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A Collection of religious tracts, offices and prayers, connected with the Priory of Ely

Scope & Content:

1. Metrical epitaph on Alan of Walsingham, Prior of Ely (ob. 1364?), beg. "Hos operatorum, dum vixit, corpore sanus " (see Wharton, Anglia Sacra, i. p. 684). f. 2.

2. Form of Absolution. f. 2.

3. Calendar, with prominence given to St. Etheldreda and other Ely saints; preceded and followed by diagrams and tables. f. 2 b.

4. Prayers " in persecucione et detraccione inimicorum," and "in omni tribulacione et angustia." f. 10.

5. " In isto libro eontinentur subscripta ": a table, with references to the 15th cent. numeration of the leaves. This extends from f. 1 (f. 13) to f. 160 (f. 185), but ff. 134-156 have been extracted (see art,. 19). f. 10b.

6. Prayers " pro amico itinerante in partes remotas," etc. f. 11 b.

7. Anniversaries to be observed at Ely, mostly those of bishops down to John Hotham (ob. 1337) and of priors down to John de Buktone (ob. 1397). f. 12.

8. " Oratio ad angelum cui homo deputatus est." f. 12 b.

9. " Libellus qui vocatur visio mentis," in 22 chapters. f. 13.

10. " Meditationes [et orationes] Anselmi, archiepiscopi Cantuariensis," including also (f. 57 b) his letter " ad Gundulfum de oracionibus sancte Marie." f. 43. This art. is in a 13th cent. hand down to f 82 b, the last two lilies of' which are in a hand of the 15th cont. This hand continues down to f. 102 b (see art. 18). Some of the prayers are not included in the printed works of St. Anselm, and the last (f. 89) is headed " oracio de passione domini secundum beatum Bernardtum." 11. Indulgences granted by St. Gregory and other popes to all who shall say five Paternosters and five Ayes before a figure of Christ with the instruments of the Passion, as depicted on the opposite page. f. 90.

12. " Tractatus de sacramento altaris," in 12 chapters, beg. " Veritas ait." f. 90 b.

13. " Quomodo [sacerdos] se debet habere post missam." f. 95 b.

14. Prayers " post missam," f.96;- " proprelatis, si vaeaverit," f. 96 b; -" pro statu ordinis et reparacione religionis," f. 97 ;-" pro statu ordinis, cuidam monacho in claustio Cluniacensi per angelum revelata," f. 97 b;-for the repetition of which 2000 years'indulgence were granted by Boniface VI. [VIII.?] at the petition of Philip, king of France, f. 98 ;-" divinitus revelata beate Brigide principisse Swecie, circa annum domini M.CCC., de sacramento altaris," f. 98.

15. " Passio dom. nostri lhesu Christi secundum Iohannem," with a prayer. f. 98 b.

16. " ' Quicunque vult,' cum ultimis precibus ad primam" (cf. f. 11). f. 99 b. A leaf is lost after f. 101.

17. Prayers-referring, to the Veronica, f. 102;-" quam composuit sanctus Egidius," f. 102 ;-approved by St. Augustine, f. 102 b.

18. " Meditationes [et orationes] Anselmi archiepiscopi." f. 103. In continuation of art. 10, and in the same hand as ff. 43-82 b.

19. Four Prayers addressed, or referring, to St. Etheldreda. f. 141 b. Here should follow, according to the Table of Contents (f. 11), the " Speculum Corporis" of pope Innocent III.; but this has been removed, and articles 20-36 inserted, later in the 15th cent.

20. Office of the Passion (?). f. 144.

21. Prayer" ad elevacionem Corporis Christi," with indulgence from Pope John XII. f. 151.

22. " Narracio mirabilis de quadam domina vite solitarie cupienti scire quot vulnera Christus in suo corpore habuit," etc.; followed by the Fifteen O's. f. 152.

23. The " Stabat Mater dolorosa." f. 157 b.

24. " Oracio ad Mariam virginem et sanctum Iohannem evangelistam." f. 158.

25. " Quicunque devote hanc letaniam in honore beate Marie cotidie dixerit videbit eam visibiliter tribus diebus ante mortem." f 158 b.

26. Eight verses from the Psalter, as imparted by the Devil to St. Bernard, " quos qui cotidie diceret numquam dampnaretur." f. 161.

27. Prayers " ad S. Thomam Cantuariensem," f. 161 b;-" de S. Katerina," f. 162 ;-"de S. Benedicto," f. 162 b.

28. Story of Arnaldus, a canon, to whom the Virgin appeared in a vision and gave a roll inscribed with a prayer. f. 163 b.

29. The " Missus est angelus," with prayers. f. 164 b.

30. Office and mass " de eterna sapiencia." f. 167 b.

31. Prayer for a woman in labour, etc.-" Nemo novit magnas virtutes hujus oracionis, deo solo excepto." f. 175.

32. " Psalmi quos sanctus Hillarius, Pictavensis episcopus, constituit ad deprecandum deum." f. 176.

33. Rubric of Masses to be celebrated to ensure relief " in quacumque necessitate vel tribulacione." f. 177.

34. Indulgences for him, " quicumque arma sive insignia dom. nostri lhesu Christi devote inspexerit"; with other indulgences, and a pra)-er. f. 177 b.

35. Invocation of saints, preceded by seventeen lines of verse, beg. " Fratres, pro subsidio sanctos invocamus." f. 179 b.

36. " The glorious lnvocacion of owre savyour Jhesu." f. 181.

37. Litany of the saints. In the table of contents (f. 11) this follows the " Speculum Curporis." (See above, under art. 19.) f. 182.

38. Lines-on the virtues of the scabious plant, beg. " Urbanus pro se nescit precium scabiosi ";-on the coming of Antichrist in A.D. 1800, etc. f. 185.

39. Fragments of Euclid, viz. Bk. iii. 37, Bk. iv. 1-4. Written in the 13th cent. f. 186. A few devotional notes in English, 15th cent., are inserted on f. 151 b. Vellum; ff. 188. With a coarsely executed miniature on f. 89 b. xiiith and xvth centt. Bound in crimson velvet. Quarto.

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Record Type (Level):

Fonds

Extent:

Parchment codex

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Languages:

English
Latin

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Latin

Start Date:

1200

End Date:

1499

Date Range:

13th century-15th century

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Physical Characteristics:

Materials: Parchment.Dimensions: 212 x 141mm (text space: 142 x 85mm).Foliation: ff.188 (f. 1 is a paper flyleaf + 3 unfoliated paper flyleaves at the beginning, 1 following f. 13 and 4 at the end).Script: Gothic.Binding: BM/BL in-house (rebound in 1967). Old binding kept as Add. MS 33381/1 (formerly Add MS 33381B)

Custodial History:

Origin: England, E. (?Ely). Provenance: The cathedral priory of St Peter and St Etheldreda, Ely: a calendar and litany with Ely saints (ff. 2v-9v) and obits of Ely abbots on f. 12r; contemporary verses on Alan of Walsingham, former prior of Ely on f. 2r. Notes in English added in the 15th century (f. 15v).Sir William Wray (d. 1617), member of Parliament, his name inscribed in the margin of the calendar (f. 8r).Alexander James Beresford Beresford-Hope (b. 1820, d. 1887), politician and author of Arklow House: his sale, Sotheby's, 8 June, 1888, lot 1469; bought by the British Museum for £25.

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