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Cistercian Breviary : [manuscript]

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Description: ff. 1-205v: [Breviary]: ff. 2-6v: Graded calendar, beginning defectively; ff. 7-89v: Temporale; ff. 89v-151: Sanctorale; ff. 151-168: Common of saints; ff. 168-195: Sixty-three hymns in full and a few others by cue only; ff. 195-203: Monastic canticles; ff. 203-204: Prayers; ff. 204-205v: Added material in 4 fifteenth century hands.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: [between 1400 and 1415]
Call number: mssHM 25777
Creator: Catholic Church(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Early, if not first, owners were the Cistercians of Riddagshausen in the diocese of Halberstadt, Brunswick; on f. i verso, in green ink in a fifteenth century hand: "[...?]r liber perpetue virginis Marie. Sub custodia fratris Iohannis [...?] professi ibidem in Riddageshussen." On f. 1v: "Dis buch gehöret dem Kloster Riddageshausen 1689." A slip of paper with the number [?]225 is pasted to the inside front cover so that the part with the numbers is visible above the top of the book. In modern pencil, f. i verso: "1136 1 Nov." With the book is a letter from Dawson's Book Shop, Los Angeles, dated 15 April 1948, offering it for sale to Mrs. Mary W. T. Dickinson; another slip, signed by her, shows that she had bought it by 29 April of the same year. Received by the Huntington Library in April 1953 as a bequest from Mary Dickinson (d. September 1952).
Restrictions: RESTRICTED. Available with curatorial approval. Requires extended retrieval and delivery time.
Dimensions: 97 x 132 mm
Associated people: Dickinson, Mary W. T.,
Associated organizations: Kloster Riddagshausen,; Henry E. Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens.
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Dominican Breviary : [manuscript]

Manuscripts

ff. 1-289v: [Breviary]: ff. 1-6v: graded calendar in red and black; ff. 7-11v: commemorations of the Virgin, Dominic, Catherine of Alexandria, Peter martyr, Thomas Aquinas and the Eucharist; ff. 12-14: prayers and lessons for the dead; ff. 14-15v: office for matins; ff. 16-19v: prayers for various occasions (zu dem frumal, Nach tisch, Zum abentesse, zu abent, zu mette zeit, umb ein schon weter, An dem ascher mitwochen und hohen donerstag uber dy vii ps., An den creutz tagen fur dy heiligen cristenheyt); ff. 19v-43: Hours of the Virgin for the night hours; ff. 43-67v: the divine office for the day hours (Sunday and part of Monday); ff. 67v-78: Hours of the Virgin, Dominican use for the day hours; ff. 78-117v: the divine office for vespers (Thursday-Saturday); ff. 97-100v: antiphons and hymns for various feasts; ff. 100v-117v: changed office for the temporale; ff. 117v-153: office of the Dead, Dominican use; ff. 153-169v: penitential psalms and litany, including Peter among the martyrs, Dominic (twice), Thomas, Vincent and Sebald among the confessors, and Catherine (twice), Ursula and Cunigundis among the virgins; ff. 168-169v: alternate litany for the dead, beginning with Elizabeth of Thuringia; ff. 170-190v: the Psalmi communes; ff. 190v-194: office of Dominic; ff. 194-213v: common of saints; ff. 214-240v: temporale, day offices only, from Advent through the Octave of Corpus Christi; ff. 238-240v: octave of the dedication of a church.; ff. 240v-281: sanctorale, day offices only, from the octave of Andrew (7 December) through Saturninus (29 November), including Cunigundis, Octave of Vincent Ferrer, Catherine of Siena, Henry, Invention of Stephen, Octave of Dominic, Sebald, Octave of Michael, Otto; ff. 277-281: psalms and antiphons in passione domini nostri ihesu christi and versicles for the nocturns of the feast of the Annunciation; ff. 286-289v: office of Catherine of Alexandria. ff. 281-285v: [Additions to the Breviary by later hands]: f. 281v: 15th c., prayer to Apollonia; ff. 281v-283: 16th c., antiphons and capitula for the hours of the office during Lent and Passion Sunday; ff. 283v-284: ruled, but blank; f. 284v: 16th c., ""Quoniam non delectat dulcis organica Cantus/ Rudibus Ac truncis Erit Emmerandus""; f. 285r-v: 15th c., antiphons for the vigil of the Separation of the Apostles.

mssHM 25771

Monastic breviary, fragment : [manuscript]

Manuscripts

ff. 1-2v. [Breviary, fragment]. Latin. Two non-consecutive leaves of a monastic breviary, bound in reverse order, containing part of the offices at matins and at prime for a confessor bishop and for a confessor who was not bishop. Status of text: Fragment.

mssHM 1045

Breviary, for Dominican use : [manuscript]

Manuscripts

ff. 1-258; ff. 259-280v (paper; blank). [Breviary] Latin. ff. 1-5v, Commemorations; ff. 5v-8v, Prayers and lessons for the dead; ff. 8v-10v, Office for matins; ff. 10v-14, Prayers for various occasions; ff. 14v-52, Hours of the Virgin, Dominican use; ff. 52-129, Office, prime through compline; ff. 129v-174v, Office of the Dead, Dominican use; ff. 174v-192v, Penitential psalms and litany; ff. 193-212v, Psalmi communes; ff. 212v-217v, Office of Dominic; ff. 217v-238, Common of saints; ff. 238-251, Sanctorale; ff. 251-257v, Offices for the Monday after the Octave of Easter and the following 4 Sundays; selected psalms and antiphons, some with musical notation.

mssHM 1065

Fragment from a Breviary : [manuscript]

Manuscripts

ff. 1-2v: [Fragment of a noted breviary with responses for matins and lauds on the Saturday before Septuagesima, and responses for the day hours in Lent; the two leaves are consecutive].

mssHM 1735

Breviary, use of Autun : [manuscript]

Manuscripts

ff. 1-247v; f. 248r-v, blank. [Breviary, use of Autun]. Latin. Contains the temporale; rubrics citing the church of Autun are on f. 1,"Incipit breviarium secundum usum egregie ac sancte ecclesie cathedralis eduensis. . ." and on f. 65v,"Nota quod in ecclesia eduense pro sexta lectione nocturni legitur. . .".

mssHM 1077

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

Cistercian Breviary : [manuscript]

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