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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

  • Devotions : [manuscript]

    Devotions : [manuscript]

    Manuscripts

    ff. 1-138v [Devotions]: ff. 1-28: One Hundred Meditations on the passion; ff. 28-35: Prayers to the wounds of Christ; ff. 35-43: Fifteen Oes of St. Bridget; ff. 43-52: Eight papal indulgences accompanying the relevant prayers; ff. 52-67v: Prayers before and after Communion; ff. 67v-79: Prayers; ff. 79v-86: Rosary; ff. 86-102v: Fifteen Sorrows of the Virgin, Seven Joys of the Virgin, and other prayers to the Virgin including the O Intemerata; ff. 102v-113: Farced Salve Regina; ff. 113-117: Three prayers revealed by the Virgin to St. Mechtilde; ff. 117-136: Prayers to the Trinity, to the Virgin, to one's guardian angel, to Michael, John the Baptist, Peter, Paul, Andrew, James, John the Evangelist, Stephen protomartyr, the 10,000 martyrs, Lawrence, Pantaleon, Sebastian, Augustine (prayer in feminine form, for a nun), Martin, Nicholas, Bernard, Roch, Catherine, Barbara, Agnes, Ursula, 11,000 Virgins, Cecilia, Mary Magdalene, Anne, Elizabeth, Erasmus, All Saints; ff. 136v-138v, now blank but under ultraviolet light, an added text in Latin and in French.

    mssHM 1249

  • 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