The James Catalogue of Western Manuscripts

[All detail taken from Ker, N. R., Medieval Manuscripts in British Libraries, 4 vols. (Oxford, 1969-92), II. pp. 262-4]

1. ff.1-6^v Calendar in red and black, not graded

Feasts in red include 'Dedicatio ecclesie beate marie', Benedict, 'Claudii abbatis', 'Translatio sancti Martini', 'Translatio sancti benedicti abbatis (14 Feb, 21 Mar, 6 June, 4, 11 July)

2. f.7^rv Sequitur quomodo induitur sacerdos primum ad amictum oracio. Pone domine galeam salutis in capite meo ... in conspectu domini.

Nineteen prayers by the officiating priest before and during mass, the last 'Vertendo ad populum'.

3. ff.8-145^v Temporale from Advent to the twenty-fourth Sunday after the octave of Pentecost.

The litany on ff. 84-5 is not subdivided under apostles, martyrs, etc., but in one single list. Thirty-two martyrs and confessors: ... (4-5) babila foca fructuose alexander yppipodi ... Nine virgins: petronilla simphorosa eugenia basilla domitilla dorotea anthonia emilia leonilla. 'correctum est' in pencil at the end of some quires.

4. ff. 146-7 Gloria in excelsis and Credo in unum deum.

Three versions of Gloria, the second having additional phrases referring to B.V.M. and the third the additional phrases 'Saluatio nostra Christe benigne qui hortaris ut precemur' and 'Munda corda accende in te desideria nostra qui regnas'. f.147^v blank

5. ff. 150-163^v Noted prefaces, including one of St Andrew, and canon of mass.

6. ff. 163^v-164 Six settings of Gloria in excelsis. f. 164^v blank.

7. ff.165-210^v Incipiunt misse sanctorum tocius anni. Et primo de sanctis qui ueniunt in decembri post natuitatem domini. In nat' sancti stephani ...

Thirty-four proper offices ending with Thomas the apostle. Includes Claude (f.187^v), Benedict (f.181^v), and the translation of Benedict (f.193^v): cf art. 1.

8. ff.211-19 Incipit communi sanctorum.

9. ff.219-22 Mass of B.V.M.

10. f. 222^rv Missa de cruce.

11. ff.222^v-228^v In agenda mortuorum.

12. ff.228^v-235^v Votive masses (collect secret, and postcommunion only) of SS. Martin (two forms) and Benedict (two forms), for peace, of a confessor, of postulandam, Prop temptacione carnis, Pro sacerdite (two forms), Pro abbate uel pro congregacione sibi commissa, Pro salute viuorum (two forms), Pro iter agentibus, Pro pace, In tempore belli, Pro inimicis ecclesie, Pro peticione lacrimarum, De quacumque tribulatione, Ad pluuiam postulandam, Pro infermis, Pro patre et matre, Pro amic deffuncto, Pro hiis qui in cimitterio requie(scant).

13. ff. 235^v-236^v Mass 'tempore pestis et epidimie'.

14. (added, s. xvi inx). f. 237 Collect, secret, and postcommunion for the soul 'famule tue'. ff.237^v, 238^rv blank.

Two full-page pictures form a double opening, ff. 148^v-149: on the verso the Crucifixion and on the recto God the Father enthroned, backed by the heavenly host, flanked by evangelists and, above, angels playing musical instruments. Seventeen small pictures, mostly c. 140 x 84 mm, nine in art. 3 before Advent, Christmas, Epiphany, Palm Sunday, Easter, Ascension, Pentecost, Trinity, Corpus Christi (procession), seven in art. 7 before Stephen, Purification of B.V.M., Benedict, Annunciation of B.V.M., John Baptist, Assumption of B.V.M., Martin, and one before art. 8.
Initials: (i) f. 158^v, historiated T of Te igitur; (ii-iv) 4-line, 3-line, and 2-line, in colours and gold paint on grounds of the same or of gold (gold is used mainly as a background to blue initials) showing much variation and invention: heads often peep from between broken branches. Line fillers red or blue, or of both colours, patterned in gold paints. Capital letters in the ink of the text stroked with pale yellow. Continuous borders on picture pages, sometimes on compartmented grounds. Short borders beside initials of types (ii, iii)

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Ker, N. R., Medieval Manuscripts in British Libraries, 4 vols. (Oxford, 1969-92), II. 262-4