Bod-Inc: H-153

Horae ad usum Cenomanensem (Le Mans) [French and Latin]

 

Analysis of Content

a1r [Printer's device.]

a1v ‘Almanach pour xxi an.' [1488-1508.]

a2r [Anatomical man.] Incipit: ‘Quant la lune est en aries leo et sagitarius il fait bon saigner au colerique. Feu . . .’ Soleil 28. Some of the text is typeset, some is part of the woodcut.

a2v [Calendarium.] Roman calendar, with the addition of: 6 June ‘Claudii', 30 June ‘Marcialis', 18 Dec. ‘Gaciani.’

a2v [Verse.] Incipit: ‘En ian uier que les roys venus sont | Glau me dit fremin mor font'; 4 rhymed verses for each month of the calendar. Soleil 155-7.

a8v [Evangelia.] Io 1, 1-14; Lc 1, 26-38; Mt 2, 1-12; Mc 16, 14-20.

b3v ‘Passio domini nostri Iesu Christi secundum Iohannem.’ Io 18,1-19,42.

b8r [Horae BVM.] Incipit: ‘[D]omine labia mea aperies . . .’

c8v ‘Ad matutinas de cruce.’ Incipit: ‘[D]omine labia mea aperies . . .’

d1v ‘Ad matutinas de sancto spiritu.’ Incipit: ‘[D]omine labia mea aperies . . .’ “Mixed” Hours: Matins of the Hours of the Cross and of the Holy Spirit are inserted immediately after Matins and Lauds of the Hours of the BVM, etc.

f1v ‘Sequuntur septem psalmi penitentiales.’ Ps 6; 31; 37; 50; 101; 129; 142.

f7r ‘Letania.’ ‘Eustachi cum sociis' among the martyrs; ‘Iuliane', ‘Sulpici', ‘Eligi', ‘Cerenici' among the confessors; ‘Margareta', ‘Barbara' among the virgins.

g1r ‘Sequuntur vigilie mortuorum.’ Incipit: ‘Ad vesperas. Antiphona. Placebo. Psalmus. [D]ilexi quoniam . . .’ Use of Le Mans.

h8v ‘Oratio dicenda ante confessionem.’ Incipit: ‘[O]mnipotens sempiterne deus qui non mortem sed penitentiam desideras peccatorum . . .’

h8v ‘Sequuntur suffragia plurimorum sanctorum et sanctarum. Et primo. De sanctissima trinitate. De sanctissima trinitate. Antiphona.’ Incipit: ‘Sancta trinitas vnus deus miserere nobis. Antiphona. Te inuocamus, te adoramus, te laudamus . . .’

A2v ‘De sancta facie.’ Incipit: ‘[S]alue sancta facies nostri redemptoris . . .’ Leroquais, Livres d'heures, II 349 no. xli.

A3r ‘Oratio ad beatam virginem Mariam.’ Incipit: ‘Obsecro te . . .’ Leroquais, Livres d'heures, II 346 no. xxxviii.

A4v ‘Alia oratio ad beatam virginem Mariam.’ Incipit: ‘O intemerata . . .’ Leroquais, Livres d'heures, II 336 no. xxi.

A6r ‘Deuota contemplatio beate Marie virginis iuxta crucem . . .’ Incipit: ‘[S]tabat mater dolorosa . . .’ Chevalier, Rep. hymn., 19416.

A7r [Suffragia II.] As H‑151: 1-21.

B6v [Devotae orationes.] Incipit: ‘Sensuiuent plusieurs deuotes louenges, peticions . . .’ As H‑151: 1-22.

C1v Gregorius(?): ‘Les sept oraisons saint Gregoire.’ Incipit: ‘[O] domine Iesu Christe adoro te in cruce pendentem . . .’ Leroquais, Livres d'heures, II 346 no. xxxvii.

C2v ‘Oraison tresdeuote a dieu le pere.’ Incipit: ‘[M]on benoist dieu, ie croy de cueur . . .’ Leroquais, Livres d'heures, II 330 no. xiii.

C3r [Litaniae lauretanae.] ‘Oratio dicenda die sabbati ad honorem intemerate dei genitricis virginis Marie.’ Incipit: ‘[M]issus est Gabriel angelus . . .’ Meersseman, Akathistos, II 244-7.

C6r ‘De sororibus beate virginis Marie.’ Incipit: ‘O nobile ternarium sanctarum sororum trium quibus nomen est Maria . . . Oratio. [D]eus qui beatas Mariam Iacobi et Mariam Salome genitricis tue Marie sorores . . .’

C7r ‘Sensuiuent cinq belles oraisons que monseigneur saint Iehan l'euangeliste fist en l'onneur de la vierge Marie . . .’ Incipit: ‘[O] mediatrix omnium et fons viuus . . . [O] auxiliatrix omnium . . . [O] reparatrix debilium . . . [O] illuminatrix peccatorum . . . [O] alleuiatrix peccatorum . . .’ See Leroquais, Livres d'heures, II 27.

C8v [Colophon.]

Imprint

Imprint: [Paris: Étienne Jehannot], for Jean Poitevin, 20 Feb. 1498/9. 8°.

Remarks: Wrongly said to be the use of Beauvais (ad usum Bellovacensem) by Reichling, Bohatta, and IGI.

Collation

Collation: a–h⁸ A–C⁸.

Remarks: Bohatta's collation has an extra gathering i4 after h8. The first leaves of gatherings b–h have the catch letter ‘m' for Le Mans.

Types: Types: 115 G, 83 B, 65 E; capital spaces.

Leaves: 88 leaves.

Line number: 26 lines (b2v).

Type area: Type area: 109 × 58 mm, with borders 140 × 87 mm (b2v).

Illustrations: Woodcuts: anatomical man (100 × 81 mm), 14 large (124 × 80 mm), 1 medium (75 × 55 mm), 28 small (38 × 25 mm). Each text page is within a combination of historiated borders and decorative elements such as architectural and floral designs.

Remarks: Leaf a1r: Device of J. Poitevin (see Polain, Marques, no. 153); a1v: ‘Almanach pour xxi an.'; a2r: [woodcut, anatomical man] | ‘Quant la lune eſt en cācer | . . .'; a2v: ‘Ianuari[us] ꝰ ʒ dies xxxi. Luna. xxx'; a8v: [woodcut] | ‘Initium ſancti euangelii ſecundum Iohannem. | Gloria tibi domine'; b8r: [woodcut] ‘[ ]Omine labia mea aperies . . .'; f1v: ‘¶ Sequuntur ſeptem pſalmi penitē= | tiales. ān. Ne reminiſcaris. Pſalmus | +'; g1r: ‘Sequuntur vigilie mortuorum. Ad | veſperas. ān. Placebo. Pſalmus.'; h8v: ‘Hore intemerate beate marie virginis | ſecundum vſum Cenomanen̄. expliciūt | feliciter || Sequuntur ſuffragia plurimorum | ſanctorum et ſanctarum. Et primo | De ſanctiſſima trinitate'; C8v: ‘Ces preſentes heures furent acheuees | le .xx. iour de Feurier. Lan mil. CCCC | iiiixxxviii'.

References

ISTC: ih00343300

Hain: R 1540;

Proctor: Pr 8366;

Others: Bohatta, Horae, 35; Claudin I 354; IGI 4808; Sheppard 6497-8.

LCN: 14461761

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