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Book of hours, according to the Use of Paris.

 Item
Identifier: MS.10981

Scope and Contents

(i) Suffrage to St Anthony and a prayer to the Virgin, 'Veni vena venie'. (Folio 1.) (ii) Sequences of the Gospels. (Folio 3.) (iii) 'Obsecro te' and 'O intemerata'. (Folio 9.) (iv) Hours of the Virgin. (Folio 17.) (v) Penitential psalms, litany hymn 'Salve sancta caro Dei' (U. Chevatier, ‘Repertorium hymnologicum’ (Louvain, 1892-1921), number 18175) and prayers (Folio 80.) (vi) Hours of the Cross. Matins and Lauds are missing. (Folio 106.) (vii) Hours of the Holy Ghost. Matins and Lauds and the beginning of Prime are missing (Folio 112.) (viii) Hours of the Passion. Lauds and Prime and the beginning of Terce are missing. (Folio 17.) (ix) Office of the Dead. (Folio 13.1. (x) Commendations of the Dead. (Folio 181.) (xi) The Quinze Joves de Notre Dame, the Sept Requestes and hymn 'Sainte vraie Crix aouree' (J Sonet, ‘Répertoire d'incipit de prières’ (Geneva, 1957), number 1876). (Folio 210.) (xii) Antiphons and prayers for feast days. (Folio 218.) (xiii) 'Ce sont les paroles que saint bernart dist en oroisons a la douce dame de paradis'. (Folio 228.) (xiv) Antiphons and prayers for saints' days (Folio 249.) (xv) Calendar in French in gold, blue and red. Entries in gold include SS. Mary of Egypt (2 April), Yves (19 May) and Eloi (25 June and 1 December). (Folio 251.)

A number of folios are missing, most of which probably contained miniatures. Two large miniatures survive, depicting St Anthony with the kneeling figure of a woman (folio 1) and the Crucifixion (folio 125 verso). Both are on chequered backgrounds in full borders of ivy-leaf foliage, with grotesques on folio 1. Except for folios 2 and 249-250, there are ivy-leaf borders, line endings and decorated initials in gold, blue and red throughout. Written in littera gothica textualis. Ruled in red ink (folio 2 verso blank but ruled).

Dates

  • Creation: 1st half of 15th century.

Conditions Governing Access

Normal access conditions apply.

Conditions Governing Use

Normal reproduction conditions apply, subject to any copyright restrictions.

Extent

264 Leaves ; 213 x 160 millimetres.

Language of Materials

Undetermined

Arrangement

ii + 262 folios. Collation: 1² (part of the border of another leaf has been pasted down on folio 1 verso), 2⁸, 3⁶, 4⁸(-1,8), 5-6⁸, 7⁸(-3,6), 8⁸(-8), 9⁸, 10⁸( -2,7), 11⁸(-1,3,6,8), 12⁸(-2,7), 13⁴, 14⁸(-1), 15-16⁸, 17-18⁸(-4,5), 19⁸(-3,6), 20?⁸(-2 to 7), 21⁸(-1,7;+2 after 8), 22⁸(-1), 23-31⁸, 32⁸(-1,7), 33-35⁸, 36¹⁰(+1 after 10), 37¹²(+1 after 12).

With catchwords. 15 lines.

Custodial History

There is no indication of early provenance.

The pressmark G8 is on a label pasted to the front flyleaf. The stamp of the Office of Trustees of Manufactures in Scotland is on the front endpaper: other manuscripts with that provenance are MSS.7122-7149.

The letters 'b.m.' have been stamped on folio 28 recto.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Acquired, before 1946, from an unknown source.

Physical Description

Written on vellum. Nineteenth-century English binding of dark brown calf, blind-stamped.

Title
National Library of Scotland Catalogue of Manuscripts
Author
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
Description rules
International Standard for Archival Description - General
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division Repository

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