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Add MS 15281, ff 86r-197v
- Record Id:
- 040-002355457
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002086986
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000827.0x000058
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 15281, ff 86r-197v
- Title:
- Prayerbook of Sigismund I of Poland (Part 2: Clipeus spiritualis)
- Scope & Content:
-
Collection of prayers, entitled 'Clipeus spiritualis' (f. 86r); preceded by a dedication to Sigismund I, rubric: 'Serenissimo domino Sigismundo primo regi Polonie', incipit: 'Qui hunc libellum tibi miserim' (ff. 86v-89v), a title page (f. 90v) and a display script (ff. 91r-91v). The same compilation was also included in the Prayerbook of Krzysztof Szydłowiecki of 1527 (divided between Milan, Archivio Storico Civico, Cod. n. 459 and Milan, Biblioteca Ambrosiana, Cod. n. 460), and, in a Polish translation, in the Prayerbook of Wojciech Gasztołd (Vaitiekus Goštautas), chancellor of Lithuania of 1528 (Munich, Universitätsbibliothek MS 3663), both produced in Samostrzelnik's workshop.
Contents:
- Rubric: 'Oratio previa', incipit: Anima mea in angustiis' (ff. 92r-94r);
- Psalms 21, 54, 68 (ff. 94r-112r);
- The life of Jesus Christ in the form of a litany, rubric 'Incipiunt letanie tocius vite Domini nostri Iesu Xristi', incipit: 'Kirie eleison' (ff. 112v-166r);
- Five prayers:
- incipit: 'Iesu Nazarene respice' (ff. 166r-167r);
- incipit: 'Omnipotens sempiterne Deus qui subvenis' (ff. 167r-167v);
- incipit: 'Respice quesumus Domine' (f. 168r);
- incipit: 'Presta quesumus' (f. 168v);
- incipit: 'Festina domine ne moreris' (ff. 168v-169v).
- A prayer attributed to St Augustine, incipit: 'O dulcissime Domine Iesu (ff. 170r-178v);
- Prayer, rubric: 'Oracio hec devotissima contra Insidias quascumque inimicorum omnium visibilium et invisibilium...', incipit: 'Dulcissime Domine' (ff. 179r-181v);
- Prayer, rubric: 'alia oracio maxime virtutis que si devote in tempore tribulationis dicatur...', incipit: 'Domine Deus omnipotens' (ff. 181v-184r);
- Psalms 3, 66, 53, 129, 141, followed by a prayer, rubric 'Post hos psalmos dic istam oracionem cum devocione', incipit: 'Libera me Domine' (ff. 184r-191v);
- Prayer, rubric: 'Oracio pro civitate', incipit: 'Exaudi Domine oraciones nostras' (ff. 191v-194r);
- A prayer attributed to St Bernard, rubric: 'Feretur quod diabolus Beato Bernardo...', incipit: 'O bone Iesu illumina oculos meos' (ff. 193v-197v).
- Added prayer: 'Confiteor Deo omnipotenti (f. 195r);
Decoration:
Title page in colours and gold with two putti supporting a cartouche inscribed with the title (f. 90v). Full and partial borders with candelabra ornaments, putti, heraldic and figural decoration (ff. 92r, 94r, 105, 112v, 166r, 167r, 168r, 168v, 170v, 179v, 182r, 184r, 185v, 186v, 187v, 188v, 190v, 191v, 194v, 197r). Large initials in gold on coloured grounds decorated with candelabra ornaments, 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.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002086986
040-002355457 - Is part of:
- Add MS 15281 : Prayer book of Sigismund I of Poland
Add MS 15281, ff 86r-197v : Prayerbook of Sigismund I of Poland (Part 2: Clipeus spiritualis) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002086986[0002]/040-002355457
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 15281
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 112 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:
- Latin
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1524
- End Date:
- 1524
- Date Range:
- 1524
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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