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Add MS 41497

Record Id:
032-002085142
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
032-002085142
MDARK:
ark:/81055/vdc_100000000052.0x000083
LARK:
SLARK:
Format:
ISAD(G)
Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 41497
Title:

HOURS,of Évreux use, etc., in Latin.Contents:-(1)Calendar, in red and blue. Among the entries are the following local feasts (cf. Add. MSS. 26655, ff. 2-7b, and 38688, ff. 42-47b):-Gaudus [Bp. of Évreux] (31 Jan.), Aquilinus [Bp. of Évreux] (15 Feb.), Maximus and Venerandus [martyrs in the diocese of Évreux] (25 May), Turiavus [Bp. of Doll (13 July), Taurinus [Bp. of Évreux] (9 for 11 Aug.), Laudulph [Bp. of Évreux] (13 Aug.), [Invention of] Taurinus (5 Sept.). ff. 3-14b;-(2) The four Gospel-lessons. Imperf. at beg. ff. 15-21b;-(3) Hours of the Virgin, Évreux use. Imperf. by the loss of one or more leaves at the beginning and at the end of each of the Hours (leaves are missing after ff. 31, 41, 46, 48, 51, 54). The opening of Matins has been supplied (f. 22) by a later hand. ff. 22-58b;-(4) Penitential Psalms and Litany, the latter including SS. Taurinus, Aquilinus, Laudulph and Gaudus. Imperf. at beg. ff- 59-74b;-(5) Hours of the Cross. Imperf. at beg. and end. ff. 75-76b;-(6) Hours of the Holy Spirit. Imperf. at beg. ff. 77-79b;-(7) Office of the Dead. Imperf. at beg. ff. 80-115b;-(8) Hymn (Chevalier, Repert. Hymnol., no. 6809) on the Seven Joys of the Virgin, beg. 'Gaude flore virginali / honoreque spirituali', preceded by a short rubric recording the Vision of St Thomas of Canterbury (cf. Royal MS. 17 A. xxvii, f. 83 b) and followed by an antiphon and prayer. A similar rubric, as well as the same antiphon and prayer, accompanies this hymn in Paris, Bib. Nat. lat. MS. 13285 (cf. Leroquais, Les Livres d'Heures MSS. de la Bibliothèque Nationale, ii, pp. 90, 91). ff. 116-119;-(9) 'Item de beata Maria oratio ualde deuota': the hymn 'Stabat mater dolorosa' (Chevalier, op. cit., no. 19416). A critical edition is given by C. Blume and H. M. Bannister, Liturgische Prosen, in Dreves, Analecta Hymnica, liv, 1915, pp. 312 sqq. ff. 119-121;-(10) Memorials, viz. of the Guardian Angel and SS. Michael, Peter, John Baptist, Nicholas, Giles, Mary Magdalene, Catharine, Barbara. ff. 121-127b. Vellum; ff. 132 (ff. 2, 128- 132 blank). 4½ in. x 2 7/8 in. xv cent. Executed in France. Gatherings chiefly of 8 leaves (i6, ii6, ix6, last4; iii wants i ; iv, i substituted; v wants 3; vi wants 6; vii wants 4, 7; viii wants 3, 6, 8; ix wants i, 6; x wants i; xii wants 4, 8; xiii wants 1); ff. 1, 2, 131, 132 are fly-leaves. Illuminated initials in gold and colours. Black morocco binding, circ. 17th cent., with a stamp of a skull and cross-bones at the corners and on the back, and a central stamp of the instruments of the Passion. Erased inscriptions occur on ff. 5 8 b, 127b. The latter, 16th cent., appears to read 'Maistre adam Houel presbytre Cure de touuille' [? Touville near Montfort-sur-Risle, dépt. Eure]. A modern pencilled signature, 'M. A. Cox', is on f. i. Sotheby's sale-cat., 28-29 July 1927, lot 76.

Scope & Content:

Liturgies LATIN: Hours of Évreux use: 15th cent.

Evreux, France: Hours of Éreux use: 15th cent.

Bindings FRENCH: Black morocco, stamped: circ. 17th cent.

includes:

  • ff. 3-14b Calendars: Calendar in Hours (Évreux): 15th cent.: Lat.
  • ff. 116-119 Hymns: Hymn on the Seven joys of the Virgin: 15th cent.: Lat.
  • ff. 116-121 Saint Mary,; the Blessed Virgin: Hymns to: 15th cent.: Lat.
  • ff. 119-121 Hymns: 'Stabat mater dolorosa': 15th cent.

Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
Additional Manuscripts
Hierarchy Tree:
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Hierarchy Record Ids:
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Hierarchy:
032-002085142
Container:
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
1 item
Digitised Content:
Languages:
English
Latin
Scripts:
Latin
Start Date:
1400
End Date:
1499
Date Range:
15th century
Era:
CE
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Custodial History:

Adam Houel, Curé of Touville, near Montfort-sur-Risle, département Eure, France: Owned (?): 16th cent.

H. B. Cox: Owned: 19th cent.

Material Type:
Archives and Manuscripts
Legal Status:
Not Public Record(s)
Names:
Cox, H. B.
Houel, Adam, Curé of Touville, near Montfort-sur-Risle, département Eure, France
Mary, Saint, the Blessed Virgin, fl 1st century
Places:
Evreux, France