Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts
MS. 35
Book of Hours
Contents:
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Liturgical calendar
extent:ff. 1r-12v
decoration:Painting of the Epiphany within an oval on the front flyleaf. The painting was added in the 18th or 19th century.
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Hours of the Holy Cross
extent:ff. 13v-20v
rubric:
Incipiunt hore de sancta cruce
incipit:
Domine labia mea aperies
explicit:
consors sim corone. Amen.
decoration:On f. 14r six line blue decorated initial. On f. 13v miniature of Mary and John at the foot of the cross.
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Mass for the Blessed Virgin
extent:ff. 21v-27v
rubric:
Incipit missa beatae marie uirginis
incipit:
Introibo ad altare dei
explicit:
omnia secula seculorum. Amen.
decoration:On f. 21v miniature of Mary holding the infant Jesus on her lap. On f. 22r six line blue decorated initial.
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Excerpts from the Gospels
extent:ff. 27v-32v
rubric:
Inicium sancti ewangelii secundum iohannem
incipit:
In principio erat uerbum
explicit:
sequntibus signis. Deo gratias.
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Hours of the Blessed Virgin
extent:ff. 33v-98v
rubric:
Incipiunt hore beate marie uirginis secundum consuetudinem Romane ecclesie
incipit:
Domine labia mea aperies
explicit:
per eundem xpristum dominum nostrum. Amen.
decoration:On f. 33v a miniature of the Annunciation. Alternating red and blue six-line initials with elaborate floral borders mark the beginning of each hour.
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Office of the Virgin said per totum adventum ad Vesperas
extent:ff. 99r-111v
rubric:
Incipit officium beate marie uirginis quod dicitur per totum aduentum ad uesperas
incipit:
Deus in adiutorium meum intende
explicit:
Ora pro nobis deum alleluya alleluya
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Prayers to the Virgin Mary
extent:ff. 112r-115v
rubric:
Oratio ad mariam virginem
incipit:
Obsecro te domina mea
explicit:
maria mater dei et misericordie. Amen.
decoration:On f. 112r a four line gold initial.
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Penitential psalms
extent:ff. 116v-127v
rubric:
Incipiunt septem psalmi
incipit:
antiphona. ne reminiscaris
explicit:
sumas a peccatis nostris
decoration:On f. 116v, miniature of Mary and another person kneeling and looking up to Christ, seated, and with right hand raised and an angel with horn on each side. On f. 117r, a six line blue initial.
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Kyrie and litany of the saints
extent:ff. 127v-138r
incipit:
Kyrie eleison
explicit:
omnia secula seculorum: Amen:
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Office of the dead
extent:ff. 139v-185v
rubric:
Incipiunt vigilie mortuorum
incipit:
antiphona. placebo domino
explicit:
Requiescant in pace amen
decoration:On f. 139v, miniature of tonsured monks standing around a casket and women mourning in the background. On f. 140r, a six-line red initial.
Date of origin:Second half of the fifteenth century.
Place of origin:England or Flanders
Support:
vellum codex
Foliation:
Modern foliation in lead in the bottom left corner.
Dimensions:110mm x 80mm (leaves), 60mm x 40mm (ruled space)
Collation:i 112 210 38 410 5-138 144 15-168 178 (-1) 1810 168 176 1810 19-206 i
Script:Text in littera gothica textualis media in a single hand.
Binding:Bound in 19th century black sheepskin with two metal clasps.
Additions:A seventeenth or eighteenth century miniature has been tipped in at the front of the manuscript.
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