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Record Id:
032-002092488
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
032-002092488
MDARK:
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ISAD(G)
Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 40675
Title:

PSALTER and HYMNARY, in Latin, originally two separate MSS., as follows :-

A. (1) The "Suscipere dignare" prayer before the Psalter, adapted for a woman ("ego indigna et peccatrix") and with other variants. Written in a hand of late 12th cent. type, but perhaps contemporary with the Psalter, on an inserted leaf. f. 1 b;-(2) Abbreviated Gallican Psalter (opening words of each verse only), followed (f. 28 b) by the first six of the usual Old Testament canticles similarly treated. f. 2;-(3) Athanasian Creed. f. 30 b;-(4) Office of the Dead. In place of the usual ninth lesson a brief exemplum in support of prayers for the dead, beg. "Vir for.," is substituted. f. 31.

B. (1) Hymnary. The second leaf (f. 35) repeats the text of the first which, when half-written, was abandoned but not cancelled. A few hymns have been added later at ff. 33 b (the last leaf of A), 62, 68 b. f. 34 ;-(2) Hours of St. John Baptist (f. 63) and of St. Mary Magdalene (f. 66), each with three lessons;-(3) "Incipit libellus ad santi (sic) spiritus inuocacionem," beg. "Veni Sanetc spiritus patris filiique": metrical Psalter of the Holy Spirit in 172 quatrains, each headed by a rubric of the opening words of a Psalm (Ps. cxviii being in 22 divisions and Ps. cxlix being repeated). Lacking the prefatory verses found in Royal MS. 2 A. ix, f. 1 (see Dreves, Analecta Hymnica, xxxv, p. 7). f. 69;-(4) Introductory verses to art. 5 in 12 quatrains, omitting the 5th found in Royal MS. 2 A. ix, f. 47. Beg. "Digni regis digna milicia." Printed by Dreves, xxxv, p. 11. f. 89 b;-(5) "Hie incipit psalterium de sancta [cruce]," beg. "Ave salutiferum sancte crucis lignum": metrical Psalter of the Holy Cross in 150 quatrains with rubrics as above. Printed by Dreves, p.12, from Royal MS.2A.ix. f. 90b;-(6) Prayer in French, partly metrical, beg. "Tres duz sire et tres duz ihû crist." f. 109. Vellum; ff. iv + 111. 4.1/2 in. x 31 in. xiii cent. (A early xiii cent.). Gatherings irregular. Various Latin jottings occur one, a three-line accompt, contains the name Scalcal (f. 110 b). On f . III are the lines "Qui librum furatur per collum pendere datur" and "Luxuriat raro non bene pasta caro." Belonged to the Austin Nuns of Campsey Priory, co. Suffolk ("Cest liure est a couent de. Campisse," f. 34; Press-mark "D.D. .141.," f. 35), and later to Aylot Holt (16th cent., f. 111), Charles Hurt, jun., Wirksworth, 15 Feb. 1819 (with canting bookplate) and W. Dyce, 1853. Lot 1329 at the Howell Wills sale (Sotheby's, 16 July 1894), and lot 459 at Sotheby's, 20 June 1922.

Scope & Content:

includes:

  • ff. 1 b, 109 Prayers: Prayers: 13th cent.: Lat. and Fr.
  • f. 2 Liturgies LATIN: Abbreviated Gallican Psalter, etc.: 13th cent.
  • f. 34 Liturgies LATIN: Hymnary etc.: 13th cent.
  • f.34 Hymns: Hymnary: 13th cent.: Lat.
  • f. 35 Press-marks: D.D. .141. (Campsey Priory).
  • f. 63 Saint John,; Baptist: Hours of: 13th cent.: Lat.
  • ff. 63, 66 Liturgies LATIN: Hours of St. John Baptist and of St. Mary Magdalene: 13th cent.
  • f. 66 Saint Mary Magdalen: Hours of: 13th cent.: Lat.
  • ff. 69, 90 b Psalter: Metrical Psalters of the Holy Spirit and the Holy Cross: 13th cent.: Lat.
  • ff. 69, 90 b Poetry LATIN: Metrical Psalters of the Holy Spirit and the Holy Cross: 13th cent.

Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
Additional Manuscripts
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032-002092488
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
1 item
Digitised Content:
Languages:
English
French
Latin
Scripts:
Latin
Start Date:
1200
End Date:
1299
Date Range:
13th century
Era:
CE
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Custodial History:

Howell Wills, of Florence: Owned (sale: 1894).

Charles Hurt, junior: Owned (bookplate): in 1819.

Aylot Holt: Owned: 16th cent.

W- Dyer: Owned: in 1853.

Campsey Priory; Suffolk: Owned: 15th cent.

Material Type:
Archives and Manuscripts
Legal Status:
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Names:
Campsey Priory, Suffolk
Dyer, W, former owner of a Latin psalter and hymnary, fl after 13th century
Holt, Aylot
Hurt, Charles, junior
John, Saint, Baptist
Mary Magdalen, Saint
Wills, Howell, of Florence