Add MS 39924

SACRAMENTARY, executed for the monastery of S. Isidore at Leon, Spain, as appears from the "Dedicatio S. Isidori (March 6 and octave, see Manuel Risco, Historia de La Ciudad y Corte de Leon, Madrid, 1792, i, p. 54) in red in the Calendar, and from the additions in black of S. Martin (Jan. 12) [Augustinian Canon of Leon, d. 1203 ; in Acta Sanctorum, 11 Feb. 1221, but see Risco, op. cit., i, p. 64] and "Dedicacio ecclesie sancte Trinitatis" (Nov. 25), see Risco, op. cit., ii (Iglesia de Leon), p. 147. Contents:-

1. Calendar, in red and black. Red entries, in addition to those noted above, include . " Yldefonsi ep." [of Toledo] (Jan. 23) ; " Leandri ep. et conf." [of Seville] (Mar. 14) ; " Ysidori ep. et conf." (Apr. 5 and

octave) ; "Pelagii mart." (June 26) ; " Transl. S. Froylani ep. et conf." [of Leon; translated to Leon before 1142 : apparently a contemporary insertion] (Aug. 11);" Antonini mart.” (Sept. 2) " Froilani ep. et conf." (Oct. 3) ; "Seruandi et Germani mart." (Oct. 23); "Vincencii, Sauine et Christete " (Oct. 26, the first-named with octave); " Claudi, Luperci et Victorici " (Oct. 30); " Rufi ep. et conf." [of Avignon] (Nov. 14, as at Valentia ; usually Nov. 12); " Facundi et Primitiui " (Nov. 27) ; " Eulalie uirg." (Dec. 10); " Commemoratio S. Marie " (Dec. 18) ; " Translatio S. Ysidori in Legione " (Dec. ; ") Thome archiep. et mart." (Dec. 29, d. 1170, canonised 1; "Translatio S. Iacobi in Yspania" (Dec. 30). There are also a series of unusual entries, e.g. "Immolatio agni " (Mar. 15), " Rupti sunt fontes abissi " (Apr. 12), etc. Black entries include " Eulalie uirg. Barchinonensis " (Feb. 12), " Pauli Narbonensis ep." (Mar. 22), and a number of Spanish and southern French saints. Among the later additions, besides the two already mentioned, are " Translacio SS. Claudi, Luperci, et Victorici" (Apr. 22), and some that are difficult to explain, e.g. " Vincenci conf. de la grata " (Mar. 7) [Vincent, Bp. of Cracow, d. 8 Mar. 1218 or 1223?]. A still later hand has erased the original black entry, "Christofori et Cucufatis mart." on July 25, and re-written it in red on July 26 (cf. Acta Sanctorum, tom. 33, p. 150 D). There is no octave to the Nativity of the Virgin, and All Souls and the Conception of the Virgin are later additions. f. 1.

2. Table showing, besides the monthly solar and lunar regulars and the concurrents, the epacts, claves terminorum and annual lunar regulars for the nineteen years' cycle, with the usual mnemonic " None aprilis norunt quinos " etc. (Migne, Patr. Lat. xc, col. 708) followed by three added prayers (14th cent. ?) relating to S. Hildefonsus, the first beg. " Deus qui beatum Ildefonsum." f. 7.

3. "Oratio sancti Augustini [of doubtful authorship, printed as by St. Ambrose, see Migne, Patr. Lat. xvii, col. 75] episcopi interim dum officium canitur dicenda a sacerdote " : the prayer before Mass, beg. " Summe sacerdos et uere pontifex," ends imperfectly owing to loss of a quire after f. 8. f. 7 b.

4. Preface (general) beg. imperfectly, and Canon Missæ. The authorities for various points are cited in the margins, e.g. .-(at the Preface) " Sixtus papa constituit sanctus sanctus ad missam cantari", f. 9 ; (at the " Te Igitur") " Clemens papa constituit Te igitur clementissime pater "; (at the " Memento Domine ") "Gelasius papa constituit quod non sit catholicus qui Romani pontificis memoriam in missam pretermittat." Cf. Egerton MS. 2902. A later hand has added, " Et rege nostro N." at the intercession, f. 10 b. See A. Fortescue, The Mass, 1912, p. 329. f. 9.

5. Sacramentary, as follows:-(a) Temporale, beg. at Advent, with the " stationes " mostly as in the Roman Missal. Imperfect after ff. 19, 22, 30 ; ends imperfectly at Easter. f. 15 b ,-(b) Sanctorale, beg. imperfectly with S. Felix in Pincis (Jan. 14) and ending imperfectly with the rubric for S. Gregory (Mar. 12). f. 47 ;-(c) Missae Votivae, beg. imperfectly with a [" Missa specialis sacerdotis"] f. 55.

6. Litany to be recited at the profession of a novice, followed by collects, ending imperfectly. S. Isidore occurs in capitals in the Litany. f. 75 b.

7. " Vysitatio sancte Marie," ending imperfectly. A later addition, 15th cent. f. 78.

8. Portions of the Gospels, for the Mass of the Dead, containing S. John xi. [21-] 27 ; v. 25-29 ; vi. 37-40, 54-55. By the original scribe. Mutilated. f. 80.

9. Additional votive masses, viz. :-[Pro patre et matre], " Contra paganos," " In natale S. Thome archiepiscopi et martyris," " De Angelis," [de Trinitate], " De Sancto Spiritu," [In honore S. Crucis], the first three in contemporary hands, the remainder in a somewhat later hand. f. 81 b. Vellum; ff. ii + 82. 11 7/8 in. x 7 5/8 in. Early XIII cent., with additions to XV cent. Executed in Spain. Gatherings of eight leaves (iii wants 4, 5, xii², xiii of two single leaves, xiv²). Quires are lost after ff. 8, 22 30, 46, 54. Sc. Fol. (of Calendar) " hartis" ; (of Text) " [la-]-uares." Two full-page miniatures of the Crucifixion (with personifications of the sun and moon) and Christ in Majesty, somewhat coarsely executed in dull colours, a glazed brown being especially noticeable, ff. 9 b-10. Ten large penwork initials ; other smaller initials in red and blue, some with penwork. Spanish 15th cent. binding of wooden boards (with brass bosses, and remains of clasp), covered with dark brown leather, stamped with interlacing patterns ; the back modern. Scribblings (16th cent. ?) on f. i include " Reverendo perez aapreste [sc. arciprestel de En la uilla de Villalpando Canonicorum regularium," possibly a later owner. Sotheby's sale-cat., 19 Dec. 1919, lot 771.