Bod-Inc: H-155
Horae ad usum Leodiensem (Liège) [French and Latin]
Analysis of Content
a1r [Title-page.]
a1v ‘Almanach pour .xxiiii. ans.' [1497-1520].
a2r [Anatomical man.] Incipit: ‘Quant la lune et en aries leo et sagitarius il fait bon saigner au colerique. Feu . . .’ Soleil 28. The text is part of the woodcut.
a2v [Calendarium.]
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 ‘Oratio ad beatam virginem Mariam.’ Incipit: ‘[O]bsecro te . . .’ Leroquais, Livres d'heures, II 346 no. xxxviii.
c1r ‘Alia oratio deuota ad beatam Mariam et sanctum Iohannem euangelistam.’ Incipit: ‘[O] intemerata . . .’ Leroquais, Livres d'heures, II 336 no. xxi.
c2v ‘Deuota contemplatio beate Marie virginis iuxta crucem . . .’ Incipit: ‘[S]tabat mater dolorosa . . .’ Chevalier, Rep. hymn., 19416.
c3r [Litaniae lauretanae.] ‘Oratio deuotissima dicenda die sabbati ad honorem dei genitricis et virginis Marie.’ Incipit: ‘[M]issus est Gabriel angelus . . .’ Meersseman, Akathistos, II 244-7.
c6r ‘Sequuntur septem gaudia spiritualia beatissime virginis Marie.’ Incipit: ‘[G]aude flore virginali . . .’ Chevalier, Rep. hymn., 6810; AH 31 no. 189; Leroquais, Livres d'heures, II 343 no. xxxii.
c7r ‘Alia salutatio ad beatam virginem Mariam.’ Incipit: ‘[Hymnus.] [A]ue cuius conceptio, | solenni plena gaudio . . . (Chevalier, Rep. hymn., 1744); [Oratio.] [D]eus qui nos conceptionis, natiuitatis . . .’ See Leroquais, Livres d'heures, I 99.
c7r ‘Sequuntur antiphone de beata Maria.’ Incipit: ‘[S]alue regina misericordie . . . [A]ue regina celorum . . . [A]lma redemptoris mater que peruia celi . . . [R]egina celi letare . . .’ Chevalier, Rep. hymn., 18147, 2070, 861, 17170.
c8r [Horae BVM.] Incipit: ‘[D]omine labia mea aperies . . .’
g2r ‘Sequuntur septem psalmi penitentiales.’ Incipit: ‘Psalmus. [D]omine ne in furore tuo . . .’ Ps 6; 31; 37; 50; 101; 129; 142.
g7r ‘Letania.’ ‘Gereon cum sociis', ‘Lamberte', ‘Theodarde', ‘Foillane', ‘Gengulphe', ‘Pancrati', ‘Leodegari', ‘Priuate', ‘Donate', ‘Ruffe', ‘Rumolde', ‘Agapiate', ‘Magne', ‘Thoma' among the martyrs; ‘Egidi', ‘Seruati', ‘Remigi', ‘Euorti', ‘Remacle', ‘Materne', ‘Huberte', ‘Domiciane', ‘Arnulphe', ‘Monulphe', ‘Gondulphe', ‘Cumberte', ‘Heriberte', ‘Ursinare', ‘Hadeline', ‘Bertuine', ‘Irudo', ‘Bauo' among the confessors; ‘Ada', ‘Begga', ‘Brigida', ‘Genouefa', ‘Cordula' ‘Affra' among the virgins.
h7r ‘Vigilie defunctorum.’ Incipit: ‘Ad vesperas. Antiphona. Placebo. [Psalmus.] [D]ilexi quoniam . . .’
i2r ‘Incipit missa de domina nostra.’ Incipit: ‘[S]alue sancta parens . . .’
i5r ‘Ad matutinas de cruce.’ Incipit: ‘[Antiphona.] [D]omine labia mea aperies . . .’
i7r ‘Ad matutinas de sancto spiritu.’ Incipit: ‘[Antiphona.] [D]omine labia mea aperies . . .’
k2r ‘Oratio ad deum patrem.’ Incipit: ‘[Antiphona.] Pater de celis deus, miserere nobis. [Oratio.] [D]omine sancte pater omnipotens eterne deus qui coequalem consubstantialem . . .’ See Leroquais, Livres d'heures, I 100.
k2v ‘Oratio ad filium.’ Incipit: ‘[Antiphona.] Fili redemptor mundi deus, miserere nobis. [Oratio.] [D]omine Iesu Christe fili dei viui qui es verus et omnipotens deus . . .’ See Leroquais, Livres d'heures, I 100.
k2v ‘Oratio ad spiritum sanctum.’ Incipit: ‘[Antiphona.] Spiritus sancte deus, miserere nobis. [Oratio.] [D]omine spiritussancte deus qui coequalis consubstantialis . . .’ See Leroquais, Livres d'heures, I 100.
k3r ‘De facie domini.’ Incipit: ‘[S]alue sancta facies nostri redemptoris . . .’ Leroquais, Livres d'heures, II 349 no. xli.
k3v [Suffragia.] As H‑151: 1-14.
l1r ‘Sequitur prosa beati Lamberti.’ Incipit: ‘[C]hristo laudes dans applaude de Lamberti digna laude . . . Oratio. [O]mnipotens sempiterne deus magnifici pontificis Lamberti . . .’ Corpus Orationum, no. 3853.
l1v ‘Aultre oraison de sainct Lambert.’ Incipit: ‘[S]ainct Lambert martyr glorieux, | Amy de Iesus precieux . . .’ Rézeau, Les prières, II 301-2.
