Add MS 43405

MUCHELNEY BREVIARY. Vol. 1. Contents:-

(1) Temporale, Advent-25th Sund. aft. the Octave of Pentecost. Included are:@a) An inserted leaf containing a Pica for the 3rd Sund. in Advent and the ferial days of the following week, written in a slightly later hand. ff. 20-20b;-(b) Office for St Thomas Becket, in rhyme, similar to that printed from University College, Oxford, MS. 101 (late 13th cent.) by Dreves, Analecta Hymnica, xiii, 1892, pp. 238-242. Other versions are in Add. MSS. 16964, f. 5 (fragm., late 12th cent.) and 49363, ff. 34-36 (circ. 1300). ff. 42b-45b;-(c) Commemoration for St Egwin (30 Dec.). ff. 45 b-46;-(d) Office 'In dedicacione ecclesie' (7 Jan.). ff. 62-66 b. There is no office for Corpus Christi. ff. 1-265.

(2) Blessing of Holy Water. ff. 265-266. Vellum; ff. XXXV+266 (the foliation remains that used by Schofield and Tolhurst, opp. citt., except that the former ff. 199-272 have been renumbered correctly as ff. 193-266). 252 mm. x 169 mm. Late XIII cent. Original gatherings mostly of 12 leaves (ii13, xxii [5, 10 cancelled]) preceded by three gatherings of added leaves (ff. i-xxi: a7 [4, 6 stubs], b8, C8) and followed by two others at the end (ff. xxii-xxxv: d8, e6). Catchwords and added [ 15th cent.?] signatures. Written in book hand in double columns Of 29 lines, with rubrics and red and blue pen-decorated initials. On f. 1 (reproduced in Friends ofthe National Libraries, Annual Report, 1932-1933, pl. i) is an initial and bar border with grotesques, in gold and colours. The added material (ff. i-xxxv, see further above) includes, in addition to transcripts of deeds, etc.:-

(a) Two leaves from the Temporale of a Missal, 2nd and 3rd Sund. after Epiphany and Quinquagesima Sund.; 12th cent. ff. i, v;-

(b) Appointments and forms for the appointment of proxies by the Abbots to General Convocations, circ. 1423-1495 (ff. iii, xxiii, xxv; printed by Schofield, op. cit., pp. i- 4, 41 -45), for an episcopal visitation, 1444 (f. ix; Schofield, pp. 9-11), at the Northampton Chapter, 1495 (f. xivb; Schofield, pp. 23-25), for the exercise of prebendal jurisdiction, 14th cent. (f. xv; Schofield, p. 25), and as attorneys at hundred courts, 14th cent. (f. xiv; Schofield, pp. 21- 22). ff. iii-xxv passim;-(c) Articles for a visitation of Benedictine monasteries, 15th cent. Printed by Heame, op. cit., i, pp. lxviii-lxxi, and Schofield, op. cit., pp. 4-7. ff. iv-ivb;-(d) Adaptation of the Te Deum as a hyn-m in praise of the Virgin Mary, here attributed to John Bracy, Abbot of Muchelney 1470- 1489, beg. 'Te matrem laudamus te dominam confitemur, te eterni'.

15th cent.Printed from this MS.by Heame, op. cit., i, pp. xxxiv-xxxv and by C. A. Cole, Memorials of Henry V, Rolls Ser., 1858, pp. lxilxii; for other versions cf. Chevalier, Repertorium Hymnologicum, nos. 20148-2O161 passim, 33903, 33904, J. Wickham Legg, 'Some imitations of the Te Deum', Trans. St Paul's Ecclesiological Soc., iii, 1895, pp. 34- 40, and Schofield, op. cit., p. 7. f. vi;-(e) Constitution of Robert de Winchelsea, Archbishop of Canterbury, conceming the relation of officiating priests to the rectors and vicars of churches, beg. 'Presbiteri necnon alii sacerdotes stipendiarii'; 1 305. Printed by Wilkins, Concilia, ii, 1737, p. 280. The present MS. omits the chapter beg. ' Item si oporteat tres vel duas missas'. ff. vibvii;-(f) 'Tractatus perutilis contra morbum pestilencialem quem composuit P. de Burgalia [sic] qui tractatus in 4 partes diuiditur': aversion of the shorter Latin form of the treatise' De Pestilentia'byjohannes de Burgundia al. de Burdigala (Bordeaux), cf. D. W. Singer and A. Anderson, Cat. of Latin and Vernacular Plague Tracts, 1950, no. 17, PP. 32-33; 15th cent. The text differs widely from that of the two Latin versions Singer no. 17 iv-vi and no. 17 vii~ix. ff. viib-ix;-

