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Breviary, use of Sarum : [manuscript]

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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.
Type
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Date
[between 1400 and 1415]
Call number
mssHM 71520
Creator
Catholic Church(Opens in new tab)
Provenance
Purchased by the Library Collectors' Council from Sam Fogg Rare Books and Manuscripts, January 2009. Written in England, perhaps before 1416 as the feast of John of Beverley (d. 721; feast ordered for England in that year) is an addition to the calendar. The prominence of Chad in the original calendar, other principal feasts, and the later additions suggests origin and use in the diocese of Lichfield. The addition in the 15th century of both the dedication of the church at Desford (about 25 miles east of Lichfield and 7 miles west of Leicester), and the feast of St Hardulf (to whom a church at Breedon on the Hill, about 15 miles north-north-west of Desford, is dedicated, but who is otherwise unknown), strongly suggests use in the parish of Desford. The additions of feasts of St Modwenna of Burton upon Trent (about 12 miles west of Breedon on the Hill), including the very rare feast of her translation, confirm the connection to this area. "Obitus Anne Shirley" is added to the calendar (1 Dec.), she was presumably a close relative of Sir Ralph Shirley (d. 1466) who lived at Staunton Harold, about 3 miles south-west of Breedon on the Hill (in which church several family members are buried). Ff. iv-v are two leaves of notes signed by J[oseph] Stevenson (1806-1895), historian, archivist, and Church of England clergyman (on whom see the ODNB), dated at Cambridge, 1836. Daniel Rock (1799-1871), Roman Catholic priest and ecclesiologist, canon of Southwark from 1852 (on whom see the ODNB), with his bookplate bearing the motto "Gladly would I learn and gladly teach"; given by him to Southwark Roman Catholic Metropolitan See; sold at Christie's, London, 4 June 2008, lot 40; bought by Sam Fogg with his stock number "12774" on the front pastedown; purchased by the Huntington in January 2009 through the Library Collectors' Council.
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RESTRICTED. Available with curatorial approval. Requires extended retrieval and delivery time.
Dimensions
115 x 165 mm
Associated organization
Henry E. Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens.
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