l2v ‘Oratio deuotissima beati Huberti.’ Incipit: ‘Laudemus deum qui beatum et vere laudabilem Hubertum . . .’
l3v ‘De sancta Genouefa.’ Incipit: ‘[V]ierge doulce vierge benigne . . .’ Rézeau, Les prières, II 233-4.
l4v [Suffragia.] ‘Dionysio'; ‘Seruatio.’
l5r ‘Oratio deuotissima ante ymaginem Christi.’ Incipit: ‘[C]onditor celi et terre rex regum . . .’ See Leroquais, Livres d'heures, I 75.
l6r ‘Alia oratio beati Lamberti.’ Incipit: ‘Iste sanctus pro lege dei sui certauit vsque ad mortem . . .’
l6v [Suffragia.] As H‑151: 16-21.
l8v [Devotae orationes.] Incipit: ‘Sensuiuent plusieurs deuotes louenges, peticions . . .’ With the following variations compared with H‑151: 1-17; 19; 21; 22.
m4r ‘Orayson tresdeuote a dieu le pere.’ Incipit: ‘[M]on benoist dieu, ie croy de cueur . . .’ Leroquais, Livres d'heures, II 330 no. xiii.
Imprint
Imprint: Paris: Philippe Pigouchet, 12 Oct. 1500. 8°.
Collation
Collation: a–h8 2g–h8 i–l8 m4.
Remarks: The first leaf of each gathering, except b and c, has the catch letter ‘l' for Liège.
Types: Types: 98 B, 81 B, 65 G, 55 G; capital spaces.
Leaves: 108 leaves.
Line number: 26 lines (b1r).
Type area: Type area: 104 × 60 mm, with borders 140 × 92 mm (b1r).
Illustrations: Woodcuts: anatomical man (125 × 79 mm), 15 large (126 × 79 mm), 33 small (35 × 22 mm). Each textpage is within a combination of historiated borders and decorative elements such as grotesques, hunting scenes, and floral and figurative design.
Remarks: Leaf a1r: device with border; title: ‘Ces preſentes heures a luſaige de Liege furent ache= | ueez le .xii. iour de Octobre Lan mil cinq cens.'; a1v: ‘Almanach pour .xxiiii. ans.' a2r: [woodcut, anatomical man]; a2v: ‘Ianuari[us] ʒ dies .xxxi. Luna xxx.'; a8v: [woodcut] | ‘Initium ſancti euangelii: ſecundum | Iohannem. Gloria tibi domine'; b3v: [woodcut] | Paſſio domini noſtri ieſu chriſti: | ſecundum Iohannem.'; b8r: ‘Oratio ad beatam virginem mariā.'; c2v: ‘Deuota cōtemplatio beate marie vir= | ginis iuxta crucem . . . | [ ]Tabat mater dolo | roſa . . .'; c3r: ‘Oratio deuotiſſima dicēda die ſabbati | ad honorē dei genitricis et v̓ginis marie.'; c6r: ‘Sequuntur ſeptem gaudia ſpiritualia | beatiſſime virginis marie.'; c8r: [woodcut] | [ ]Omine labia mea aperies . . .'; m4v, end: ‘ . . . auec tous les ſainctz [et] ſainctes | de paradis. Amen.’
References
ISTC: ih00345450
Hain: H 8832;
Proctor: Pr 8204;
Others: Bohatta, Horae, 139 = 140; Sheppard 6321-3.
LCN: 14461736
Copies
Copy number: H-155(1)
Printed on parchment.
Wanting k1.8. Gathering i is misbound after the first gathering h, instead of in its proper place after the second gathering signed h (2 h).
Binding: Gold-tooled red morocco, c.1700; marbled pastedowns and gilt-edged leaves. ‘3' on a square label at the tail of the spine.
Size: 189 × 118 × 24 mm.
Size of leaf: 180 × 111 mm.
Manuscript additions in a contemporary German hand; on g2r: ‘Capitulum. Multe filie congregauerunt diuitias, tu sola supergressa . . . Collecta post laudibus. Deus a salutis eterne beate grazie virginitate fecunda humano generi premia prestitisti . . .'; i7r: ‘Collecta. Domine Iesu Christe qui hora diei nona in crucis patibulo . . .'; m4v: ‘Ad completorium feria. Conuerte nos deus salutaris noster et auerte iram tuam a nobis . . .' In a gathering of 8 paper leaves inserted at the end of the book, in the German hand of the other additions, a manuscript ‘Completorium Coloniense. Cum inuocarem exaudiuit me deus iusticie mee in tribulatione dilatasti . . . hymnus ad completorium feri(!). Te lucis ante terminum rerum creator poscimus vt solita clementia sis presul ad custodiam . . .'; see AH 51 no. 44. On a rear endleaf in a later hand: ‘O her Iesu chryst: du voll barmhertzickeit bist | Aller guder eyn fontein: du byst myn got myn her allein . . . myt eynygem hertzen sprecht | amen | Deß begeren wir alsosamen'; 20 rhymed verses. ‘C & P' on front pastedown, in Rawlinson's hand.
A few three-line initials are supplied in blue with white pen-work decoration on a red ground the area defined by the letter is decorated with gold pen-work decoration. A few three-line initials are supplied in gold edged in red on a blue ground with white pen-work decoration. Other initials, paragraph marks, and line fillers are supplied in gold on a red or blue ground. Capitals touched with yellow wash. Ruling in red ink.
Provenance: Richard Rawlinson (1690-1755). Bequeathed in 1755.
Former Bodleian shelfmark: Auct. T inf. 3.3.
SHELFMARK: 8° Rawl. 1094.
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