MISSALE ROMANUM, executed at Lisbon for the rectification of the services of the Portuguese Church, by order of John III., King of Portugal [1521-1557], and completed after his death under the patronage of his wife, Queen Catherine, and his brother Henry [Cardinal and Regent during the minority ...
Breviary of Sarum use adapted to Norwich. The contents are: f. 1r-154v, Temporale. Imperfect at the beginning, apparently a whole quire being lost. The first page begins near the end of the rubrics for the first week in Advent, followed by 'Feria ii'. f. 155r-156v, Brief notes of English his...
MANUAL, with musical notes; entitled (in a later hand) "Rituale secundum usum Sarum." The contents are: — (1) Benedictio salis et aquae. f. 1; — (2) "Ordo ad cathecuminum faciendum." f. 5; — (3) Ritus baptizandi. f. 19; — (4) "Ordo ad purificandum mulierem post partum." f. 24 b; — (5) "Ordo ad f...
"CEREMONIALE ad usum Canonicorum S. Crucis, domus Parisiensis": the ceremonies and order of the church service throughout the year. Begins, "Incipit ordinarium. De pulsationibus. Quando fratres debent," etc. The title is written in a later hand on the fly-leaf. With a table of chapters at the en...
LESSONS from the Four Gospels, in Latin, containing the narratives of the Nativity, Baptism, and Passion, from the Synoptists, and the whole of the Gospel of St. John except the portion from ch. xx. 19 to the end, which is lost. The Lessons occupy seven quires and one leaf of the eighth, which i...
HOURS of the Virgin, etc., in Latin. The contents are: — (1) Calendar. f. 3; — (2) Office of the Virgin. f. 9; — (3) The Penitential Psalms and Psalms of Degrees, with Litany. f. 48; — (4) Office of the Dead. f. 72; — (5) Hymn to the Virgin, beg. "Salve virgo virginum stella matutina." f. 120; —...
Book of Hours, Use of Maastricht ('The Maastricht Hours')
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Book of Hours, Use of Maastricht ('The Maastricht Hours'). 1. (ff. 2v-13r): Calendar, in French. Incipit (f. 2v): 'KL Ienvirs at xxxi iors / li circoncicio notre saingnur'. 2. (ff. 18r-139r): Office of the Virgin. Incipit (f. 18r): 'Domine labia mea aperies'. 3. (ff. 140r-157r): Penitentia...
HOURS of the Virgin, etc., in Latin. The contents are: — (1) "Orationes dicende in corporis Christi elevatione," etc. A later insertion. f. 1b; — (2) Calendar. f. 2; — (3) "Hore Sancto crucis." f. 14; — (4) "Antiphona de beata Maria virginis" (sic). f. 19; — (5) "Hore beate Marie virginis secund...
HOURS of the Virgin, etc., in Latin. The contents are: — (1) Calendar. f. 1; — (2) "Ad salutandam faciem Christi," beg. with the hymn Salve sancta facies nostri redemptoris." f. 13; — (3) "Hore sancte crucis." f. 16 ; — (4) "Hore de sancto Spiritu." f. 23 ; — (5) "Missa beate Marie." f. 28 ; — (...