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032-002029060
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Add MS 6157
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CANTERBURY PONTIFICAL: noted Pontifical of Archbishop Henry Chichele; 1414-1443. Imperf. at beginning and end. Latin. Origin: England. Listed in J. Brückmann, 'Latin manuscript Pontificals and Benedictionals in England and Wales', Traditio, xxix (1973), pp. 391-458. References to Chichele occur in the services for degradation of clergy, eg. ff. 6v-8. Included are forms for reception of brothers and sisters into the Brigittine order, and the Benedictional of Archbishop John Peckham (ff. 125v et seqq.). This MS. bears a close relationship to another Chichele Pontifical, Trinity College Cambridge MS. 248. For notices of both MSS. see: W. G. Henderson, Liber Pontificalis Chr. Bainbridge Archiepiscopi Eboracensis, Surtees Soc. lxi (1875), pp. xli-xliii, 291, 297; W. H. Frere, Pontifical Services . . ., i (1901), Alcuin Club Collections III, pp. 102, 103; W. H. Frere, Bibliotheca Musico-Liturgica II, Plainsong and Medieval Music Soc. (1932, reprint 1967),

p. 155. A version of the Benedictonal of Archbishop Peckham is printed in

R. Barnes, ed., Liber Pontificalis of Edmund Lacy, Bishop of Exeter (1847), pp. 152-205, from a MS. at Exeter Cathedral Library. Marginals, 15th cent., ff. 5v, 20, 27, 62v-63v, 67, 107. 'Erkenwaldi', in margin, f. 146, by blessing for the feast of a confessor and bishop. Blessing for St Thomas of Canterbury excised,

f. 142v. For post-medieval provenance of this MS., see Add. 6156.

Vellum; ff. 146. Early 19th cent. British Museum foliation; ff. 77-78 from this sequence are now placed at the end of the volume, having previously been misbound. 295 x 200mm. Gatherings of 8, last quire imperfect, 1 and 2 only remaining (ff. 145, 146). Catchwords regular from f. 8v, some cropped. Quires marked with arabic numerals 4-19 on first folio of quires ii-xvii, some cropped. Signatures, roman numerals. The first two quires of the MS. are missing. '3ij',

f. 7 recto. Single columns. One cursive bookscript throughout. Headings, etc., in red., initials in red, blue and black penwork.

Contents:

1. ff. 1-6. Coronation service. Imperf. at beginning. The text of the 'Liber Regalis' at Westminster Abbey.

2. ff. 6-8v. Modus et forma degradandi clericum hereticum.

3. ff. 8v-19. In consecracione navis.

4. ff. 19-27v. Ad signum vel signa campanarum ecclesie benedicendi.

5. ff. 27v-46. Multiplici debent ordo et forma recludendi virum anochoritam.

6. ff. 46-62. Mulierum desiderancium ordinem ingredi anachoritarum.

7. ff. 62-67v. De modo recepcionis monialium ordinis Brigitte Cap. ixm in regula salvatoris.

8. ff. 62v-63v, 67. In margins, a form of profession for a Brigittine nun; late 15th cent. English. This item is printed in M. F. Wakelin, 'A new vernacular version of a nun's profession', Notes and Queries (1984),

pp. 459-461.

9. ff. 67v-71v. De modo recepcionis fratrum ordinis sancte Birgitte.

10. ff. 71v-74v. Canonicorum regularum tonsuracio.

11. ff. 74v-76. Monachorum professio sine induicione.

12. ff. 76-88v. In consecracione feretri Arche capse vel scrinij.

13. ff. 88v-91. In consecracione tumbe vel sepulcri.

14. ff. 91-92. Benediccio lapidis.

15. ff. 92-100v. In consecracione sancte crucis.

16. ff. 100v-103. Quo modo archiepiscopus recipere debet . . . pallium suum.

17. ff. 103-105. Officium intronizacionis archiepiscopi.

18. ff. 105-106. Die intronizacionis archiepiscopi quando pallium sibi mittitur.

19. ff. 106-107v. De intronizacione episcopi.

20. ff. 107v-111v. Tonsuracio monialium sancti Augustini.

21. ff. 111v-113v. Recepcio monialium ordinis sancti Benedicti.

22. 113v-115v. Modus proficendi viros regulares . . . ut sunt fratres crucem.

23. ff. 115v-123. Ordo ad servicium peregrinorum. Followed by blessings for images, etc.

24. ff. 123-124. Forma et ordo ad purificandum mulieres.

25. ff. 124-125v. Fiunt quedam processiones per annum.

26. ff. 125v-138. Incipiunt benedicciones pontificales per annum circulum edite a fratre Johanne de Peccham.

27. ff. 138-146v. Hic incipiunt benedicciones sanctorum. Imperf. between

ff. 144-145 and at end.

Scope & Content:

Liturgies LATIN: Province of Canterbury: Music: Henry Chichele, Archbishop of Canterbury: Noted Pontifical of Henry Chichele, Abp. of Canterbury: 1414-1443: Lat: Imperf.

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Record Type (Level):
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Languages:
Latin
Scripts:
Latin
Start Date:
1414
End Date:
1443
Date Range:
1414-1443
Era:
CE
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Custodial History:

George Howland Willoughby Beaumont, 8th Baronet: Presented, 1819.

Thomas Beaumont, of Buckland; father of Sir G W H Buckland, 8th Baronet: Owned, 1818.

Material Type:
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Names:
Beaumont, George Howland Willoughby, 8th Baronet
Beaumont, Thomas, 8th Baronet, of Buckland, father of Sir G W H Buckland
Chichele, Henry, Archbishop of Canterbury, 1364-1443
Places:
Canterbury, Province of, Kent