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  • Devotions : [manuscript]

    Devotions : [manuscript]

    Manuscripts

    ff. 1-245v: [Devotions]: f. 1r-v, [misbound]: Suffrages of Augustine and Catherine of Siena; ff. 2-15v: Penitential psalms beginning defectively and litany beginning defectively; ff. 16-19: Prayers; f. 19v, blank; ff. 20-49: Office of the Dead, Dominican use; f. 49v, blank; ff. 50-58: Prayers; ff. 58v-59, blank; ff. 60-67: Prayers; ff. 67v-68v, blank; ff. 69-71, [added by a contemporary hand]: Devotional poem, Ave mitis Imperatrix/ Ave vite Restauratrix; ff. 71v-76, [added in a later hand]: Prayers; ff. 76v-78v, blank; ff. 79-87v: Seven prayers attributed to Thomas Aquinas; f. 88r-v, blank; ff. 89-97v: Long hours of Mary Magdalene; ff. 97v-106v: Prayers in hierarchical order (Angels, Apostles, Martyrs, Confessors, Virgins, All Saints); ff. 107-117: Long hours of Eternal Wisdom; ff. 117-122: Prayers; ff. 122v-123v, blank; ff. 124-125: Suffrages, including one of Odilia; f. 125v, blank; ff. 126-136v: Long hours"de beato Dominico confessore patre nostro," followed by prayers to Dominic and Catherine of Siena; ff. 136v-144: Prayers and gospel readings for various canonical hours; ff. 145-150: Short hours of Catherine of Alexandria, followed by prayers to Catherine of Alexandria and to Vincent Ferrer; ff. 150-153: Prayers; f. 153v, blank; ff. 154-166v: Long hours against sin, followed by prayers to Louis confessor (of Toulouse?), Apollonia, the Holy Spirit; ff. 166v-172v: Prayers for the dead, preceded by indulgences of Pius II and John IV; litany for the dead; f. 173r-v, blank; ff. 174-185: Fifteen Oes of St. Bridget; ff. 185v-191v: Metrical hours of the Passion; ff. 192-194v: Suffrages of Peter martyr, Ursula and Jerome; f. 195r-v, blank; ff. 196-207: Prayers to say before communion; f. 207v, blank; ff. 208-216: Prayers to say after communion; ff. 216v-217v, blank; ff. 218-226v: Devotional poem, Ave salve gaude vale o maria non vernale, sed hiis rosis spiritale; f. 227r-v, blank; ff. 228-238v: Devotions on the life of Mary and of Jesus for the rosary, followed by prayers to the Virgin; ff. 239-241: Devotions for the canonical hours on the sorrows of the Virgin; f. 241v, blank; ff. 242-243v: Prayers to Thomas Aquinas and to Barbara; ff. 243v-244v, [added in a contemporary hand]: prayer to Jesus; f. 245r-v, blank.

    mssHM 49124

  • Sarum manual : [manuscript]

    Sarum manual : [manuscript]

    Manuscripts

    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.

    mssHM 30986

  • Devotions, in Dutch : [manuscript]

    Devotions, in Dutch : [manuscript]

    Manuscripts

    ff. 1-166; [Devotions]: ff. 1v-13: Full calendar, one month across each opening; f. 13v, ruled, but blank; ff. 14-25v: [f. 14, blank], Short hours of the Holy Cross in the Dutch version of Geert Grote; ff. 26-55: [f. 26, blank], Devotions on the Passion for the canonical hours; ff. 55-62v: Prayers to the Cross, of the Seven Last Words, of the Seven Sorrows of the Virgin; ff. 63-81v: [f. 63, blank], Mass of St. Gregory, prayers for the rosary; f. 80r-v, ruled, but blank; ff. 81-110v: Meditations for the rosary; ff. 111-121v: Suffrages of Jerome, one's guardian angel, Michael Archangel, John the Baptist, John the Evangelist, Peter and Paul, Cornelius, Martin, Anne, Catherine of Alexandria, Barbara, Agnes, All Saints; ff. 120-121v, ruled, but blank; ff. 122-138v: [f. 122, blank] Penitential psalms and litany; ff. 139-144v: [f. 139, blank] Suffrages of Erasmus (with indulgence) and Christopher, prayer to Anne; ff. 144v-147v: Four prayers with indulgences; ff. 147v-154v: Prayers for Mass; ff. 155-164: Prayers for the week. ff. 164v-166v, blank.

    mssHM 1140

  • Gospels in Greek : [manuscript]

    Gospels in Greek : [manuscript]

