Add MS 40146

Presented by John Wickham Legg, Esq., F.R.C.P.

40146. BREVIARY of Scandinavian use, with other liturgical matter, executed in the province of Upsala, possibly in the diocese of Strengnäs, since both feasts of St. Eskill occur in the calendar; these, however, have been added at a date slightly later than the main body of the book. The text is in partial agreement with the Breviarium ecclesiae Arosiensis [Westerås], Basel, 1513, but there are numerous divergences. Contents:-(1) Calendar (Jan. and Feb. missing). The following Scandinavian feasts occur:-Eric (18 May) in red, Eskill (12 June) added in a 14th cent. hand, which has deleted an earlier entry on 11 June, David (25 June) added (14th cent.), Kanute (10 Jul.) in red, Transl. of Eskill (6 Oct.) added in red (14th cent.). On ff. 5, 6 b, two sets of mnemonic verses have been added (14th cent.) in the margins. f. 2;-(2) Liturgical Psalter. A leaf missing after f. 49. f. 7;-(3) Canticles. f. 61 b;-(4) Litany. f.65;-(5) Vigils of the Dead. f.66;-(6)Hymns. On f.75 b is the hymn in honour of St. Olaf beg. "Rex Olauus Gloriosus" (cf. Chevalier, Repertorium Hymnol., no. 17478). f. 68 b;-

(7) Collect, secret and postcommunion for the Mass of St. Sebastian in time of pestilence (cf. Henry Bradshaw Society, Roman Missal, 1474, ii, p. 347), added (14th cent.). f. 82;-(8) Commendatio animae, added (late 13th cent.). f. 82 b;-(9) Collect, secret and postcommunion for the Mass "contra mortalitatem" (cf. Missale Upsaliense, Basel, 1513, f. 199), added (14th cent.). f. 83;-(10) Prefaces at Mass for the principal feasts throughout the year. f. 83 b (11) Nicene creed, added (late 13th cent.). f. 85;-(12) Canon of the Mass. In its divergences from the Roman Missal the text is in close agreement with the Canon printed in Missale Upsaliense, f. 87. f. 85 b;-(13) Masses for Christmas Day, Easter, Ascension, Whitsunday, Trinity Sunday, Corpus Christi, Nativity of St. John Baptist, Assumption and Nativity of B.V.M. f. 87;-(14) "Incipit commune sanctorum : Masses for the Common of Saints. f. 93;-

(15) Votive Masses. f. 98 b;-(16) Table giving the number of lessons to be read on saints' days throughout the year commencing with Hilary (13 Jan.), added (late 13th cent.). The following Scandinavian saints occur: -Sigfrid, Eric, Eskill, Kanute, Olaf. f. 104 ;-(17) Miscellaneous blessings, etc., added (late 13th cent.), viz. :-(a) Bread, (b) Flesh, (c) Lard, (d) Cheese, (c) Eggs, (f) Butter. f. 105;-(18) A version of the collect "Pietate tua quesumus Domine" which in the Roman Missal (1474) is that assigned to the votive Mass "pro uiuis et defunctis" (cf. Henry Bradshaw Society, op. cit., i, p. 473), added (14th cent.). f. 105 b ;-(19) Temporale. f. 106;-(20) Sanctorale. Contains offices for the following Scandinavian saints:-Sigfrid (15 Feb.), f. 231, Eric (18 May), f. 239 b, Olaf (29 Jul.), f . 255. f . 216 ;-(21) Common of saints. f . 288 b;-

(22) Mass for the feast "De spinea corona Domini" (4 May), similar to that printed in Missale Upsaliense, f. 154 b, added (late I3th cent.). f.306;-(23)Mass "provitanda mortalitate," followed by a note (cf. Henry Bradshaw Soc., op. cit., ii, p. 327) stating that it was established [or rather indulgenced] by Clement VI (1342-52), added (14th cent.). f. .307;-(25) Office for St. Bridget of Sweden (7 Oct., canonised 1391), added (late 14th cent.), beg. "Rosa rorans bonitatem." The office is identical with that written by Nicholas Hermann, Bishop of Linköping, 1374-91 (cf. Gams, Series Episcoporum, p. 338) and is printed with an introduction by H. Schück in Meddelanden från det Litteraturhistoriska Seminariet i Lund, ii, in the Acta Universitatis Lundensis, 1891-92. Owing to the shortening of the lessons only the first four lessons and about half of the fifth, as printed, are given here. f. 308 b ;-(26) The office "De compassione beate Marie Virginis," added (15th cent.). f. 318. Vellum; ff. 321 (f. 308 blank). 6.7/8 in x 4.3/4 in. xiii cent. (after 1262 since the office of Corpus Christi is included), with later additions. Gatherings of 10 leaves (i^6, Vi^9, xxxii^2, xxxiii^8, last 6) numbered in moot cases in red at the beginning, the numeration commencing at the beginning of the text (f. 7). See. fol. in text (f. 8) "ad eum." On f. 85 is an exceedingly rough coloured drawing of the crucifixion, executed late in the 13th cent. Initials in red and blue occur throughout. In the margin of f. 102 b is a signature "Martino del Musso da beluno" [Belluno] in a 17th cent. Italian hand. Acquired by the donor, whose signature is on f. 1, from Silvio Bocca, bookseller, of Rome, probably in 1897.