Office of the Dead
Office of the Dead, Vespers. Conclusion of Psalm 114 through beginning of Psalm 119. Incipit: -minus humiliatus sum et liberavit me. Explicit: A. Heu me [sic]. Ad dominum cum tribu-. Image by courtesy of the Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.
Office of the Dead, Vespers. Portion of Psalm 119. Incipit: -larer clamam et exaudivit me. Explicit: Cum hiis [sic] qui oderunnt pacem. Image appears by courtesy of the Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.
Text is from the Office of the Dead. Vespers . Psalms 119-120
Recto has illustrated letters in boxes. There is marginalia of acanthus leaves and very small rinseau. There is also a beast with cloven feet and a long neck.
Verso has illustrated initials in boxes. There is also an illuminated looking area, with red and blue stripes. There are vines and flowers, with a hint of rinseau.
Matins. Conclusion of Psalm 94 with responses, followed by beginning of First Nocturn ("et dixit semper hii errant corde . . . / . . . verba mea auribus percipe domine").
Verso (not imaged) should continue the opening psalm of the First Nocturn (Psalm 5) with the text "intellege clamorem meum . . . " and run approximately through the end of verse 6.
First Nocturn of Matins, Office of the Dead. Psalm 12 from verse 3 through part of verse 6.
First Nocturn of Matins, Office of the Dead. Conclusion of Psalm 12 with responses, followed by beginning of the first reading frm Job 7 (Parce mihi . . .). Consecutive (immediately preceding) leaf held by Lima Public Library.
Matins, First Nocturne
Contains text of the first lesson (Job 7)
incipit: "magnificas eum aut quid apponis erga eum cor tuum..."
explicit: "...Cur non tollis peccatum meum. et"
Matins, First Nocturne
Begins with text of the first lesson (Job 7) and ends with start of the second lesson (Job 10)
incipit: "quare non auffers iniquitatem meam..."
explicit: "...Taedet animam meam"
End of Third Nocturn of Matins and beginning of Lauds, antiphon and Psalm 50
Recto
Incipit: -audi exaudi me ut animam meam
Explicit: iniquitate mea et a peccato
Beginning of Lauds, Psalm 50 continued from recto
Verso
Incipit: meo munda me
Explicit: dilexisti incerta et occulta
This leaf begins with the antiphons to Psalm 66, from Lauds in the Office of the Dead, then continuing into the beginning of the Song of Ezechias (Isaiah 38). Recto has illuminated initials in boxes, red rubrication, and the outer margin is illustrated with acanthus leaves and minimal rinceaux, as well as scattered flowers.
incipit: cepit dextera tua Domine... // explicit: ...quasi tabernaculum pastorum.
The verso continues with the Song of Ezechias. There are illuminated initials and a block of illustration in the outer margin, filled with alternating red & gold and blue & white bars, interspersed with cold bars containing flowers and some rinceaux.
incipit: Praecisa est velut... // explicit: ...suspicientes in excelsum.
This leaf begins in the Office of the Dead, around the middle of Lauds with Isaiah 38. The first page is consecutive with the leaf held by the Ontario College of Art and Design, beginning "Domine vim patior, responde pro me: quid dicam..." and ends with "Tu autem eruisti animam meam ut non peri-" which picks up at the beginning of the next page with "ret: proiecisti post tergum tuum omnia peccata mea."
Page continues the previous section of Isaiah 38 reading "-ret: proiecisti post tergum tuum omnia peccata mea.
Quia non infernus confitebitur tibi, neque mors laudabit te: non expectabunt qui descendunt in lacum, veritatem tuam.
Vivens vivens ipse confitebitur tibi, sicut et ego hodie: pater filiis notam faciet veritatem tuam.
Domine salvum me..."
consecutive with the leaf from the University of Iowa, completing the reading from Isaiah 38 and continuing with Psalm 148.
consecutive with the leaf from the University of Iowa, completing the reading from Isaiah 38 and continuing with Psalm 148.