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Add MS 15281, ff 4r-85v
- Record Id:
- 040-002355456
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002086986
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000827.0x000057
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 15281, ff 4r-85v
- Title:
- Prayerbook of Sigismund I of Poland (Part 1)
- Scope & Content:
-
This part of the manuscript contains the following:
- 'Psalter of St Jerome', rubric: 'Incipit psalterium S. Jeronimi', incipit: 'Verba mea auribus', with a litany (ff. 37r-51r) and two prayers: 'Oracio. Dona michi queso' (ff. 35v-36r) and 'Oracio. Suscipe Domine Deus' (ff. 51v-52v) (ff. 4r-52v).
- Five Prayers on the Passion, rubric: 'Orationes de Passione Domini':
- a prayer attributed to Gregory the Great, incipit: 'Domine Iesu Xriste adoro te in cruce pendentem' (ff. 53r-54v);
- a prayer perhaps composed for Sigismund I (see Borkowska, Królewskie Modlitewniki (1999)), incipit: 'Omnipotens sempiterne Deus qui unigenitum filium tuum' (ff. 55v-58v);
- incipit: 'Deus misericordis Deus clemens (ff. 58v-61r);
- incipit: 'Deus qui es sanctorum tuorum splendor (ff. 61r-62r);
- incipit: 'Benedictio benedicat me imperialis maiestas patrie' (ff. 62r-63r);
- A prayer for the elevation, rubric: 'In elevatione corporis Christi', incipit: 'Salve salvataris victima' (ff. 63r-64v);
- Four prayers before communion, rubric: 'Orationes ante comunionem multum devotissime':
- incipit: 'Domina mea sancta maria' (ff. 66r-68v);
- incipit: 'Domine Iesu Christe immensam clemenciam tuam' (ff. 68v-72r);
- incipit: 'Deus qui de indignis dignos' (ff. 72r-73r);
- incipit: 'Clementissime Deus qui occultorum omnium est cognitor' (ff. 73r-75r);
- Three prayers after communion, rubric 'Oraciones post communionem':
- incipit: 'Corpus tuum Iesu Christe (ff. 75r-75v);
- incipit: 'Gracias tibi ago mitissime Deus' (ff. 75v-78r);
- incipit: Serenissima et inclita mater' (ff. 78r-79r);
- Added prayer, rubric: 'Le sequenti orationi sono state transcritte da uno ufficiolo del q[uondam?] serenissimo Sigismondo primo Re di Polonia. Conductus vie', incipit: Ingressus Pilatus cum iesu' (ff. 79r-85v).
Decoration:
3 full-page miniatures in gold and colours: St Jerome writing (f. 3v); Sigismund I receiving holy communion from Christ as the Vir Dolorum (f. 59r); Sigismund I adoring the Virgin Assunta (f. 65v). 2 historiated initial 'C'(lementissime) in colours and gold of Christ showing his wounds (f. 73r) and 'C'(orpus) of an Eucharistic chalice with a host (f. 75r). Full and partial borders with candelabre-ornaments (ff. 3v, 4r, 53r, 54v, 55v, 58v, 59r, 61r, 62r, 63r, 65v, 66r, 68v, 72r, 73r, 75r, 78r). Large initials in gold on coloured grounds, at the beginning of major divisions and prayers. Small initials and line-fillers in gold on coloured grounds. Text blocks framed with gold cordelières.
Illuminated by Stanisław Samostrzelnik. Miniatures are added on singletons.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002086986
040-002355456 - Is part of:
- Add MS 15281 : Prayer book of Sigismund I of Poland
Add MS 15281, ff 4r-85v : Prayerbook of Sigismund I of Poland (Part 1) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002086986[0001]/040-002355456
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 15281
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 82 folios, bound together with the rest of Add MS 15281
- Digitised Content:
- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Add_MS_15281 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Italian
Latin - Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1524
- End Date:
- 1524
- Date Range:
- 1524
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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