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Stowe MS 25
- Record Id:
- 040-001952802
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001952775
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000493.0x00022f
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Stowe MS 25
- Title:
- Scope & Content:
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HOURS of the Virgin, etc., in Latin and French. The contents are: — (1) Calendar, in French. f. 1; — (2) Lessons from the four Evangelists, with prayers to the Virgin. f. 13; — (3) Office of the Virgin. f. 35; — (4) The Penitential Psalms, with Litany. f. 120; — (5) Office of the Holy Cross. f. 146; — (6) Office of the Holy Ghost. f. 150; — (7) Office of the Dead. f. 155; — (8) Commemorations of Saints Peter, Paul, Laurence, Clement, Martin, Nicholas, Maurus, Dionysius, Stephen, Fiacre, with a blank space (f. 43) left for that St. Anthony. f. 207; — (9) Hymn to the Virgin, in French, beg. "O digne preciosite." f. 218. Vellum; ff. 224. xvth cent. Executed in France. With miniatures and elaborately designed borders. In some instances the figures of men or animals in the borders are only outlined, the colour not having been put in. Initials illuminated throughout. A note at the end (f. 224) states that the volume was given to Catharine Lecamus, by her father, that she may pray for him and for her mother, Jehanne Fortin, who died 10 July, 1595. An inscription in her own hand inside the cover at the beginning repeats this statement. The father's signature, "Lecamus, notaire, 1592," is on the inside of the cover at the end, and the binding, of brown calf stamped with gold pimpernels, bears the name of Nicolas Lecamus. A note on the fly-leaf states that the volume was in the library of [Henry Stuart] Cardinal York (ob. 1807). Duodecimo.
Bindings FRENCH: Stamped leather, name of Nicolas Lecamus: 1592.
Liturgies LATIN: Horæ: 15th cent.
Eadweard the Elder of England: Eadgifu, his queen, a witness: 943, 944, 948.
Art. Illuminations and Drawings FRENCH: Horæ: miniatures, initials and borders: 15th cent.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Stowe Collection
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001952775
036-001952786
040-001952802 - Is part of:
- Stowe Ms 1-1085 : Stowe Manuscripts
Stowe MS 10-30 : CLASS II.LITURGICAL BOOKS.
Stowe MS 25 : HOURS of the Virgin, etc., in Latin and French. The contents are: — (1) Calendar, in French. f. 1; — (2) Lessons from the… - Hierarchy:
- 032-001952775[0002]/036-001952786[0016]/040-001952802
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Stowe Ms 1-1085
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1400
- End Date:
- 1499
- Date Range:
- 15th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Custodial History:
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Henry Benedict Maria Clement Stuart, Cardinal; Bishop of Tusculum; self-styled Henry IX: Owned.
Nicolas Lecamus, notary: Owned: in 1592.
Catharine Lecamus: Owned: circ. 1595.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Edward, King of the Anglo-Saxons, called the Elder, c 870s-924
Lecamus, Catharine
Lecamus, Nicolas, notary
Stuart, Henry Benedict Maria Clement, Cardinal, Bishop of Tusculum, self-styled Henry IX