The Beaufort/Beauchamp Hours is a composite volume composed of two parts produced in different periods, as well as added texts on the flyleaves. It evolved into its present form during the 15th century. Part 1, the earliest portion of the manuscript, is a series of 24 leaves containing suffrag...
Contents: f. 1r: Three extracts with the rubric 'Laus sancti Augustini super psalterium', beginning 'Canticum psalmorum animas decorat', 'Canticum psalmorum carmen electum', and 'In psalterio solo'. ff. 1r-4r: Easter tables for the 532 years from 1128-1659, with an explanation beginning, 'In...
A Selection of Psalms, Litanies and Prayers in Latin, commissioned by Humfrey, Duke of Gloucester, the fourth son of Henry IV (1391-1447). The contents are: ff. 1r-6v, Calendar, of Sarum use, with red-letter feasts of SS. Wulstan, David, Chad, Edward king and martyr., Cuthbert (and transl.), Ri...
Psalter, in Latin, with preceding Old Testament cycle and calendar, followed by Canticles, Litanies, and prayers. Contents: ff. 1r-66v: Cycle of 223 tinted drawings illustrating Old Testament scenes, from the Fall of Lucifer and the Creation to the Death of Solomon, with accompanying Anglo-Nor...
Cycle of 223 tinted drawings, mostly two per page, illustrating Old Testament scenes from the Fall of Lucifer and the Creation to the Death of Solomon, with accompanying Anglo-Norman explanatory verses. Beginning, 'Coment lucifer chayit de ciel e devient diable e grant multitudo des angeles oues...
Four full-page miniatures, some with Anglo-Norman captions and explanatory text. Each prophet (ff. 69v-70r) carries a scroll inscribed with verses (not always correctly assigned); each Apostle (ff. 69v-70r) carries a scroll inscribed with sections of the Creed. Decoration: f. 67v: Miniature of...
