112v, blank; ff. 113-269: [f. 113, blank], Psalter (ff. 270-271v, containing Pss. 5:8 though 7:17, are misbound and should follow f. 116); ff. 269r-v, 272-284v: Ferial canticles; Te deum laudamus...; Quicumque vult...salvus esse non poterit. Anno domini 1478. ff. 285-291v, blank

mssHM 1248

Psalter : [manuscript]

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