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DEVOTIONAL MANUAL of a Franciscan, including the Hours of the Virgin and other Offices, with hymns and religious poems, prayers, theological tracts, excerpts from the Franciscan rule, &c., in Latin. On f. I,'Ad vsum

fratris Willielmi Turnout vsque ad reu[o]cati[o]nem, etc. Ipse scrip[s]it in conuentu Conflutino' [Confluentino?, sc. Coblentz]. There are, however, more hands than one. The full contents are.- 1. Rhyming verses, beg. 'Balsamus et cera munda cum crismatis unda', being directions for constructing a symbolical Agnus Dei (cf. Harley MS. 2406, f. 10, Stowe MS. 52, f. 69b, and Chevalier, Repertorium Hymnologicum, iii, P. 91, no. 24055); followed by notes of the manner in which the divine office ought to be said, and of the qualities of a 'bonus cellator', with lines beg. ' Missa Sacerdotis simul omnes concelebrantes Sanat', &c. ff. 1 b, 2, 2 b, 3.

2. 'Forma generalis absolutionis infirmis fratribus et in extremis constitutis impercienda', with other forms of absolution. f. 3 b.

3. Indulgences of the Seven Churches of Rome throughout the year, &c. f. 6. See also f. 13.

4. Form of prayer for the dying, based upon three Paternosters, (i) 'in honore agonie', (2) lin honore omnium passionum et amaritudinum', and (3)'in honore ineffabilis caritatis' of our Lord; preceded by a story of the apparition of a pope after death to his chaplain, in consequence of which the form came into use. f. ii.

5. Calendar, preceded by Easter tables, &c.; including among other Franciscan saints S. Bernardinus,

canonized in 1450. f. I4 b.

6. Seven Penitential Psalms and Litany, the latter imperfect at the beginning. ff. 24, 29.

7. ' Vigilie defunctorum.' f. 33.

8. 'Cursus Isc. Horae] beate Marie virginis.' f. 53.

9. 'Incipiunt quindecim gradus', sc. Ps. cxix-cxxxiv. f. 78 b.

10. ' Incipit preparamentum Misse.' f. 80. Followed by 'Oratio sancti Ambrosii ante missam' (f. 83 b), beg. 'Summe Sacerdos et vere pontifex' (Migne, Patrologia, xvii. 751), a 'Sequentia de virgine gloriosa dicenda ante Missam' (f. 85 b), beg. 'Ave, preclara maris stella , (Mone, Lateinische Hymnen, 1854, ii. 355, cf. Chevalier, no. 2045), &C.

11. 'Gratiarum actio post missam', sc. the 'Benedicite', Ps. cl, and prayers. f. 86b.

12. 'De venerabili sacramento 'oratio', beg. 'Ave, viuens hostia, veritas et vita': a hymn in 15 4-line stanzas, each stanza having a single rhyme. f. 88b. Colophon, 'Explicit deuota meditatio de suauissimo sacramento et eius vtilitatibus cum explicatione fidei deuotis mentibus alacriter ruminanda, edita a fratre Iohanne de Pechano, archiepiscopo Cantuariensi et

primato (sic) tocius anglie, ordinis minorum' [John Peckham, Archb. of Canterbury 1279-1292]. See also I2 C. XII, f. 4 b, below, Arundel MS. 374, f. 76 b, and Harley MS. 913, f. 57 b. Printed in the Registrum Epistolarum J. Peckham, cd. C. T. Martin (Rolls Series), iii, 1885, p. cxiv, and elsewhere (cf. Chevalier, 110. 2278).

13. Hymn, in 7 4-line stanzas, beg. 'Ihesu benignissime, fons amoris casti' (Dreves, Analecta Hymnica, xxxi, p. 109; Chevalier, no. 28495). f. 89b. Followed by a short prayer in prose.

14. 'Tabula de dominicis vacantibus, et dicitur rubrica Parisiensis de dominicis quae veniunt post penthecosten de quibus debeat fieri commemoracio uel quae debent dimitti, quae tabula nunquam fallit.' f. 92. Preceded (f. 91) and followed by other rubrical directions.

15. 'Modus intonandi ymnos per totum annum.' f. 95.

16. ' Ex statutis generalibus' : extracts from the Franciscan statutes relative to masses for dead brethren, &c. f. 99.

