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Breviary, use of Sarum : [manuscript]

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Description: ff. 1-373v. Latin. On ff. 1-13v, additions of s. XV2 by various hands; ff. 14-185v, Temporale from Advent to the 25th Sunday after Pentecost; ff. 186-192, Dedication of a Church, and the office within the octave; ff. 192-193v, rubrics mainly regarding Sarum rite; ff. 194-199v, graded calendar in blue, red, and black; ff. 194-199v, added prognostications in English and Latin in the lower margin of each page, e.g. f. 194: "If it þundir in þe monþe of ianuarii ... In þis signe take þi iourney ..."; ff. 200-225v, Psalter (after f. 206, missing Psalms 21:27-48:15; after f. 225v, missing Ps. 102:14 to the end); ff. 226-345, Sanctorale, from Andrew to Saturninus (nine lections for David and Chad (respectively, 1 and 2 March); ff. 345v-366, Common of saints; ff. 366v-367, Benedictions "ante prandium" and "post prandium"; ff. 367v-373, additions by various hands; f. 373v blank.
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Date: [between 1400 and 1415]
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Breviary, use of Sarum : [manuscript]

Manuscripts

ff. 1-228v. Latin. On ff. 1-221v, temporale from Advent to the 25th Sunday after Trinity Sunday; ff. 221v-228v, service for the dedication of a church; f. 228v, added note, s. XV, on liturgical practice according to Sarum rite for the feasts of Trinity, Corpus Christi, the nativity of John the Baptist, Peter and Paul, the translation of Thomas, and the feast of the relics.

mssHM 57341

Book of Hours, Sarum use : [manuscript]

Manuscripts

ff. 1-187v. [Book of Hours]: ff. 1-6v: Calendar; ff. 7-84v: Hours of the Virgin, Sarum use, missing the illuminated opening leaves before ff. 7, 22, 55, 65, 69 and 77, with suffrages after lauds of the Holy Spirit, the Trinity, the Cross, Michael, John the Baptist, Peter and Paul, John the Evangelist, Edmund king and martyr, Lawrence, Stephen, Nicholas, Mary Magdalene, Catherine of Alexandria, Margaret, All Saints, and for peace; ff. 85-118v: Penitential psalms, gradual psalms and litany; ff. 119-184v: Office of the Dead, Sarum use (one leaf missing before f. 131 with loss of text); ff. 185-186: [added, 14th/15th c.] St. Gregory's Trental; f. 186v: [added, 14th/15th c., in a different hand from above]: Advowsons of 35 churches mainly in Somersetshire and in Devonshire; f. 187: [added, early 14th c.] Prophecy of the Lily, the Lion and the Son of Man; f. 187v: [added, early 14th c., in the same hand as the prophecy]: Reasons for the deposition of anti-Pope John XXIII.

mssHM 1346

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

Book of Hours, use of Rouen : [manuscript]

Manuscripts

ff. 1-194 [Book of Hours]: ff. 1-12v: Calendar in French; ff. 13-20: [f. 13, blank], Pericopes of the Gospels; f. 20v, blank; ff. 21-86v: Hours of the Virgin, use of Rouen with, after lauds, suffrages of the Holy Spirit, Michael, John the Baptist, James the Greater, Lawrence, Eustachius, Denis, Romanus, Nicholas, Catherine of Alexandria, Margaret, All Saints, for peace; ff. 87-104v: Penitential psalms and litany; ff. 105-112v: Short hours of the Cross; ff. 113-119v: Short hours of the Holy Spirit; ff. 120-169v: Office of the Dead with responses to the lessons as in Sarum use; ff. 170-194: Prayers including the Obsecro te and the O Intemerata, with some prayers in French. f. 194v, blank.

mssHM 1145

Processional, Sarum use : [manuscript]

Manuscripts

ff. 1-150v: [Processional]: ff. 1-3v: Blessing of salt and water; ff. 3v-107v: Temporale; ff. 107v-133: Sanctorale; ff. 133-136: Common of saints; ff. 136-138v: Processions pro serenitate aeris, ad pluviam postulandam, contra mortalitatem hominum et in tempore belli, pro pace petenda; ff. 138v-144v: Votive masses pro fratribus et sororibus, pro serenitate aeris, ad pluviam petendam, in tempore belli, pro quacumque tribulacione, pro pace; litany to be said after mass; ff. 144v-145v: Processions for the reception of prelates and royalty; ff. 145v-147: Procession for a burial; ff. 147-149v: Litany; f. 150: Procession for the translation of Edward king and confessor, of which only the prayer was copied above (f. 129) in the correct order.

mssHM 26012

Book of Hours, Sarum use : [manuscript]

Manuscripts

ff. 1-142v: [Book of Hours]: ff. 1-6v: Calendar; ff. 7-42: Hours of the Virgin, use of Sarum with the hours of the Cross worked in and with suffrages after lauds of the Holy Spirit, the Trinity, the Cross, Michael, John the Baptist, John the Evangelist, Peter and Paul, Andrew, Lawrence, Stephen, Thomas of Canterbury (erased), Nicholas, Catherine of Alexandria, Margaret, All Saints; f. 42v, ruled, but blank; ff. 43-62v: Penitential psalms, gradual psalms and litany; ff. 63-64, blank; ff. 65-103: Office of the Dead, Sarum use; f. 103v, blank; ff. 104-119: Commendation of souls; f. 119v, blank; ff. 120-137v: Psalter of St. Jerome; ff. 138-142v: the 15 Oes of St. Bridget, beginning and ending defectively.

mssHM 19913

Breviary, use of Sarum : [manuscript]

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