(g) Miscellaneous recipes, medical notes, etc., mainly in English,15th- 16th centt. Printed by Schofield, op. Cit., pp. 1 ?-, 47, 5 1, 5 3. ff. x b, xxix, xxxii, xxxiib, xxxiiib (for woad), xxxiv (Latin);-(h) Dietary in English, 15th cent. Printed by Schofield, op. cit., pp. 14-16. ff. xib-xii;-(1) 'Regimen conueniens monachis pro corporibus eorum salubriter conseruandis patet in sequentibus', 15th cent. Printed by Schofield, op. cit., pp. 16-21. ff. xii b-xiii b;-(j) Letter to John de Hampton, justice of assize in co. Southt., announcing the battle of Halidon Hill and the capture of Berwick; Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 21 July 1333. French. Copy. Printed by Schofield, op. cit., pp. 22-23. f. xiv;-(k) Memoranda of homages to the Abbot, 15 10, 15 28. Printed by Schofield, op. cit., pp. 46, 50. ff. xxviib, xxxi;-(1) 'Hi sunt psalmi quos sanctus Hillarius episcopus ordinauit ad creatorem suum et saluatorem deprecandum'; 15th cent.: a list of psalms for use in times of various private need, printed by Schofield, op. cit., PP. 48-49. For other versions cf. Add. MSS. 16608, ff. 93-93b; 33381, ff. 176- 177. ff. xxixb-xxx;-(m) Perambulation of Neracchich al. Neroche forest, co. Som.; 1298. Printed from another copy in Wells Cathedral Liber Albus II (G. R. C. Davis, op. cit., no. 1006) by T. Hearne, op. cit., i, pp. 188-190; Collinson, Hist. of Somerset, iii, 1791, P. 57. Latin. ff. xxxb-xxxi;-(n) Prophecy in Latin verse concerning the English and the Scots, viz. twenty-two leonine hexameters in rhyming couplets, beg. 'Uilla super Twedam flens Anglica te fore predam', 15th cent. Printed by Schofield op. cit., p. 51. Another copy (14th cent.) is in Cotton MS. Vespasian E. vii, f. 95b (cf. H. L. D. Ward, Cat. of Romances, i, p. 322, no. 28), where the lines are attributed to Bede. Lines 1- 16 appear in J. de Fordun's Scotichronicon, bk. III, ch. xxiii (ed. W. Goodall, 1759, i, p. 127) where they are also ascribed to Bede, and lines 17-22 appear, without ascription, ibid., bk. III, ch. I and again in bk. XV, ch. xxx (Goodall, op. cit., i, p. 157; ii, p. 4s8). f. xxxii.

Orders Religious. Benedictines: Muchelney Breviary: late 13th cent.

Liturgies LATIN: Breviary from Muchelney Abbey, co. Som.: late 13th cent.

Muchelney Abbey; Somerset: Breviary of, with memoranda (14th-16th centt.) rel. to: late 13th cent.

Robert Standish Sievier, racehorse owner: Armorial bookplate: late 19th cent.

includes:

• f. ix Poetry LATIN: Two verses on phlebotomy: 15th cent.
• f. vi Hymns: Hymns to the Virgin: 15th cent.
• f. vi John Bracy, Abbot of Muchelney 1470-1489: 'Te matrem laudamus', attrib. to: 15th cent.
• f. xb Bread: Assize of: 1275.: Lat.: Imperf.
• f. xiii John de Hampton, Justice of Assize: Letter to, rel. to the battle of Halidon Hill: 1337.: Fr.: Copy.
• f. xiii Edward III of England: Letter to J. de Hampton announcing the result of the battle of Halidon Hill, etc.: 1333.: Fr.: Copy.
• f. xxiib Hymns: 'Eterne rex altissime, redemptor et fidelium': 15th cent.
• f. xxixb Psalter: List of psalms selected by St Hilary, for various occasions: 15th cent.: Lat.
• f. xxixb Saint Hilary,; Bishop of Poitiers: List of psalms selected by(?): 15th cent.: Lat.
• f. xxxii Poetry LATIN: Metrical prophecy conc. the English and the Scots: 15th cent.: Lat.
• f. xxxii Prophecies: Metrical prophecy rel. to the English and the Scots: 15th cent.: Lat.
• f. xxxiii Inventories: Household linen: early 16th cent.
• f. xxxiiib Recipes: For making woad: 16th cent.
• f. xxxiv Music: Notes in explanation of musical signatures: circ. 1500.
• ff. i, v Liturgies LATIN: Missal, leaves from the Temporale of: 12th cent.
• ff. ii, xxii Taxes: Memoranda rel. to scutage 14th-15th centt.
• ff. iv, ivb Orders Religious. Benedictines: Articles for a capitular visitation: 15th cent.
• ff. vi b, vii England, Ecclesiastical History: Constitutions of Abp. R. de Winchelsey, 1305. Lat. Copy: 15th cent.
• ff. vib-vii Robert de Winchelsea, Archbishop of Canterbury: Constitution of: 1304.
• ff. vii b-ix Plague, The, and Pestilences: Treatise of J. de Burgundia on the plague: 15th cent.: Lat.
• ff. viib-ix Johannes de Burgundia, alias Burdigala; author of 'Sir John Mandeville's Travels': Treatise on the plague: 15th cent.: Lat.
• ff. viib-ix Medicine and Surgery: Version of J. de Burgundia al. de Burdigala, 'de Pestilentia': 15th cent.
• ff. viib-xiiib, xxix, xxxiib, xxxiv Medicine and Surgery: Miscellaneous tracts, notes, etc., on hygiene: 15th cent.: Engl. and Lat.
• ff. xiii, xiiib Poetry LATIN: Verses from the Schola Salernitana: 15th cent.
• ff. xiv, xxiib, xxxiii Prayers: Prayers, notes, etc.: 14th-15th centt.
• ff. xxxb, xxxi Forests: Perambulation of Neracchich al. Neroche forest, co. Som.: 1298.: Lat.: Copy.
• ff. xxxb, xxxi Forest of Neroche, Somerset: Perambulation: 1298.: Lat.: Copy.
• f. 1 Art. Illuminations and Drawings: Muchelney Breviary: initial and bar border: late 13th cent.
• f. 1* Bookplates and Book-stamps: Sievier (Robert Standish), d.1939.
• f. 1ib Domesday Book: Extract from, rel. to Muchelney Abbey: 15th cent.: Lat.
• ff. 14-13 5 b passim John Sherborne, Abbot of Muchelney 1522-1532: Notes by: n.d.