17. Ordo ad benedicendum mensam per totum annum.' f 101 b.

18. Rubrical directions as to the celebration of Advent, &c., according to Franciscan usage. Imperfect. f. 107.

19. Religious poems, on the Nativity, &c., beginning:-

(a) 'Erigamus iam attente nostri cordis studia, Aspirantes tota mente ad futura gaudia.' f. 109. (b)' Quadam mentis pietate hunc laborem subii, Ut quid de natiuitate dictem dei filii.' f. 110 b. After twelve lines of preface, beginning as above, the poem follows in two parts (ff. 111, 113 b) beg. ' Deus trinus in personis vnus in essentia Sui virtute sermonis cuncta creans encia,' and 'Dum adesset ergo dies ut Maria pareret, Nulla erat loco quies illud quo perficeret.' 20. Hymn in honour of the Virgin on the Song of Solomon, ch. vii. f. 117b. Begins:-

' 0 quam pulcra et decora Es adiutrix sine mora Mihi tu carissima.' 21. Hymn in honour of the Virgin with reference to the Passion (Dreves, xxx, p. 106; Chevalier, no. 2955I). f. 118b. Begins:-

Matris cor virgincum trena (sic) totum triuit Quando suum Ilium nocte captum sciuit.' 22. Various short services, sc. (a) 'Breues hore de sancta Cruce'. f. 119;-(b) 'Compassio virginis gloriose'. f. 119 b;-(c) ' Breues hore de s. Francisco'. f. 121 b ;-(d) ' Breues hore de s. Katherina'. f. I22 b.

23. Penitential Psalms, and Litany of the Virgin. f. I24.

24. Services, &c., of the Virgin, sc. (a) ' Corona dulcissime virginis Marie'. f. I27;-(b) ' Rosarium virginis gloriose': a hymn beg. 'Gaude, virgo, iure 23

matris' (Chevalier, iii, no. 27I99). Imperfect. f. 129;-

(c)Septem Gaudia. Imperf. at beg. f. 131.-(d)'Oracio

. . . post deuotas eius laudes'. f. 133;-(e) Hymn, beg. 'Virgo, gaude, que [al. quod] de fraude demonum nos liberas' (Chevalier, no. 34604). f. 133 b.

25. Short services and prayers, including: (a) 'Breues hore de s. Francisco'; different from art. 22 (C). f. 134;-

(b) 'Oratio de compassione gloriose virginis Marie': the hymn 'Stabat mater dolorosa'. f. 135 ;-(C) 'Oratio de saluatore nostro in cruce pendente'. f. 135 b ;-(d) Prayers to the Saints, &C. f. 136;-(e) 'Oratio Anselmi pro venia impetranda', beg. ' Deus cuius bonitas non exhauritur'. f. 140.

26. Exorcisms 'contra temptationes carnis', preceded by a story of S. Edmund [of Pontigny Archb. of Canterbury. f. 141.

27. Devotional poems, or poem in three parts, beg.

(a) 'Ihesu Christi celeri miseratione Et Marie virginis intercessione.' f. 142. See Migne, clxxxix. 6oi (among spurious works of S. Anselm) and Mone, i, p. 173; and cf. Chevalier, no. 9484. (b) '0 homo miserrime, quid sis memorare, Necnon ad quid factus sis sepe recordare.' f. 142, b. (c) 'Desere nunc, anima, lectulum soporis; Languor, torpor, vanitas excludatur foris.' f. 144.

28. Hymn on the Passion, with Biblical types and antitypes. f. 163. Begins:-

'Regem Christum deplangamus Eius mortem lugeamus.' Dreves, xxxvi, p. 216, from this MS.; Chevalier, no. 32793.

29. 'Philomena', a devotional poem, beg. ' Philomena preuia temporis ameni'. f. 166. Printed among works of S. Bonaventura (ed. Maintz, 1609, Vi, P. 424), but ascribed also to john Peckham (Reg. Epist. J. Peckham, ed. C. T. Martin, iii, p. cv); Chevalier, no. 14898.

30. 'Iubilus Alaudae', a devotional poem, evidently by a Franciscan (Dreves, xxxi, P. 33; Chevalier, no.

292o6). f. 172. The prologue, headed 'Incipit prologus rigmaticus in iubilum alaude mistice', beg. :-

'Lucis in principio tempore vernali Semel fui gaudio permotus spiritali.' The poem (f. I72 b) is headed 'Incipit iubilus alaude mistice in septem ascensiones distinctus, cum pausis totidem correspondentibus', and begins :-

'Regem Christum hodie, fratres, honoremus; Laudes sue curie ad mentem reuocemus.' 31. ' Incipit iubilus beati Bernardi abbatis.' f 174. Begins:-

'Ihesu dulcis memoria Dans vera cordis gaudia.' See Migne, clxxxiv. 1317 ; Chevalier, no. 9542.

