Book of hours, according to the use of Amiens.
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.
Genre / Form
- 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
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