    Manuscripts

    Vol. 1, f. 1 blank; f. 1v. [Miniature of Matthew]. Greek. Vol. 1, ff. 2-4; f. 4v blank. [Chronicle]. Greek. On added leaves, a chronicle, similar in part to that of Hippolytus of Thebes, from the creation to ca. 1250; printed from this manuscript by E. J. Goodspeed, "The Bixby Gospels," University of Chicago Historical and Linguistic Studies in Literature related to the New Testament ser. 1, 2 (1915) 123-52. Transposed in binding, folios 2 and 3. Vol. 1, ff. 5-11; ff. 11v-12 blank. [Menology]. Greek. Menology, 1 Septermber-31 August, but with loss of 2 leaves after f. 6 containing 12 December-22 January. Vol. 1, ff. 13-14. [Gospel readings]. Greek. List of gospel readings for Saturdays and Sundays in Lent. Vol. 1, ff. 14-20. [Synaxarium]. Greek. Vol. 1, ff. 20v-21. [Letter of Eusebius to Carpianus]. Greek. Vol. 1, ff. 21-22v. [Eusebian canon tables]. Greek. Vol. 1, ff. 23-24v. [Κεφάλαια for Matthew]. Greek. Ὑπόθεσις of the gospel of Matthew; printed in H. von Soden, Die Schriften des Neuen Testaments in ihrer ältesten erreichbaren Text gestalt (Göttingen 1913) I:1, p. 314 [120]; Κεφάλαια (68) for Matthew; four verses in honor of Matthew: ματθαίου τοδε ἔρχου . . . βροτὸν αὐτὸν ἐόντα; printed in von Soden, I:1, p. 373, 5; note added in a modern hand, τετραευάγγελον μονῆς τοῦ παντοκράτορος καὶ σωτῆρος χριστνῦ τὸν ἐν τῶ ᾄθω. Test of transliterated Greek: tetraeuángelon monē̃s toũ pantokrátoros kaì sōtē̃ros khristnũ tòn en tō̃ áͅthō Vol. 1, ff. 25-124v. [Gospel of Matthew]. Greek. Gospel of Matthew in 357 sections, with some contemporary and later corrections and marginalia; cf. Goodspeed, p. 128. Vol 1, ff. 125-127v. [Κεφάλαια for Mark]. Greek. Vol. 1, f. 125, ruled, but blank; f. 125v, full page miniature of Mark; f. 126, ruled, but blank; ff. 126v-127v, Κεφάλαια (48) for Mark. Vol. 1, ff. 128-196v. [Gospel of Mark]. Greek. Gospel of Mark in 234 sections, with some contemporary and later corrections and marginalia; collated by Goodspeed. Vol. 2, ff. 2v-5v. [Κεφάλαια for Luke]. Greek. Κεφάλαια (83) for Luke; f. 5, blank; f. 5v, full page miniature of Luke. Vol. 2, ff. 6-118. [Gospel of Luke]. Greek. Gospel of Luke in 340 sections, with some contemporary and later corrections and marginalia; collated by Goodspeed. Vol. 2, ff. 118v-119v. [Κεφάλαια for John]. Greek. Κεφάλαια (18) for John; f. 119: Miniature of John; f. 119v, ruled, but blank. Vol. 2, ff. 120-210v. [Gospel of John]. Greek. Gospel of John in 232 sections, with some contemporary and later corrections and marginalia. On ff. 153-154v, pericope, John 7, 53-8, 11, added in the thirteenth century; collated by Goodspeed.

    mssHM 1081

  • Book of Hours, use of Rome : [manuscript]

    Book of Hours, use of Rome : [manuscript]

    Manuscripts

    ff. 1-159: [Book of Hours]: ff. 1-12v: Calendar, with major feasts in blue or gold; f. 13: [Psalm 42] Iudica me deus et discerne causam meam de gente ...; ff. 13v-91v: Hours of the Virgin, use of Rome with short hours of the Cross and the Holy Spirit worked in, and on f. 81v, suffrage to Anthony abbot; ff. 92-110: Penitential psalms and litany; ff. 110-149: Office of the Dead, use of Rome; ff. 149v-151: Pericope from the Gospel of John; ff. 151v-159: Prayers in Latin and French, a list of the Ten and the Five Commandments, and a suffrage and mass of Genulph; f. 159v, blank.

    mssHM 1139

  • Book of Hours : [manuscript]

    Book of Hours : [manuscript]

    Manuscripts

    ff. 1-92v (+ f. 43 bis): [Book of Hours]: ff. 3-27: [f. 3, ruled, but blank], Hours of the Passion with, after lauds, suffrages of Catherine of Alexandria, John the Evangelist, and Peter and Paul and after none, a suffrage ""de annunciatione dominica""; ff. 27v-30v: Passion according to John; ff. 31-40v: [f. 31, ruled, but blank], Hours of the Compassion of the Virgin; ff. 41-44: [f. 41, ruled, but blank], Prayers to the Holy Spirit; ff. 44v-55: Long hours of the Holy Spirit; ff. 55-58v: Prayers to Jesus; ff. 59-68: [ff. 59-60, blank], Long Hours of the Holy Name of Jesus; ff. 68-73v: Prayers to Jesus; ff. 73v-79: Prayers on the passion of Christ and of penance; ff. 79-86v: Prayers to the Trinitiy, ""psalters"" to the Trinity, Psalter of St. Jerome. ff. 90-92v, blank.

    mssHM 1180