Bod-Inc: H-170
Horae ad usum Romanum (Rome) [French and Latin]
Analysis of Content
a1r [Title-page and imprint information.]
a1v ‘Almanach pour xxi. an.' [1488-1508.]
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 [Benedictio.] Incipit: ‘[B]enedictio dei patris cum angelis suis sit super me. Amen . . .’ See Adolph Franz, Benediktionen, II 608.
a3r [Calendarium.] Roman calendar, with the addition of: 28 Feb. ‘Polioti', 30 June ‘Marcialis.’
a6r [Evangelia.] Io 1, 1-14; Lc 1, 26-38; Mt 2, 1-12; Mc 16, 14-20.
a8r ‘Passio domini nostri Iesu Christi secundum Iohannem.’ Io 18,1-19,42.
b3r ‘Hore intemerate virginis Marie secundum vsum Romane curie incipiunt feliciter.’ Incipit: ‘[D]omine labia mea aperies . . .’
c3r ‘Ad matutinas de cruce.’ Incipit: ‘[D]omine labia mea aperies . . .’
c4r ‘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.
d7v [Mutationes in Officio BVM.] Incipit: ‘In aduentu domini officium beate Marie dicitur modo predicto . . .’
e2r ‘Sequuntur septem psalmi penitentiales.’ Ps 6; 31; 37; 50; 101; 129; 142.
e5v ‘Letania.’ As H‑160.
e8v ‘Sequuntur vigilie mortuorum.’ Incipit: ‘Ad vesperas. Antiphona. Placebo . . .’
f8v ‘Sequuntur suffragia plurimorum sanctorum et sanctarum.’ Incipit: ‘De sanctissima trinitate. Sancta trinitas vnus deus miserere nobis. Antiphona. Te inuocamus, te adoramus, te laudamus . . .’
g1v ‘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.
g1v ‘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.
g1v ‘Oratio ad spiritum sanctum.’ Incipit: ‘[Antiphona.] Spiritussancte deus, miserere nobis. [Oratio.] [D]omine spiritussancte deus qui coequalis consubstantialis . . .’ See Leroquais, Livres d'heures, I 100.
g2r ‘De facie domini.’ Incipit: ‘[Antiphona.] [S]alue sancta facies nostri redemptoris . . .’ Leroquais, Livres d'heures, II 349 no. xli.
g2r ‘De sancto sepulcro domini.’ Incipit: ‘Responsorium. Corde et animo Christo canamus gloriam . . . Oratio. [O]mnipotens sempiterne deus qui angelum tuum de celo misisti, ut ab ostio monumenti . . . [Corpus Orationum, no. 3891] . . .’
g3r ‘Oratio deuotissima ad beatissimam virginem Mariam dei genitricem.’ Incipit: ‘[O]bsecro te . . .’ Leroquais, Livres d'heures, II 346 no. xxxviii.
g4r ‘Oratio deuotissima ad beatissimam virginem Mariam.’ Incipit: ‘[O] intemerata . . .’ Leroquais, Livres d'heures, II 336 no. xxi.
g5r ‘Deuota contemplatio beate Marie virginis iuxta crucem . . .’ Incipit: ‘[S]tabat mater dolorosa . . .’ Chevalier, Rep. hymn., 19416.
g5v [Suffragia II.] As H‑151: 1-21.
h1v [Devotae orationes.] Incipit: ‘Sensuiuent plusieurs deuotes louenges, peticions . . .’ As H‑151: 1-7.
h2v Gregorius(?): ‘Les sept oraisons sainct Gregoire.’ Incipit: ‘[O] domine Iesu Christe, adoro te in cruce pendentem . . .’ Leroquais, Livres d'heures, II 346 no. xxxvii.
h3r [Devotae orationes II.] As H‑151: 8-22.
h4r ‘Oraison tres deuote a dieu le pere.’ Incipit: ‘[M]on benoit dieu, ie croy de cueur . . .’ Leroquais, Livres d'heures, II 330 no. xiii.
h4v ‘Aultre oraison en francoys.’ Incipit: ‘[S]ire dieu tout puissant, tout voyant . . .’ Leroquais, Livres d'heures, II, 339 no. xxiv.
h5r [Litaniae lauretanae.] ‘Oratio deuotissima dicenda die sabbati ad honorem intemerate dei genitricis virginis Marie.’ Incipit: ‘[M]issus est Gabriel angelus . . .’ Meersseman, Akathistos, II 244-7.
h6v ‘Incipit officium de conceptione beate Marie virginis.’ Incipit: ‘Ad matutinas. [D]omine labia mea aperies . . .’
h8v ‘Sensuit l'office de nostre dame de pitie.’ ‘A matines. Inuitatoire.’ Incipit: ‘[V]ous vrais catholiques et deuotz seruiteurs . . . Hymne. [D]ame saincte Marie vierge glorieuse . . .’ Sonet 339.
i2r ‘Memoire de la trinite.’ Incipit: ‘Antienne. [O] benoite et tressouneraine(!) trinite pere et filz et sainct esperit . . . [Oraison.] [S]ire dieu et pere tout puissant qui par la mort et passion de ton chier enfant . . .’ Sonet 1286, 1939.
i2v [Suffragium.] ‘De sancto Rocho. Antiphona.’ Incipit: ‘Aue roche sanctissime, nobili natus . . .’
i2v ‘Sensuiuent les sept pseaulmes en francois translatees au plus pres du latin.’ Incipit: ‘[D]omine ne in furore tuo arguas me ne et cetera. Sire en ta fureur ne me argue . . .’ Ps 6; 31; 37; 50; 101; 129; 142.
i7r ‘Oraison tres deuote a nostre seigneur.’ Incipit: ‘[S]ire dieu createur du ciel et de la terre, roy des roys . . .’ Soleil 227-9, Sonet 1927.
i8r ‘Oratio dicenda ante imaginem corporis Christi.’ Incipit: ‘[C]onditor celi et terre rex regum . . .’ See Leroquais, Livres d'heures, I 75.
Imprint
Imprint: Paris: Philippe Pigouchet, for Simon Vostre, 22 Aug. 1498. 4°.
Collation
Collation: a–i8.
Remarks: The first leaves of gatherings b–i have the catch letter ‘r' for Rome.
Line number: 33 lines.
Type area: Type area: 131 × 78 mm, with borders 167 × 113 mm.
Illustrations: Woodcuts: anatomical man (84 × 45 mm), 21 large (97 × 74, 123 × 80 mm), 1 medium (86 × 59 mm), 37 small (34 × 22 mm). Each text page is within a combination of historiated borders and decorative elements such as grotesques, hunting scenes, and floral and figurative designs. Some of the woodcuts have typeset captions.
References
ISTC: ih00394000
Hain: HC 8855; C 3098;
Goff: Goff H‑394;
BMC: BMC VIII 119;
Proctor: Pr 8196;
Others: Bohatta, Horae, 648; BSB‑Ink H‑342; CIBN H‑241; Claudin II 26-37; Lacombe 59-60; Polain 1928; Sheppard 6313.
LCN: 14464913
Copies
Copy number: H-170(1)
Printed on parchment.
Binding: Nineteenth-century English red crushed morocco; marbled pastedowns and gilt-edged leaves.
Size: 237 × 156 × 26 mm.
Size of leaf: 227 × 147 mm.
Initials, paragraph marks, and line fillers are supplied in gold on a red or blue, or red and blue ground. Capitals touched with yellow wash. Ruling in red ink.
Provenance: date of acquisition unknown; most other books with neighbouring shelfmarks were acquired between c.1840 and the late 1860s.
SHELFMARK: Auct. 1Q 7.18.
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