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Office of the Dead, First Nocturn of Matins. Psalm 12 from verse 3 onwards with responses, followed by beginning of the first lesson, from Job 7:16-21 (Parce mihi . . .). Manuscript on parchment. 1 folio, 14 lines. Ruled in red with text in Northern…

Matins, Hours of the Virgin. End of second lesson ("Caecos cordium oculos . . .") with responses.

Digitized image of manuscript on parchment. 1 folio,14 lines. Ruled in red with text in Northern Gothic script, below top line.

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Matins, Hours of the Cross. End of the first stanza of the hymn Patris sapientia, veritas divina through the beginning of the prayer Domine iesu christe filii dei vivi.  Manuscript on parchment. 1 folio,14 lines. Ruled in red with text in Northern…

Matins, Hours of the Virgin. Psalm 94 with responses, followed by the first two stanzas of the hymn O quam glorifica luce coruscas.  Text is consecutive with leaf held by the Cleveland Public Library. Digitized image of manuscript on parchment leaf,…

Office of the Dead, Vespers. Conclusion of Psalm 114 through beginning of Psalm 119. Text immediately precedes the leaf held by the University of Saskatchewan. Digitized images of manuscript on parchment. 1 folio,14 lines. Ruled in red with text in…

Portion of a prayer to the Virgin (Sancta Maria dei genetrix mitissima per amorem unigeniti filii tui . . .). Text is consecutive with leaf held by the Cincinnati Public Library. Digitized images of manuscript on parchment. 1 folio,14 lines. Recto is…

This entry provides a complete description of a late 15th century French Book of Hours to be offered for sale. Research conducted through the Schoenberg Manuscript Database and Seymour DeRicci's Census of Medieval Manuscripts in the United States and…

Litany of the Saints, male martyrs followed by bishops and confessors, St. Stephen through St. Martin. The list of martyrs is notable for the inclusion of saints principally venerated in Troyes: St. Patroclus and St. Savinian. Other saints of…

O intemerata (prayer to the Virgin and St. John), second half to near the end. Incipit: ego miserrima peccatrix. Explicit: Et post vite huius Gothic script, 14 lines, below top margin. Marginal decorations with red, and blue shapes, white and gold…

Detail of capital S initial from the recto of the folio at University of Toronto, Massey College.