f.i Kalendar in red and black, not full
Feb. Amandus and uedastus red.
Milburga V.
Mar. Dauid C.
Gertrudis V.
Ap. (1). Walrici Ep.
May 7. Johannis Archiep.
17. Brandani Martyris.
June 7. Willemi Ep.
25. Eligii Ep. C. red.
Aug. 5. Oswaldi Regis.
Sept. 5. Bertini Abb.
Lambert.
Oct. 14. Donatiani Ep. red.
f.1 Hours of the Holy Ghost
f.6 Hours of the Cross
f.13 Mass of the Virgin
f.19b Sequences of the gospels (Matt. Marc. only left)
f.23 Hours of the Virgin (Roman use)
f.81 Officium de Aduentu
f.89 0 intemerata (mut.)
f.91b Obsecro te
f.97 Seven Psalms and Litany
Martyrs. Lambert.
Confessors. Amandus Bavo.
Virgins. Ursula Amelberga... Gertrudis.
f.115 Office of the Dead
f.158 In another hand, les xv. ioyes (in French)
f.163b les vii. requestes (in French)
f.166b Prayers. Anima Christi
f.168 D. J. C. qui hanc sacratissimam
f.169 Of S. Augustine. Deus propitius esto
f.170 Adesto domine
f.170b Passio secundum Iohannem
f.171b Deus qui manus tuas
f.172b Aue regina celorum (2)
f.172b Salue regina
f.173 Salue mater dolorosa
f.174b Salue mater speciosa
Pictures.
1. Hours of the Cross. Prime. Half-page. Christ before Pilate: flourished ground.
2. Tierce. The Scourging.
3. Vespers. The Deposition.
4. Sequences of Gospels. Matthew at desk in room (no angel).
5. Mark writing in a room: end of scroll over desk.
6. Hours of the Virgin. Tierce. Angel with scroll Gloria in excelsis deo: two shepherds: rocks and sheep.
7. Sext. Adoration of the magi: star above.
8. De adventu. Vespers. Death of the Virgin. She holds a candle. John bends over her. Peter has asperge. Paul sits on the nearer side of the bed reading: other apostles. The soul in a cloud above.
9. Obsecro te. Coronation of the Virgin. Christ (three-quarter face) with crown and orb gives crown to the kneeling Virgin. An empty throne beside Him. A red angel with trumpet flies downward.
10. xv Joys. Pietà. The Cross behind. John supports the head of Christ.
The James Catalogue of Western Manuscripts
B.11.19
| Shelfmark | B.11.19 |
|---|---|
| Manuscript Title | Book of Hours (Use of Rome) |
| Alternative Title | Horae. |
| James Number | 258 |
| Date | Cent. xv, (1440?) |
| Century | 15th |
| Physical Description | 15 lines to a page. Well written, with nice pictures and ornament. On the fly-leaf is a faint set-off of an engraved (?) title page consisting of ten circular medallions and an arched picture in the middle. |
| Provenance | Given by Nevile. From Flanders, probably Bruges. |
| Donor | Neville [Nevile], Thomas (c. 1548–1615), College Head and Dean of Canterbury |
| Size (cm) | 20.5 x 15 |
| Folio | 12 + 176 ff. |
| Material | Parchment |
| Language | LatinMiddle French |
| Collation | 2 fly-leaves, Kal. 12 | 16 (wants 1) 28 (wants 1-5, 7) 3? (7 left) 46 (wants 6) 58 (wants 1) 68 78 (wants 1) 88 (wants 7) 98 108 (wants 6) 118 (wants 3) 128 (wants 3)-158 (wants 1)-178 (wants 4)-228 (1 canc.)-254 (4 stuck to cover). |
| IIIF Manifest URL |  https://mss-cat.trin.cam.ac.uk/Manuscript/B.11.19/manifest.json |
| Online Since | 29/01/2015 |
Contents
Bibliography
Morgan, N., and S. Panayotova, et al., ed.,Illuminated Manuscripts in Cambridge : A Catalogue of Western Book Illumination in the Fitzwilliam Museum and the the Cambridge Colleges. Part One, The Low Countries, Germany, Bohemia, Austria, Hungary, 2 vols., (London, 2009), vol. 2, no. 166
