Egerton MS 2045

HOURS of the Virgin, etc., in Latin; the calendar and some of the rubrics in French; viz.:-

Calendar, f. 4. Cursus evangeliorum, f. 17. Hours of the Virgin, f. 25. Penitential psalms and litany, f. 138. Office of the Cross, f. 172 b. O thee of the Holy Ghost, f. 178 b. Prayers of indulgence, etc., f. 184. "Letania Marie," with prayers, f. 216 b. "Oracio lamentacionis beate Marie," f. 233 b. Memorials of Saints, f. 254 b. Vigils of the Dead, f. 280.

Vellum; written in France at the close of the xvth century, and ornamented with well-executed miniatures. On the fly-leaves are entered mottoes and signatures by "Luxembourg" [Charles de Luxembourg, Comte de Brienne, ob. 1530]; "Brandenburgk" [?Albert Frederick, Elector of Brandenburg, who married, in 1573, Mary Eleanora, elder daughter of William, 5th Duke of Juliers and Clèves]; "Magdalene de Cleves" and "Sibille de Cleves," 1579 [the younger daughters of the same Duke of Clèves, the first of whom married John, Palatine of Zweybrück, and the second, Philip, Margrave of Baden, and Charles of Austria, Margrave of Burgau]; and "Diane de Dompmartin" [daughter of Louis de Dommartin, Baron de Fontenoy, married, in 1580, to Philippe de Croy, Marquis d'Havré]. In velvet binding, with gilt clasp. Duodecimo.