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Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 2903
Title:: Breviary, Use of Rome, with a Psalter and litanies
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-6v: Calendar, including: ‘Aniceti’ (Pope Saint Anicetus), ‘Petri de murrone’ (St Peter of Morrone, also known as Pope Celestine V; 19 May, Abruzzi, Central Italy), ‘Marie ad nives’ (in red, 5 August, Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome), the dedication of the basilica of St Saviour (...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 1447-c 1475
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 2904
Title:: Psalter (the 'Ramsey Psalter' or 'Psalter of Oswald')
Scope & Content:: Psalter, known as the 'Ramsey Psalter' or 'Psalter of Oswald', in the Gallican version. The manuscript includes: ff. 1v-3r: Three prefatory prayers: two attributed to Pseudo-Augustine, De virtute psalmorum, incipit: 'Quod canticum psalmorum animas decorat'; Laus Psalterii, incipit: 'Canticum ps...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 4th quarter of the 10th century
Extent:: Parchment codex.

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 2905
Title:: Psalter
Scope & Content:: Contents: This manuscript includes a calendar with Augustinian elements, followed by the Psalms, Canticles and Hymns. ff. 1r-6v: A calendar with the zodiac signs. ff. 7r-190v: Psalms, imperfect at the beginning, Psalm 1 and the first verses of Psalm 2 are lacking; beginning: '[ip]sorum. Qui ...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 1st quarter of the 13th century
Extent:: A parchment codex

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 2906
Title:: Pontifical
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r -14r: Formularies for the ordination of seven ecclesiastical orders, incipit (rubric): 'In nomine domini incipit ordo de septem ecclesiasticis gradibus. In primis ordo ad clericum faciendum'; incipit (text): 'Oremus diligentissimi fratres'; including ordinations of ushers, lect...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 1st half of the 12th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 2907
Title:: Missal, Use of Rome
Scope & Content:: Missal, Use of Rome. ff. 1r-6v: Calendar. ff. 7r-8v: Exorcisms of salt and water, and benediction of wine. ff. 9r-18v: Gospel and readings for the Palm Sunday, rubric: 'Passio domini nostri ihesu christi secundum matheum.' ff. 19r-76r: Proprium de tempore, with rubrics referring to the Roma...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 1464
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 2908
Title:: Sacramentary (the 'Augsburg Sacramentary' or ‘Seeon Sacramentary’)
Scope & Content:: Contents: f. 1r: Added 13th-century prayers. ff. 1v-7r: Calendar. f. 7v: Added 15th-century texts of exorcisms of salt and water. ff. 8v-15r: Canon of the Mass, including an added Mass for the dedication of the church (f. 10r), possibly in a 13th-century hand. ff. 16r-90r: Proper of the ...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 2nd quarter of the 11th century-3rd quarter of the 11th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 2909
Title:: Psalter
Scope & Content:: Content: ff. 2-5: Calendar, with a name of a saint has been excised (f. 4r). ff. 6-142: Psalms; ff. 143-146: Litany; ff. 147-166v: Excerpts from the New Testament. f. 1 is a paper flyleaf pasted to a parchment leaf with various texts in Latin written on the verso. Decoration: 3 large hi...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 2nd quarter of the 15th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 2910
Title:: Collectar
Scope & Content:: Contents: f. 1r: List of contents, with an introduction: 'Libellus iste qui collectarius dicitur eo quod propter collectas sive orationes habendas in promptu principaliter scriptus est vel quia in unum eo sunt collecta ea que dicenda sunt a sacerdote ex officium misse'. ff. 2v-8v: Calendar, i...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 2nd half of the 15th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 2911
Title:: Ordinal and Tonal, Use of Sarum
Scope & Content:: Contents: ff. 1r-174v: Ordinal and Tonal, Use of Sarum, with musical notation (imperfect at the end). Decoration: 2 large (6- and 5-line) puzzle initials 'P' and 'O' in blue and red with penwork decoration and pen-flourishing (ff. 1r, 107r). Large (2-line) initials in red or blue with penwork...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 15th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Harley MS 2912
Title:: Offices from a pontifical and a rituale
Scope & Content:: Contents: A selection of offices from a pontifical and a rituale for the Use of Rome. ff. 1r-16r: Form of the mass celebrated by a bishop, incipit: 'Pontifex missam celebraturus'; includes additional prayers added in the margins by a 16th-century hand: 'Ad caligas' (f. 9v), 'Ad crucem' (f. 10v...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 2nd half of the 16th century
Extent:: 1 volume

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