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1. Add MS 15281

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Add MS 15281
Title:
Prayer book of Sigismund I of Poland
Scope & Content:
The manuscript includes a collection of prayers known as the Prayerbook of Sigismund I of Poland, composed of two separate parts: ff. 4r-85v and 86r-197v, which were copied, decorated and assembled in the workshop of Stanisław Samostrzelnik. The Prayerbook is appended by a collection of prayer...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Italian and Latin
Date Range:
1524-Early 17th century
Extent:

Parchment codex; 222 folios

2. Add MS 15281, ff 4r-85v

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Add MS 15281, ff 4r-85v
Title:
Prayerbook of Sigismund I of Poland (Part 1)
Scope & Content:
This part of the manuscript contains the following: - 'Psalter of St Jerome', rubric: 'Incipit psalterium S. Jeronimi', incipit: 'Verba mea auribus', with a litany (ff. 37r-51r) and two prayers: 'Oracio. Dona michi queso' (ff. 35v-36r) and 'Oracio. Suscipe Domine Deus' (ff. 51v-52v) (ff. 4r-52v...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Italian and Latin
Date Range:
1524
Extent:
82 folios, bound together with the rest of Add MS 15281

3. Add MS 15281, ff 86r-197v

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Add MS 15281, ff 86r-197v
Title:
Prayerbook of Sigismund I of Poland (Part 2: Clipeus spiritualis)
Scope & Content:
Collection of prayers, entitled 'Clipeus spiritualis' (f. 86r); preceded by a dedication to Sigismund I, rubric: 'Serenissimo domino Sigismundo primo regi Polonie', incipit: 'Qui hunc libellum tibi miserim' (ff. 86v-89v), a title page (f. 90v) and a display script (ff. 91r-91v). The same compila...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1524
Extent:
112 folios, bound together with the rest of Add MS 15281

4. Add MS 15281, ff 198v-219r

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Add MS 15281, ff 198v-219r
Title:
Prayers and suffrages
Scope & Content:
Collection of prayers entitled: 'Ad recte obeundum munus regium', incipit: 'Omnipotens sempiterne Deus a quo omne datum', including suffrages to saints (ff. 204r-217r), and two added prayers: 'Oratio S. Gregorii papae' and 'Oratio efficax tempore pestis' (ff. 224r-224v). Two parchment leaves w...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
Early 17th century
Extent:
22 folios, bound together with the rest of Add MS 15281