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Registrum brevium, in Latin and French : [manuscript]

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Description: ff. 1-6; f. 6v blank. "Kalendarium." Latin. In 46 chapters substantially the same as that printed in W. S. Holdsworth, A History of English Law, II (3rd edn, 1923), 617-636 . ff. 7-228v. Registrum brevium. Latin; French. Some texts are in very similar script but appear to be additions due to their different ink and/or lack of colored paraphs and/or absence from the kalendarium (ff. 81v, 85v, 128v, 129, 146v-147v, 149v-150v, and 228v).
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: [between 1425 and 1450]
Call number: mssHM 62471
Provenance: Breslauer, Catalogue 71 (1950), item 70, with his typescript description of the manuscript loosely inserted (f. i). William Richard Foyle (1885-1963), co-founder of Foyles Bookshop, London; inscribed with his(?) price-code "TUO/-/-" (back pastedown, upper left), and with his gilt leather armorial bookplate "EX. LIBRIS / .W.A.FOYLE. / BEELEIGH / .ABBEY." (his home from 1943); by descent to his daughter Christina (1911-1999); Foyle sale at Christie's, 11 July 2000, lot 74; bought by Sam Fogg; with his stock no. "7143" (back pastedown, upper right corner). Acquired by the Huntington Library in January 2001.
Restrictions: RESTRICTED. Available with curatorial approval. Requires extended retrieval and delivery time.
Dimensions: 175 x 245 mm
Associated organization: Henry E. Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens.
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Book of Hours, Sarum use : [manuscript]

Manuscripts

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].

mssHM 1087

Evangeliary : [manuscript]

Manuscripts

ff. 1-177v; f. 178r-v, blank. Latin. f. 1, blank; ff. 1v-147v, Gospel lections for the temporale, Advent through the Friday after the 25th Sunday after Pentecost; ff. 147v-174, Gospel lections for 110 feasts of the sanctorale, Silvester (31 December) through Thomas the Apostle (21 December); ff. 174-177v, Gospel lections for the common of saints, in dedicatione Ecclesie, in dedicatione altaris, de sancta trinitate, de sancta cruce, in Agenda mortuorum.

mssHM 1043

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

Book of hours, use of Paris[?] : [manuscript]

Manuscripts

ff. 1-150v. [Book of Hours; portions of the text missing due to lost leaves, and other sections misbound]: ff. 1-12v: Full calendar; ff. 13-20v: Pericopes of the Gospels; ff. 21-25v, 30-44v, 49-54v, 26-27v, 28-29v, 55-62v: Hours of the Virgin, possibly of the use of Paris; ff. 63-74v: Obsecro te, O Intemerata and another prayer; ff. 75-90v: Penitential psalms and litany; ff. 91-92v: Short hours of the Holy Spirit; ff. 93-94v, 45-48v, 95-97v: Prayers in French; ff. 98-145: Office of the Dead; ff. 145v-150v: Prayer in French and in Latin, with a suffrage of Martin added.

mssHM 1138

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

Sermones : [manuscript]

Manuscripts

ff. 1-122v. [Antonius Azaro de Parma]. Sermones. Latin. ff. 123-126v. [Sifridus, abbas S. Crucis]. [Four sermons]. Latin. Four sermons commemorating a soul, of which only the first is attributed to Sifridus. On ff. 127-128v, an added sermon. Back pastedown. Latin. Added prayers to St Livinus: (i) "Dextera tua quesumus [...] per intercessionem beati livini martiris tui atque pontificis ... eripiat. Per ..."; (ii) "Deus quidam(?) ... sancti livini martiris tuis atque pontificis ..."; (iii) "Deus qui es vigo(?) ..."; (iv) "Tribue quesumus omnipotens et misericors deus intercessionibus beati livini martiris tui atque pontificis ..."; and miscellaneous notes including "stadium est spacium ccor. xxv pedes" (?) and pen-trials. 1 item. [Donatus]. [Ars minor]. Latin. Contains part of the section De nomine, with a red initial at "Magister nomen appellativum ...". This fragment serves as spine-lining for the main codex; it is conjoint with the front pastedown.

mssHM 58203

Registrum brevium, in Latin and French : [manuscript]

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