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Litanies. Prayers, documents.

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Documents containing liturgical prayers consisting of phrases recited by a leader alternating with responses by a congregation.

Found in 26 Collections and/or Records:

'Benediction Music George H. Tilbury', signed 'Ralph D. Kerr, Newbattle, 1864'., [1864, or before.]

 File
Identifier: MS.5782
Scope and Contents

There is a loose leaf containing 'We come to thee, sweet Saviour', and 'St Henry's litany'.

Dates: [1864, or before.]

'Bohun Psalter' made in England in the late 14th-century for Eleanor de Bohun, Duchess of Gloucester.

 Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.18.6.5
Scope and Contents The contents of the manuscript are as follows:(i) Calendar in black, blue and red (folio 3). Entries in red include Saints Edward (18 March) and Dunstan (19 May), `Depositio sancti Augustini` (26 May), ordination of St Gregory (3 September) and translations of Saints Hugh (6 October) and Edward (13 October).(ii) Office of the Blessed Virgin Mary for Advent (folio 9) and from Christmas to the Purification (folio 11 verso).(iii) Confession, attributed in the...
Dates: Late 14th century.

Book of devotions., 15th century.

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Identifier: MS.7131
Scope and Contents The volume contains the Hours of the Cross in Latin at folio 2 and in Dutch at folio 75 verso, the Penitential Psalms in Latin at folio 106, the Litany in Latin at folio 117 verso, psalms and prayers with indulgences, a variety of prayers to Christ, the Virgin, and some of the saints, and other devotional exercises.There are large miniatures of the Crucifixion (folio 1 verso), St Anthony (folio 28 verso), the Annunciation (folio 80 verso), the Deposition from the Cross (folio 90...
Dates: 15th century.

Book of hours., 15th century.

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Identifier: MS.5765
Scope and Contents Contains the following:(i) Hours of the Blessed Virgin Mary and of the Cross, according to the Use of Sarum (folio 1); (ii) Prayers, part of the Office of the Dead (apparently not of Sarum Use), psalms and suffrages of saints (folio 50); (iii) Penitential Psalms (folio 89); (iv) Psalms 132-134 (folio 99); (v) The Litany, which does not include any English saints (folio 102); (vi) 'Ave Maria' and the Creed (folio 111 verso); (vii) Fragment of a fourteenth-century glossed text of...
Dates: 15th century.

Book of hours according to the Use of Rome, written in France., [Circa 1500.]

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Identifier: MS.1903
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows:(i) Hours of the Blessed Virgin Mary (folio 1);(ii) Hours of the Holy Cross (folio 51);(iii) Hours of the Holy Ghost (folio 54);(iv) Penitential Psalms (folio 57); Litany (folio 67);(v) Office of the Dead (folio 73); Sequences of the Gospels (folio 98); Eight Verses of St Bernard (folio 102);(vi) Prayers, 'Obsecro te' (folio 104) and 'O intemerata' (folio 108); 'Les sept ioies principales de...
Dates: [Circa 1500.]

Book of hours, according to the Use of Rome, written in northern France., Late 15th century.

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Identifier: MS.6130
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows:(i) Calendar in French in red and black; added in black in a later hand at the end of March are Saints Dennis [sic], Patrick and Grizel, in English (folio 6);(ii) Hours of the Cross (folio 18);(iii) Hours of the Holy Ghost (folio 26);(iv) Hours of the Blessed Virgin Mary (folio 31);(v) Office of the Dead (folio 92);(vi) Penitential Psalms and Litany (folio 132);(vii) 'Obsecro te'...
Dates: Late 15th century.

Book of hours according to the Use of Rouen., 15th century.

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Identifier: MS.7126
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows:(i) Calendar in gold, blue, and red; entries in gold include Saints Gervais (19 June), Eloi (25 June), Romain (23 October), and Thomas Becket (29 December) (folio 1); (ii) Sequentiae of the Gospels (folio 12); (iii) Hours of the Virgin (folio 18); (iv) Penitential Psalms (folio 62); (v) Litany and Supplications (folio 73); (vi) Hours of the Cross (folio 78); (vii) Hours of the Holy Ghost (folio 80); (viii) 'Obsecro te' and 'O intemerata' (folio...
Dates: 15th century.

Book of hours according to the Use of Rouen., 2nd half of 15th century.

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Identifier: MS.7127
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows:(i) Calendar in gold, red and blue. Entries in gold include St Mor (15 January), la feste des neiges (5 August), St Romain (23 October), and St Thomas Becket (29 December) (folio 1); (ii) Sequentiae of the Gospels (folio 13); (iii) 'Obsecro te' and 'O intemerata' (folio 16); (iv) Hours of the Virgin (folio 21); (v) Penitential Psalms (folio 46); (vi) Litany and Supplications (folio 53 verso); (vii) Hours of the Cross (folio 58); (viii) Hours of the...
Dates: 2nd half of 15th century.

