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Devotions : [manuscript]

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Description: 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.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: [between 1450 and 1499]
Call number: mssHM 1249
Provenance: The manuscript may have been copied for a nun, to judge by the use, though not exclusive, of feminine forms; note especially f. 125, the prayer to St. Augustine "intercede pro me peccatrice que sub specie monastice sanctitatis fallaciter vivo...". Belonged to the American banker, Beverly Chew, whose library was bought by Henry E. Huntington in 1912.
Restrictions: RESTRICTED. Available with curatorial approval. Requires extended retrieval and delivery time.
Dimensions: 85 x 117 mm
Associated people: Chew, Beverly, (1850-1924,)
Associated organization: Henry E. Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens.
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Devotions : [manuscript]
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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.
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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
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Devotions, in Dutch : [manuscript]
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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.
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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].
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Book of Hours, use of Paris[?] : [manuscript]
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ff. 1-141v [Book of Hours]: ff. 1-11v: Full calendar in French; ff. 12-22v: Pericopes of the Gospels, the Obsecro te, the O Intemerata, and a prayer to Jesus; ff. 23-69: Hours of the Virgin, possibly of the use of Paris; f. 69v, ruled, but blank; ff. 70-75: Short hours of the Cross, missing the opening leaf; ff. 75v-80v: Short hours of the Holy Spirit; ff. 80v-84v: Catena mainly from John 19, 1-34 sparsim, and prayers; ff. 85-98: Penitential psalms, beginning defectively, and litany; f. 98v, ruled, but blank; ff. 99-138v: Office of the Dead, use of Paris, beginning and ending defectively; ff. 139-141: Prayer to the Virgin and suffrage of Christopher. f. 141v, blank.
mssHM 1156
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ff. 3-86; f. 86v, blank. Processional. Latin; English. Printed by J. W. Legg, ed., The Processional of the Nuns of Chester. Henry Bradshaw Society 18 (London 1899) from this manuscript. ff. 3-4, Material added in a later hand; f. 3v, Antiphon and response for the Consecration of Virgins; ff. 4v-6v, blank; ff. 7-70, Processions for the temporale and the sanctorale combined, ending with the procession for the dedication of a church; ff. 70v-71, Christmas carol; ff. 71v-72, On shere thursday this antym, Domine iesus postquam cenavit; ff. 72-76v, Prayers to follow compline, prayers to the Trinity, the Cross, the Holy Spirit, the Virgin, All Saints, for peace, for the king, 8 prayers for the dead, a prayer to the Cross, and 2 prayers to the Virgin; ff. 76v-78, Benedictions for the nocturns and benedictions of the Virgin for the nocturns; f. 78r-v, Of our lady antyms (Beata dei genitrix; Descendi in ortum meum; Virgo hodie fidelis); f. 79r-v, Rex seculorum quem laudat universa substancia rerum followed by 2 antiphons; f. 80, Antiphons to the Virgin; ff. 80-85v, Prayers in English; f. 86, Added prayer in Latin.
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