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A thirteenth century York Psalter ; a manuscript written and illuminated in the Diocese of York about A. D. 1250

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  • Psalter, with collects : [manuscript]

    Psalter, with collects : [manuscript]

    Manuscripts

    ff. 1-188v; ff. 189-194v blank. [Psalter]. Latin. Biblical psalter, each psalm proceded by a titulus and followed by collects (here "oratio"); the collects generally agree with the Roman series, except for 12 of the Hispanic series and 27 not precisely identified; collect R74 is copied twice, after Pss. 73 and 74; the collect after Ps. 118, 96 is R11811; after Ps. 118, 153 there are 4 collects. See L. Brou, The Psalter Collects. HBS 83 (London 1949). On ff. 167-177v, canticles; on ff. 177v-181v, Gloria, Credo, Pater noster, Te deum, Quicumque vult; on ff. 181v-187, litany including Germanus, Nicholas and Louis among the confessors; Benedict, Maurus, Placidus, Onuphrius and Leonard among the monks and hermits; Scholastica among the virgins; on ff. 187-188v, added, s. XVII, an index in Italian of the psalms for the office of the Virgin arranged according to the hours of the office, and index of the penitential and gradual psalms with reference to page numbers added to the text leaves by the same person.

    mssHM 1041

  • Missal, use of York : [manuscript]

    Missal, use of York : [manuscript]

    Manuscripts

    ff. 1-297v. Latin. ff. 1-6v, Graded calendar; ff. 7-8, Holy Water service; ff. 8-137, Temporale; ff. 137-156v, Ordinary and canon of mass; ff. 157-197v, Temporale; ff. 197v-252, Sanctorale; ff. 252-274v, Common of saints; ff. 274v-295v, Votive masses; f. 296r-v, St. Gregory's Trental; f. 296v, Sequence for a martyr; ff. 296v-297v, Catena mainly from John, prayers before and after mass, and the propers for a mass of John of Beverley.

    mssHM 1067

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    Psalter

    Manuscripts

    Two non-consecutive leaves from a psalter written in Italy.

    mssHM 80509

  • Book of Hours, use of Paris: [manuscript], middle of the 15th century

    Book of Hours, use of Paris: [manuscript], middle of the 15th century

    Manuscripts

    ff. 1-12v: Full calendar in French; major feasts in red. ff. 13-27v: Pericopes of the Gospels, that of John followed by the prayer, Protector in te sperantium &; Oratio beate marie virginis, Obsecro te & et michi famulo tuo &; Alia oratio beate marie virginis, O Intemerata & orbis terrarum. De te enim ... ff. 28-29: Hours of the Virgin, use of Paris; the prayer, Ecclesiam tuam quesumus domine&, concludes the hours from lauds through compline; f. 89v, ruled, but blank.ff. 90-108v: Penitential psalms and litany. ff. 109-112v: Short hours of the Cross. ff. 113-116v: Short hours of the Holy Spirit. ff. 117-170v: Office of the Dead, use of Paris. ff. 170v-188: Prayers as follow: Les quinze ioyes nostre dame, Doulce dame de misericorde &; les cincq plaies nostre seigneur, Doulx dieu doulx pere sainte trinite &; Sainte vray croys aouree &; Illumina oculos meos & Omnipotens sempiterne deus qui ezechie regi &; Ave domine ihesu christe verbum patris &; Ave verum corpus natum &; Anima christi sanctifica me &; Domine ihesu christe qui hanc sacratissimam carnem &; Gaude virgo mater christi que per aurem concepisti & Deus qui beatissimam et gloriosam virginem mariam in conceptu et partu &; Stabat mater dolorosa &; Pietatem tuam clementissime ihesu qui mortem subiciens&; ff. 188v-189v, ruled, but blank.

    mssHM 1130