Book of Hours for the use of Sarum
Manuscript
ca.1460-1470 (made)
ca.1460-1470 (made)
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Foliation: i (19th-century paper) + 102 + ii-iii (19th-century paper) ff.
Number of lines: 20 lines
Language: Latin
Script: Gothic bookhand
Content:
ff. 1r-v: blank medieval flyleaf.
ff. 2r-13v: Calendar with feasts in red including the TRanslation and feast of Hugh (of Loncoln)(6 Oct. and 17 Nov.), king Edmund (20 Nov.) and abbot Bernard (of Clairvaux)(26 Aug.). Ordinary feasts include Wulstan (19 Jan.), Cedd (2 March), king Edward the martyr (18 March), Cuthbert (20 March, Translation 4 Sept.), Guthlac (11 April), John of York (7 May), Dunstan (19 May), Etheldreda (23 June, Translation 17 Oct.), Grimbald (8 July), king Oswald (5 Aug.), Ositha (7 Oct.), Wilfrid (12 Oct.), Fritheswida (19 Oct.), Rumswald (3 Nov.), Willibrord (7 Nov.), Edmund (16 Nov.). Scottish connections are suggested by a major feast for Andrew (31 Nov.) and ordinary feast for his translation (9 May), and an ordinary feast for Kenelm (17 July).
Bruges feasts include Eleutherius (19 April), Alexander (27 Feb.), and Quintin (31 Oct.).
Erased are feast, octave and Translation of Thomas Becket (29 Dec., 5 Jan., 7 July), feast in red of Emperor Henry [II, 972-1024] (13 July).
Margaret added (20 July) in a late 15th-early 16th-century.
f. 14r: blank.
ff. 14v-21r: Fifteen O's of St Bridget. Miniature on f. 14v: Descent from the Cross.
ff. 22r-44v: Hours of the Virgin, use of Sarum, with suffrages after Lauds.
ff. 45r-v: salutation to the Virgin, Salve Regina.
ff. 46r-v: Five Joys of the Virgin, added in a late 15th- or early 16th-century hand.
ff. 47r-62r: Penitential Psalms with Fifteen Gradual Psalms, followed by the Litany.
ff. 63r-82v: Office of the Dead, use of Sarum.
ff. 83v-95v: Commendation of Souls followed by prayers. Miniature on f. 83v: Raising of a soul.
ff. 96v-101r: Psalter of the Passion. Miniature on f. 96v: Christ as Man of Sorrows.
ff. 10v and 102r: ruled but blank.
All remaining miniatures are painted on separate leaves that have been inserted in the right places. Many missing miniatures.
Binding: 19th-century binding, England, brown velvet pasted on leather cover over wooden boards (possibly medieval), with edges of text block stained red (17th century?).
Number of lines: 20 lines
Language: Latin
Script: Gothic bookhand
Content:
ff. 1r-v: blank medieval flyleaf.
ff. 2r-13v: Calendar with feasts in red including the TRanslation and feast of Hugh (of Loncoln)(6 Oct. and 17 Nov.), king Edmund (20 Nov.) and abbot Bernard (of Clairvaux)(26 Aug.). Ordinary feasts include Wulstan (19 Jan.), Cedd (2 March), king Edward the martyr (18 March), Cuthbert (20 March, Translation 4 Sept.), Guthlac (11 April), John of York (7 May), Dunstan (19 May), Etheldreda (23 June, Translation 17 Oct.), Grimbald (8 July), king Oswald (5 Aug.), Ositha (7 Oct.), Wilfrid (12 Oct.), Fritheswida (19 Oct.), Rumswald (3 Nov.), Willibrord (7 Nov.), Edmund (16 Nov.). Scottish connections are suggested by a major feast for Andrew (31 Nov.) and ordinary feast for his translation (9 May), and an ordinary feast for Kenelm (17 July).
Bruges feasts include Eleutherius (19 April), Alexander (27 Feb.), and Quintin (31 Oct.).
Erased are feast, octave and Translation of Thomas Becket (29 Dec., 5 Jan., 7 July), feast in red of Emperor Henry [II, 972-1024] (13 July).