Book of hours, according to the Use of Rouen., Late 15th century.

 Item
Identifier: MS.6129
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows:(i) Calendar in French in gold, red and blue; entries in gold include Saints Eloi (25 June), Martial (3 July) and Romain (23 October) (folio 1);(ii) Sequences of the Gospels (folio 13);(iii) 'Obsecro te' and 'O intemerata' (folio 18);(iv) Hours of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The office of Nones is incorrectly described as Vespers (folio 25);(v) Penitential Psalms and Litany (folio 72);(vi) Hours...
Dates: Late 15th century.

Book of hours, according to the Use of Rouen., Late 15th century.

 Item
Identifier: MS.6131
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows.(i) Calendar in French in red and black. Entries in red include Saints Nicholas (9 May and 6 December) and Martial (3 July). (Folio 1.)(ii) Sequences of the Gospels. (Folio 10.)(iii) Passion according to St John. (Folio 13 verso.)(iv) Hours of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The whole of Sext, Nones, and Vespers, and much of the other offices is missing. It is probable that Lauds was followed by Matins and Lauds of the...
Dates: Late 15th century.

Book of hours, according to the Use of Sarum., 15th century.

 Item
Identifier: MS.3178
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows:(i) Calendar; later entries have been made as follows: Hyginus (12 January), Hilarius (13 January), Marcellinus (16 January), Anastasius (27 April), Felix (30 May), Stephanus (3 August), Calixtus (14 October), Linus (26 November) (folio 1);(ii) Hours of the Blessed Virgin Mary (folio 13);(iii) Penitential Psalms (folio 65); Fifteen Gradual Psalms (cues only for the first twelve) (folio 77 verso);(iv) Litany, followed...
Dates: 15th century.

Book of hours according to the Use of Tournai., 15th century.

 Item
Identifier: MS.7128
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows:(i) Prayers in Latin and Dutch in the female form (folio 1); (ii) Calendar, containing in red several saints from the Ghent area, such as Veerelt (4 January), Macharis (9 May), Amelberga (10 July), Bave (1 October) and Lievin (12 November) (folio 4); (iii) Hours of the Virgin (folio 16); (iv) Mass of the Virgin (folio 56); (v) Prayers to the Blessed Sacrament and to the Virgin (folio 61 verso); (vi) Penitential Psalms (folio 65); (vii) Litany and...
Dates: 15th century.

Book of hours according to the Use of Utrecht., 1473.

 Item
Identifier: MS.7130
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows.(i) Calendar and tables for finding Easter. The Calendar includes many Utrecht saints in red. (Folio 1.) (ii) Hours of the Cross. (Folio 15.) (iii) Hours of the Virgin. (Folio 17.) (iv) Penitential Psalms. (Folio 39.) (v) Litany and Supplications. (Folio 44.) (vi) Office of the Dead. (Folio 49.) (vii) Prayers at Communion. Four of these occur in Brussels, Bibliothèque Royale, MS.11171, folios 75, 81-82, 98 verso. See M Meertens, ‘De Godsvrucht in de...
Dates: 1473.

Book of hours and devotions., 15th century.

 Item
Identifier: MS.7135
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows:(i) Hours of the Holy Ghost (folio 1); (ii) Prayers and devotional exercises (folio 33); (iii) Suffrages of the saints (folio 55); (iv) Hours of the Cross (folio 65 verso).The volume would appear to be no more than a fragment, as there are leaves missing after folio 32, containing the conclusion of (i), and folios 1 and 62-65 are replacements in another hand for missing originals. (The leaves missing after folios 48, 49, and 64 do not...
Dates: 15th century.

Book of hours, apparently according to the Use of Utrecht., 15th century.

 Item
Identifier: MS.7132
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows:(i) Calendar, including several Utrecht saints in red (folio 1); (ii) Hours of the Virgin (folio 13); (iii) Hours of the Cross (folio 48); (iv) Hours of the Eternal Wisdom (folio 59); (v) Penitential Psalms (folio 78); (vi) Litany and prayers (folio 88 verso); (vii) Various prayers including suffrages of the saints (folio 97); (viii) Mass of the Virgin and various prayers (folio 139); (ix) Office of the Dead (folio 152); (x) Hours of the Passion (folio...
Dates: 15th century.

Book of hours, possibly according to the Use of Utrecht., 15th century.

