Add MS 41331

PROCESSIONAL, in Latin, of Roman use (cf. art. 1), with music throughout in square notation on a stave of four lines. Contents:-(1) 'Septem psalmi penitenciales', and Litany, including St Bernardino of Siena (canonised 1450). The substitution of 'ministro' for 'pontifici' in the collect 'Omnipotens sempiterne Deus, miserere famulo tuo ministro nostro' (f. 8b) may, but does not conclusively, indicate Franciscan origin (cf. Leroquais, Les Brévires manuscrits ... de France, i, pp. cvi, cvii). ff. 2-9;-(2) 'In dominicis diebus ad vesperas': an unfinished extract from the liturgical Psalter. ff. 9-10;-

(3) 'Consumatum (sic) est. Et inclinato capite. Emisit spiritum', with music. f.10b;-(4) The beginning of Matins of the Office of the Dead. ff.11-13b;-

(5) 'Hely. Hely. lama zabathani Hoc est. Deus meus. deus meus. Vt quid dereliquisti me', with music. f. 14b;-(6) 'Incipit officium mortuorum ad uesperas' (actually Matins, continuing art. 4; Vespers at the end). ff. 15-37;-

(7) 'Ordo ad comunicandum (sic) infirmum.' ff. 37-38;-(8) 'Ordo ad ungendum infirmum.' ff. 38-41;-(9) 'Ordo commendationis anime', with the burial service. ff. 41-59;-(10) Antiphons, etc., at the distribution of candles at Candlemas and of palms on Palm Sunday, the latter with the processional service. ff. 59-64;-(11) The respond and versicle for the first lesson on Maundy Thursday. ff. 64b-65;-(12) The third lesson for Tenebrae of Holy Saturday. ff. 65b-68; (13) 'Exultet iam angelica turba': the blessing of the Easter candle. ff. 68b-77;-(14) Hymnal for Vespers (usually the first verse only, with the music), including hymns for St Antony of Padua (f. 87b), the Transfiguration (introduced into the Roman use by Calixtus III in 1457, f. 90b), St Clare (at first and second Vespers, f. 92b), the Stigmata (f. 93) and Deposition (at first and second Vespers, the former headed 'In festo beati patris nostri sancti Francisci', ff. 93b, 94) of St Francis. The hymns mentioned, except that to St Clare at second Vespers (Chevalier, Repertorium Hymnologicum, no. 5448), are found in Processionale Romanum, Venice, 1513, ff. 169-182 passim. ff. 77b-97;-(15) Musical portions of Compline, with suffrages, including the trope to the 'Salve regina' beg. 'Virgo mater ecclesie' (cf. Dreves, Analecta Hymnica, xxiii, p. 57) and memorials to SS. Francis and Antony of Padua. ff. 97-103;-(16) Antiphoner (mainly for Vespers), containing:-Antiphons, etc., for the Transfiguration (ff. 103 b-104b) and feasts between Christmas and the Holy Innocents (ff. 104b-112b); Tonale, etc. (ff.113-117b); Antiphons, etc., for the Commune sanctorum, ending with the dedication of a church (ff. 118-132 b; f. 129 is Misbound, see below); Choral portions of the mass (as in the Henry Bradshaw Soc.'s Missale Romanum, pp. 498-499) and the office for the Transfiguration (ff. 132 b-138b); Antiphons, etc., for St Francis (4 Oct.), the Stigmata of St Francis (17 Sept.) and Trinity Sunday (ff. 138-153); Antiphons and choral portions of the mass for Corpus Christi (ff. 153-159); Antiphons, etc., for the Temporale, First Sunday of Advent-Twenty-fourth Sunday after Pentecost, except the feasts mentioned above (ff. 159b-194; f. 129 should follow f. 189, a leaf is missing before f. 190). ff. 103 b-194;-(17) Nicene Creed, with music; imperfect at end. ff. 194b- 195b;-(18) The end of Compline of the Hours of the Passion, the office composed by St Bonaventura (opera omnia, Quaracchi, viii, pp. 152-158), without musical notation. There are considerable variations among surviving MSS. (cf. ibid. pp. lxi-lxiii, 152, n. 1); another copy is in Add. MS. 14804, ff. 125-141b. f. 196. Vellum; ff. iii + 196 (f. 1 blank). 4½ in. x 3 in. Written in Italy, second half of xv cent. Gatherings of 8 and 10 leaves (il2 wants 11, 12; ii4; xvi10 + one misplaced leaf; xxii8, wants 1), usually with catchwords. Initials in red and blue, some flourished. On ff. 109, 110b, 111, 112, 118 b are impressions of a book-stamp (probably 18th cent.) SS. ANNUNZIATA. Bookplate of arms of Edmund Montagu Boyle, F.S.A. (f. i), and signature of Miss Geraldine Boyle (f. ii).