Margaret added (20 July) in a late 15th-early 16th-century.
f. 14r: blank.
ff. 14v-21r: Fifteen O's of St Bridget. Miniature on f. 14v: Descent from the Cross.
ff. 22r-44v: Hours of the Virgin, use of Sarum, with suffrages after Lauds.
ff. 45r-v: salutation to the Virgin, Salve Regina.
ff. 46r-v: Five Joys of the Virgin, added in a late 15th- or early 16th-century hand.
ff. 47r-62r: Penitential Psalms with Fifteen Gradual Psalms, followed by the Litany.
ff. 63r-82v: Office of the Dead, use of Sarum.
ff. 83v-95v: Commendation of Souls followed by prayers. Miniature on f. 83v: Raising of a soul.
ff. 96v-101r: Psalter of the Passion. Miniature on f. 96v: Christ as Man of Sorrows.
ff. 10v and 102r: ruled but blank.
All remaining miniatures are painted on separate leaves that have been inserted in the right places. Many missing miniatures.
Binding: 19th-century binding, England, brown velvet pasted on leather cover over wooden boards (possibly medieval), with edges of text block stained red (17th century?).
Object details
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| Title | Book of Hours for the use of Sarum |
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| Brief description | Manuscript, Book of Hours for the use of Sarum, Southern Low Countries, ca.1460-1470. |
| Physical description | Foliation: i (19th-century paper) + 102 + ii-iii (19th-century paper) ff. Number of lines: 20 lines Language: Latin Script: Gothic bookhand Content: ff. 1r-v: blank medieval flyleaf. ff. 2r-13v: Calendar with feasts in red including the TRanslation and feast of Hugh (of Loncoln)(6 Oct. and 17 Nov.), king Edmund (20 Nov.) and abbot Bernard (of Clairvaux)(26 Aug.). Ordinary feasts include Wulstan (19 Jan.), Cedd (2 March), king Edward the martyr (18 March), Cuthbert (20 March, Translation 4 Sept.), Guthlac (11 April), John of York (7 May), Dunstan (19 May), Etheldreda (23 June, Translation 17 Oct.), Grimbald (8 July), king Oswald (5 Aug.), Ositha (7 Oct.), Wilfrid (12 Oct.), Fritheswida (19 Oct.), Rumswald (3 Nov.), Willibrord (7 Nov.), Edmund (16 Nov.). Scottish connections are suggested by a major feast for Andrew (31 Nov.) and ordinary feast for his translation (9 May), and an ordinary feast for Kenelm (17 July). Bruges feasts include Eleutherius (19 April), Alexander (27 Feb.), and Quintin (31 Oct.). Erased are feast, octave and Translation of Thomas Becket (29 Dec., 5 Jan., 7 July), feast in red of Emperor Henry [II, 972-1024] (13 July). Margaret added (20 July) in a late 15th-early 16th-century. f. 14r: blank. ff. 14v-21r: Fifteen O's of St Bridget. Miniature on f. 14v: Descent from the Cross. ff. 22r-44v: Hours of the Virgin, use of Sarum, with suffrages after Lauds. ff. 45r-v: salutation to the Virgin, Salve Regina. ff. 46r-v: Five Joys of the Virgin, added in a late 15th- or early 16th-century hand. ff. 47r-62r: Penitential Psalms with Fifteen Gradual Psalms, followed by the Litany. ff. 63r-82v: Office of the Dead, use of Sarum. ff. 83v-95v: Commendation of Souls followed by prayers. Miniature on f. 83v: Raising of a soul. ff. 96v-101r: Psalter of the Passion. Miniature on f. 96v: Christ as Man of Sorrows. ff. 10v and 102r: ruled but blank. All remaining miniatures are painted on separate leaves that have been inserted in the right places. Many missing miniatures. Binding: 19th-century binding, England, brown velvet pasted on leather cover over wooden boards (possibly medieval), with edges of text block stained red (17th century?). |
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| Production type | Unique |
| Object history | 1) Made for an English client ca. 1460-1470 (see saints in Calendar, Suffrages and Litany). 2) Owned by writing master John Scottowe (d.1607), as indicated by various inscriptions. f. 21r: 'Memorandum. George Goodwin. Memorandum', written in three scripts. f. 21v: 'By me John Scottowe &c &c', 'George Kinge', 'George Goodwin', in three scripts. He may also have added the aphorism in humanistic script on this page 'Sunt tria que ver faciunt me sepe dolore...'. On Scottowe, see J. Backhouse, John Scottowe's alphabet book, London, Roxburghe Club, 1974. 3) Collection of George Reid: given to the Museum in 1902. |
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| Collection | |
| Library number | MSL/1902/1687 (Reid 49) |
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