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Identifier: MS.7134
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows:(i) Calendar, including several Utrecht saints in red (folio 2); (ii) Hours of the Virgin (folio 14); (iii) Hours of the Cross (folio 59); (iv) Hours of the Holy Ghost (folio 85); (v) Hours of the Eternal Wisdom (folio 106); (vi) Penitential Psalms and Litany (folio 129); (vii) Office of the Dead (folio 153).Lacking the first leaves of sections (ii)-(vii) (i.e. after folios 13, 58, 84, 105, 128, 152), and leaves after folios 39, 65, 82,...
Dates: 15th century.

Book of hours, probably according to the Use of Lyons., 15th century.

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Identifier: MS.7125
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows:(i) Calendar, including Saints Photin (2 June) and (in red) Nisier (2 April) and Annemont (28 September), all bishops of Lyons, and Claude, archbishop of Besançon (6 June) (folio 1); (ii) Gospel of St John, I, 1-14 (folio 13); (iii) Hours of the Virgin (folio 15); (iv) Hours of the Cross (folio 63); (v) Hours of the Holy Ghost (folio 66 verso); (vi) Penitential Psalms (folio 71); (vii) Litany (including Saints Annemont twice, Nisier and Just) and...
Dates: 15th century.

Book of hours, probably according to the Use of Rome., 2nd half of 15th century.

 Item
Identifier: MS.7124
Scope and Contents The book in its present state can be regarded as little more than a fragment, since it lacks leaves at the beginning and after folios 10, 19, 33, 41, 44, 46, 48, 50, 55, 58, 64, 67, 70, 72, 76, 82, 88, 105, and 106 (after which at least one gathering seems to be missing). Many of the remaining leaves have had the lower corners supplied with new vellum, and folios 107-110, which are in a different hand, appear to be part of a later insertion. The front pastedown and folio 11, its conjugate,...
Dates: 2nd half of 15th century.

Brigittine psalter and hours, apparently written for an Italian convent., 1535.

 Item
Identifier: MS.1904
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows.(i) Calendar, with entries for the Translation of St Bridget, 28 May, her Deposition, 23 July, and Canonization, 7 October. (Folio 1.)(ii) Rules for finding the date of Easter; in Italian as well as Latin. The date of the volume is given by the following: 'Nel presente anno del mille cinquecento trentacinque corrte laureo numero, xvi'. (Folio 7.)(iii) Psalter (folio 9); the seven canticles from Lauds for the week, Magnificat,...
Dates: 1535.

Devotions for All Souls., 15th century.

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Identifier: MS.7136
Scope and Contents The volume includes a Calendar (folio 8), possibly of the diocese of Liège, with entries in red for 'Die groet letanye' (26 April), "Franciscus ons h' vad" (4 October, duplex), and Hubrecht (3 November, duplex), and in black for Magdelberte (7 September, duplex); Mass for All Souls (folio 20); Penitential Psalms and Litany (folio 32); 'Den corten souter van der passien' (folio 96 verso); Vespers for the vigil of All Souls (folio 166); the Hours of All Souls (folio 332); and a large number of...
Dates: 15th century.

“Een seer schoon ende deuoet boexken inhoudende vele schoon ghebekens vvaer mede een Christen mensche hem sal oeffenen om die eeuvvighe salicheyt te vervverue ... Anno 1575.”

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Identifier: Adv.MS.5.2.12
Scope and Contents A prayer book from the Low Countries written in 1575. The work contains various prayers in Dutch, as well as the seven penitential psalms and the litany.The work is written in cursive hands in black ink with rubrics and some initials in red. There appear to be four different hands present in the volume.The main body of the work is written in the same cursive hand, while two decorative elements are accompanied by a different bookhand. Folios 154v-158v are written in a...
Dates: 1575.

Perth Psalter, containing calendar, psalter, canticles, and litany.

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Identifier: MS.652
Scope and Contents Referred to as the Perth Psalter from the entry in the calendar on 3rd September, ‘Dedicacio ecclesie de Perth’.The calendar and the litany are based on the use of Sarum, with additional entries for Scottish Saints. There are several illuminated capitals, four of the larger of these are accompanied by full-page borders of conventional foliage. Accompanying the manuscript is a list of additions to the calendar in a later cursive hand which were brought out by chemical action by F...
Dates: Late 15th century.

Psalter of French provenance, written for a community of Dominican nuns., 2nd half of 15th century.

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Identifier: MS.7122
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows: (i) Psalter (folio 1); (ii) Canticles (folio 135 verso); (iii) Litany and supplications (folio 138); (iv) Vespers of the Dead, followed by the 'Commendatio Animae' and the 'Subvenite' (folio 142 verso) (folio 149 should precede folio 143); (v) Gospel according to St John, XIII-XVIII (folio 159).The margins of many leaves are defective; some of them have been supplied by means of fresh pieces of vellum. The extract from St John's Gospel is in a...
Dates: 2nd half of 15th century.