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Burney MS 334

Record Id:
040-002237245
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
032-002236305
MDARK:
ark:/81055/vdc_100000001311.0x00017e
LARK:
SLARK:
Format:
ISAD(G)
Reference (shelfmark):
Burney MS 334
Title:
Book of Hours, use ofSarum
Scope & Content:

Book of Hourse in the use of Sarum

Contents:

ff. 1r-6r: Calendar;major feasts (in red) include Cornelius, bishop (31 Mar.); others includeWilliam of York (8 Jan., 8 June), Lambert of Neuwerk (9 Feb.), Oswald of York(28 Feb.), and Wilfrid of York (24 Apr.).

f. 6v: blank

ff. 7r-54v: Hours ofthe Virgin, use of Sarum, with the Hours of the Cross intermixed, followed bythe Salve regina; incorporating (ff. 28v-32) prayers to Sts. John the Baptist,Peter, Michael, King Edmund, Thomas Becket (effaced), Nicholas, Margaret, andKatherine.

ff. 55r-66r: The SevenPenitential Psalms.

ff. 66v-68v: TheFifteen Gradual Psalms, the first twelve given by cue only.

ff. 68v-78v: Litany ofsaints, including Columbinus, followed by petitions and seven collects.

ff. 79r-94v: (Long)Hours of the Holy Spirit.

ff. 95r-137r: Officeof the Dead.

ff. 137v-154v:Commendation of Souls.

Decoration: Four-line illuminated foliate initials in colours on a gold groundwith full borders (ff. 7r, 17r), and three- or four-line initials with partialborders (ff. 34r, 38v, 41v, 44r, 47r, 49v, 55r); three- or four-line parted initials in red and blue with red and blue orpurplish penwork (ff. 95r, 137v); a two-line initial in gold enclosing redfoliate designs and with red penwork (f. 79r); two-line initials in blue withred penwork flourishing; verse initials alternately plain red or blue.

Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
Burney Manuscripts
Hierarchy Record Ids:
032-002236305
040-002237245
Is part of:
Burney MS : Burney Manuscripts

 

Burney MS 334 : Book of Hours, use of__NEWLINE__Sarum
Hierarchy:
032-002236305[0329]/040-002237245
Container:
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Record Type (Level):
File
Extent:
One volume.
Digitised Content:
Languages:
Latin
Scripts:
Latin
Start Date:
1400
End Date:
1449
Date Range:
1st half of the 15th century
Era:
CE
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Physical Characteristics:

Materials: Parchment.

Dimensions: 135 x 95 mm (text space 85 x 55 mm in one column).

Foliation: ff. 156 (ff. 155 and 156 ruled, but without text).

Collation: 6 (ff.1-6); ii-xix8 (ff. 7-150); xx6 (ff. 151-156).

Script: Gothic (textura).

Binding: BM/BL in-house. Rebound in 1962.

Custodial History:

Origin:England

Provenance:

John Burlay of Roydon: inscription 'John Burlay of Roydon', twice, f.156v; other 15th century inscriptions of 'Richard ? Wyndham (f. 155), andWilliam Bruer (f. 156v).Charles Burney (b. 1757, d. 1817), D.D., classical scholar. Acquired by the British Museum as part of Burney’s library from his son CharlesParr Burney in 1818.
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Select digital coverage available for thismanuscript; see the Catalogue of Illuminated Manuscripts: https://www.bl.uk/catalogues/illuminatedmanuscripts/record.asp?MSID=1488&CollID=18&NStart=334

Publications:
Catalogue of Manuscripts in The British Museum, NewSeries, 1 vol. in 2 parts (London: British Museum,1834-1840), I, part II: The Burney Manuscripts (1840), pp. 91.
Material Type:
Archives and Manuscripts
Legal Status:
Not Public Record(s)