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Book of hours, according to the use of Amiens.

 Item
Identifier: MS.8893

Scope and Contents

(i) Calendar in French in red and black. Entries in red include Saints Firmin (13 January, 1 and 25 September) and Fuscian (11 December). A table for determining the date of Easter is included in March. (Folio 1.) (ii) St John's Gospel, I, volumes 1-14, and prayers. (Folio 13.) (iii) Hours of the Blessed Virgin Mary. (Folio 17.) (iv) Hours of the Cross. (Folio 76.) (v) Hours of the Holy Ghost. (Folio 88.) (vi) 'Deus propicius esto', 'Obsecro te' and Suffrages, including Saints Fiacre and Firmin. (Folio 94.) (vii) Penitential Psalms and Litany. (Folio 143.) (viii) Prayers. (Folio 166.) (ix) Office of the Dead. (Folio 174.) (x) Commendations of the Dead. (Folio 209.) (xi) Prayers. (Folio 246.)

A number of folios have been cut out, which probably contained miniatures or initials; in particular those preceding sections (iii)-(v), (vii) and (ix). The remaining initials are gold on blue and red grounds, or mauve and white on a red and gold ground.

Dates

  • Creation: 15th century.

Conditions Governing Access

Normal access conditions apply.

Conditions Governing Use

Normal reproduction conditions apply, subject to any copyright restrictions.

Extent

253 Leaves ; 100 x 70 millimetres.

Language of Materials

Undetermined

Arrangement

ii (paper) + 251 folios.

The manuscript has been wrongly bound, and the correct sequence of folios should be as follows: 1-75, 83-86, 76-82, 87-110, 143-179, 113-118, 180, 119-142, 205-206, 111-112, 207-208, 181-204, 209-251.

Collation: 1-2⁶, 3⁸(-5), 4-10⁸, 11⁸(-1), 12⁴, 13⁸(-2), 14⁸, 15¹⁰(-3), 16², 17⁶, 18-20⁸, 21⁸(-1), 22¹⁰(-2, 10), 23⁸(-6), 24⁹(-6, 8), 25³, 26², 27-29⁸, 30⁶(-3, 4), 31-34⁸, 35⁸(-2), 36⁴.

With catchwords. 14 lines.

Custodial History

On folio 251 is the note 'Rauphe collane oweth this booke god make [him] his seruante amen'.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Bequeathed, 1926, by Mr and Mrs W R Reid of Lauriston Castle.

Physical Description

Written on vellum. Late seventeenth-century English sombre binding with gilded, gauffred and painted edges.

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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