32. ' Oratio beati Bernardi abbatis', in verse. f. 175 b. Begins :-

Pro me, pie Iesu, latus sanctum sci[n]ditur, Pro me cordis perforati sanguis sacer funditur.' 24

33. Hymns in honour of the Virgin, preceded by a prayer in prose. ff. 176-185. The hymns begin:-

(a) Ave, salue, gaude, vale, 0 Maria, non vemale.' f. 177. Mone, Latein. Hymnen, ii, p. 268, under the title 'Oratio quae dicitur crinale Mariae V.' ; Chevalier, no. 2098. (b) 'Tu quondam per angelum Sumens magnum aue.' f. 179. Headed ' Laudaismus Bonauenture super Aue Maria', but not printed among S. Bonaventura's Opera, 1609; Dreves,XXX, P. 280; Chevalier, no. 34140. (c) 'Aue, virgo virginum, Laus et lux iustorum.' f. 180. See Chevalier, no. 2268. (d) 'Aue virgo virgula Flosculi regalis.' f. 180 b. Mone, ii, p. 103; Chevalier, no. 2275. (e) 'Aue candens absque ve (se. vac), Rosa puritatis, Fons totius venie, Ortus pietatis.' f. 181 b. Dreves, xxx, p. 191, from this MS.; Chevalier, no. 23375. (f)Gaude mea spiritalis Pulchra suauis curialis.' f. 182. Headed 'Orationes b. Bernardi abbatis de b. virgine', but neither this nor the next hymn is printed in his works. (g) ' 0 cunctarum feminarum Decus atque gloria.' f. 185. See Chevalier, no. 12859. Also attributed to S. Anselm.

34. 'Incipit deuotus tractatulus magistri Dyonisii tractans de compunccione', beg. ' Sicut dicit apostolus, stultam, &c. Probably by the Carthusian Dionysius de Leewis or Rickel (d. 1471), but not included in the list of his works in Petreius, Bibliotheca Cartusiana, 1609, p. 49. f. 186.

35. 'De purgacione peccatorum venialium', followed by other short religious pieces. f. 193.

36. 'Incipit regula fratrum minorum edita a beato Francisco, confirmata a domino papa Honorio tercio' [1223]. See Wadding,Annales Minorum, ii. (1732), p. 64. f. I97. Preceded (f. 196) by a paragraph oii the opposition to the new rule by Friar Elias and others (ib. p. 62), and followed (f. 202) by 'Quatuor priuilegia que dominus nobis donauit'.

37. 'Incipit testamentum beatissimi patris nostri Francisci' (ib. p. i43). f. 202 b. Followed (f. 205) by a few brief 'Verba' of S. Francis.

38. Abstract of the 'Declaraciones' of Popes Clemerit V and Nicholas Ill on the Franciscan rule (see below). f. 205 b.

39. 'Incipit declaracio dom. Nycolay pape tertii super reguiam fratrum minorum', beg. 'Exiit qui seminat'; is Aug. 'ao 2 [I279]. See Sbaralea, Bull. Franc., p. 404. f. 209.

40. 'Incipit declaracio dom. CIementis pape quinti super regulam,'&c., beg. 'De paradiso dixi'; Vienne, 4 June, ao 7, 1312. f. 227 b.

41. Notes and extracts on the time of celebrating Advent, &C. f. 241 b.

42. Hymn by S. Bonaventura (Opera, 1609, vi, P. 420). f. 243. Begins:-

,Ihesus est ineffabilis persona Trinitatis Ihesus autor mirabilis in omnibus creatis.' 43. 'Incipit planctus beati Bernardi super Christum Ihesum passuin et mortuum' (Migne, clxxxiv. I319; Chevalier, no. 18073). f. 245b. Begins:-

'Salue mundi salutare Salue, Ihesu, salue, care.' 44. 'Oratio beati Bernardi (?) de vita Ihesu Christi.' f. 248. Begins:-

'Aue, Ihesu, conditor, veritas et vita, Via, virtus, gratia, salus infinita.' Mone, i, P. 340, 'Ave, mundi conditor', and cf. p. 173; Chevalier, no. i846.

45. Hymn without title, followed by a prayer. f. 249b. Begins

Aue, pie fili dei, Misercre, precor, mei.' 46. 'Rigmus [rhythmus] deuotus super Salue regina.' f. 250. Begins:-

'Salue, virgo virginum, Stella matutina,

Sordidorum criminum Vera medicina.'

By S. Bonaventura; Chevalier, no. 18318.

47. 'Septem gaudia terrestria gloriose virginis Marie.' f. 251 b. Begins:-

'Gaude, virgo, stella maris, Sponsa Christi singularis.' Mone, ii, p. 16o; Chevalier, no. 7037.

48. 'Oracio de quinque doloribus beate Marie vir.

ginis.' f. 252. Begins:-

'Aue, dulcis mater Christi, Que dolebas corde tristi.' Daniel, Thesaurus Hymnologicus i, P. 347; Chevalier,

no. 1783. Vellum (ff. 1-25, &c.) and paper; ff. 252. 4 in. x 2 3/4 in. XV cent. Initials in red, but no other ornamentation. Probably written at or near Coblentz (see above).