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15th-century book of hours, according to the Use of Paris, written in France.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.18.8.12
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:(i) Calendar in French in red and black. Entries in red include Saints Eloi (24 June) and Marcel (3 November) (folio 2).(ii) Hours of the Blessed Virgin Mary (folio 14).(iii) Penitential Psalms and Litany (folio 54).(iv) Hours of the Cross (folio 72).(v) Hours of the Holy Ghost (folio 76).(vi) Office of the Dead (folio 79 verso).(vii) The Sept Requestes and a hymn to the Cross in...
Dates:
15th century.
15th-century book of hours, according to the Use of Paris, written in France.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.18.8.13
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:(i) Calendar in French, in red, blue and gold (folio 1). Entries in gold include Saints Genevieve (3 January), Stephen (3 August), Lupus and Giles (1 September) and Denis (9 October). St Martial appears in red on 26 July.(ii) Sequences of the Gospels (folio 14).(iii) `Obsecro te` (in the masculine form), `O intemerata` (in the feminine form) and suffrages to St Sebastian. (folio 20 verso)(iv) Hours of the Blessed...
Dates:
15th century.
15th-century book of hours, according to the Use of Rome, written in Italy.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.18.8.15
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:(i) Hours of the Blessed Virgin Mary (folio 1). The Te Deum at Matins is replaced by the canticle ‘Te matrem laudamus’. The Hours are followed (folio 77 verso) by the same office for Advent.(ii) Gradual and Penitential Psalms (folio 95 verso).(iii) Litany and prayers (folio 128).(iv) Office of the Dead (folio 141 verso).(v) Hours of the Cross (folio 199 verso).(vi) Office of the Cross (folio...
Dates:
15th century.
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...
Dates:
1st half of 15th century.
Book of hours, according to the Use of Rouen.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.18.7.12
Scope and Contents
(i) Calendar in French in red, blue and gold (folio 1). Entries in gold include Saints Martial (3 July), Stephen (3 August), Romain (23 October) and Thomas (29 December). A number of feasts of the Rouen diocese appear in red or blue, including the translation of St Ouen (5 May), and Notre-Dame des Neiges (5 August) instituted in 1454.(ii) Sequences of the Gospels (folio 7).(iii) Prayers (folio 9), including ‘Obsecro te`, `O intemerata’ (in the masculine form) and `Ave...
Dates:
Late 15th century.
Book of hours, according to the use of Utrecht, made in the second half of the 15th century in the western Netherlands, probably in the province of South Holland.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.18.7.11
Scope and Contents
The manuscript was made in the western Netherlands, probably in the province of South Holland.The contents are as follows:(i) Calendar in red and black (folio 1). Entries in red include Saints Ponciaen (14 January), Pancraes (12 May), Servaes (14 May), Odulf (13 June), Lebuin (25 June and 12 November), and Geroen (17 August).(ii) Hours of the Blessed Virgin Mary (folio 13).(iii) Hours of the Cross (folio 44).(iv) Hours of the Holy...
Dates:
2nd half of 15th century.
Book of hours, according to the Use of Utrecht, written in the western Netherlands, probably in the province of South Holland, in the second half of the 15th-century.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.18.6.18
Scope and Contents
The manuscript was made in the western Netherlands, probably in the province of South Holland.The contents are as follows:(i) Calendar and table of Golden Numbers in red and black. Entries in red include Saints Servatius (13 May), Jero (17 August) and Lambert (17 September). June and November are missing. (Folio 1.)(ii) Hours of the Blessed Virgin Mary, a hymn `Ave rosa sine spinis’ (‘Repertorium hymnologicum’, number 2084), and `Obsecro te`. (Folio...
Dates:
2nd half of 15th century.
Dupuy book of hours, produced in Flanders in the late 15th century.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.18.7.18
Scope and Contents
(i) Calendar in French in gold, blue and red (folio 1). It includes Saints Lubin, bishop of Chartres (14 March and 15 September), Pavasce (16 June), Mello (22 October) and Maclou (15 November).(ii) Sequences of the Gospels (folio 7).(iii) `Obsecro te` and ‘O intemerata` (folio 10 verso).(iv) Hours of the Blessed Virgin Mary, according to the use of Rome (folio 15). Matins of the Hours of the Cross and of the Holy Spirit are inserted between Lauds and...
Dates:
Late 15th century.
Manuscripts from Blairs College Library.
Collection
Identifier: Dep.221
Dates:
1177, 15th century-1924.
Microfilm of Book of hours, according to the use of Paris.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.533
Dates:
15th century.
Microfilm of Psalter of French provenance; and, Book of hours.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.532
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
Psalter of French provenance, 2nd half of 15th century, written for a community of Dominican nuns (MS.7122);
Book of hours, 2nd half of 15th century, probably according to the Use of Rome (MS.7124).
Dates:
2nd half of 15th century.
Microfilm of ‘Roman de la Rose’, [circa 1230, circa 1270]; and, ‘The Talbot Hours’, 15th century.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.520
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
Manuscript, late 14th or early 15th century, of ‘Roman de la Rose’, written in two stages by Guillaume de Lorris, circa 1230, and Jean de Meun, circa 1270 (Adv.MS.19.1.7);
‘The Talbot Hours’, Psalter and Hours, 15th century (Dep.221/1).
Dates:
[Circa 1230]-15th century.
Miniature from a book of hours painted in the style of Jean Bourdichon.
Item
Identifier: MS.8999
Scope and Contents
The miniature depicts St Luke writing in his study, the walls of which are enriched with coloured marble and Renaissance decoration. The bull, his symbol, appears in the lower right-hand corner. The miniature is in a gold frame, the outer edge of which has been trimmed. Written in red capitals across the bottom of the frame is the text '[I]n illo tempore missus est Angelus Gabri[el]'. The verso contains Luke 1, 26-34 in eighteen lines of littera bastarda. Its left-hand margin has a border...
Dates:
[Circa 1500.]
Miscellany of medieval manuscripts, chiefly books of hours, which were part of a collection of manuscripts (as well as printed books and paintings) formed by William Finlay Watson, a book-seller in Edinburgh; together with a list of the full collection.
Series
Identifier: MSS.7122-7150
Scope and Contents
In addition to the medieval manuscripts, there are some non-religious books of later date, and a few unrelated fragments.
Dates:
13th century-17th century; 1881-1882.