Summary Catalogue no.: Not in SC (late accession)
Contents
Language(s): Latin
Book of Hours, Dominican (fols. 1r–27r)
Hours of the Virgin
Rubric: Incipit cursus cottidianus gloriose uirginis Marie
Offices for the dead
(fols. 27r–29v)
Vespers of the dead
Rubric: Vespere defunctorum
(fols. 29v–45r)
Vigils of the dead
Rubric: Vigilie mortuorum
(fols. 45r–51r)
Lauds
Rubric: In laudibus psalmi
followed by prayers pro defuncto episcopo, pro famulo defuncto etc., including Aveta omnes fideles anime
(fols. 51r–56v)
Seven penitential psalms
Rubric: Septem psalmi penitenciales
(fols. 56v–62v)
Litany of the saints
Rubric: Sequitur Letania
(fols. 62v–98r)
Diurnal offices (with texts for antiphons, psalms, and hymns)
Rubric: Psalmi communes dominicis diebus per totum annum de tempore
(fols. 98r–106v)
Benedictions
Rubric: Benedictio super agnum
(fols. 102v–103r)
Rubric: Benediccio aque beati Petri martiris ordinis predicatorum
(fols. 106v–107r)
Prayers to be said in the daily chapter
Rubric: In capitulo quottidiano
(fols. 108r–121r)
Hymnal, with first lines only
(fols. 126v–161v)
Tones of antiphons
(fols. 161v–176r)
Noted vespers of the dead
Rubric: Incipiunt uespere defunctorum
(fols. 176r–177v)
Lauds of the dead
Rubric: In laudibus antiphone
(fols. 177v–182v)
Rubric: In peraccione exequiarum pro famulo defuncto
(fols. 182v–184r)
Rubric: Secuntur oraciones pro famula defuncta
Final rubric: Et sic est finis
(fols. 184v–189v)
List of the psalms of matins and second vespers for the common of saints and some other festivals
(fols. 189v–190v)
Graces before and after meals.
Rubric: Quando fratres bis refocountur in die dicatur ante prandium
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: Paper. Watermark steer's head (three varieties), cf. Briquet 14799, 14577, and one (fol. 15r) not fully identifiable
Extent: ii + 191 leaves
Dimensions (leaf): 125 × 93 mm.
Dimensions (written): 95 × 65 mm.
Collation
1(12)–15(12), 16(12) (12 canc.)
Layout
19 long lines or 5–6 staves of four lines
Musical Notation: Square notation on four-line staves beginning at fol. 108r, a memory aid providing the first lines only.
Decoration
Plain red initials.
Binding
Pigskin over wooden boards, blind-stamped with floral and armorial designs. Brass clasp, now mostly missing. For other examples of this binding, see E. Kyriss, Verzierte gotische Einbände (Stuttgart, 1954), p. 109, no. 129.
Rebacked, 19th century.
History
Origin: 15th century, late–16th century, early ;
German, Esslingen am Neckar (Baden-Württemberg), Dominican friary : the double invocation of St Dominic in the litany (fol. 58v) and references to the two feasts of Peter Martyr (fol. 115r) suggest a Dominican origin. Other books from this community have similar bindings (Kyriss,
Verzierte gotische Einbände, no. 129).
Provenance and Acquisition
Dealer’s mark? |G. 425 |ML/X/a (lower pastedown).
Purchased, 2 May 1960.
Record Sources
Typescript description (n.d.) by anonymous Bodleian Library staff, revised (Dec. 2020) by Andrew Dunning with reference to the manuscript and to secondary literature as cited.
Last Substantive Revision
2020-12-09: Andrew Dunning Revised with consultation of original.