Bod-Inc: H-180
Horae ad usum Sarum (Salisbury)
Analysis of Content
a1r [Title-page and colophon.]
a1v ‘Almanach pro .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 [Calendarium.]
a2v [Verse.] Incipit: ‘In iano claris calidisque cibis potiaris | Atque decens potus post fercula sit tibi notus'; 4 hexameters for each month of the calendar. Wordsworth 6-17; see Walther, Proverbia, 11795.
a8v [Devotae orationes.] As H‑179, 1-26. See Wordsworth 34-6; Hoskins 107-8.
b6v [Commemoratio de V solemnitatibus BVM.] Incipit: ‘[A]ue cuius conceptio | solemni plena gaudio . . . [Chevalier, Rep. hymn., 1744]; [Oratio.] [D]eus qui nos conceptionis natiuitatis . . .’ See Leroquais, Livres d'heures, I 99.
b7v [Evangelia.] Io 1, 1-14; Lc 1, 26-38; Mt 2, 1-12; Mc 16, 14-20.
c2v ‘Passio domini nostri Iesu Christi secundum Iohannem.’ Io 18,1-19,42.
c7r [Horae BVM.] Incipit: ‘[D]omine labia mea aperies . . .’
d6r [Suffragia.] As H‑179, 1-17. Wordsworth 44-5; Hoskins 109-10.
e1v ‘De sancta cruce.’ Incipit: ‘[P]atris sapientia, veritas diuina . . . [AH 30 no. 13]. Oratio. Domine Iesu Christe fili dei viui pone passionem . . .’ Wordsworth 46.
e2v [Horae compassionis BVM.] Incipit: ‘[M]atris cor virgineum . . . Oratio. [D]omine sancte Iesu fili dulcis . . .’ Inserted after Matins of the Hours of the Cross. Wordsworth 47.
f8r [Salve regina.] Incipit: ‘[S]alue regina misericordie . . .’ Chevalier, Rep. hymn., 18147; AH 50 no. 245.
g1r [Quinque gaudia BVM.] Incipit: ‘[G]aude virgo mater Christi . . .’ Chevalier, Rep. hymn., 7017; AH 42 no. 73 / 1a; 2a; 5a; 6a; 7a; Meersseman, Akathistos, II 39, 207; Hoskins 110.
g1r [Septem gaudia BVM.] Incipit: ‘[G]aude flore virginali . . .’ Chevalier, Rep. hymn., 6810; AH 31 no. 189; Leroquais, Livres d'heures, II 343 no. xxxii; Hoskins 110.
g2v [Oratio ad BVM.] Incipit: ‘[O] intemerata . . .’ Leroquais, Livres d'heures, II 336 no. xxi.
g3v [Alia oratio.] Incipit: ‘[S]ancta Maria dei genitrix semperque virgo benedicta . . .’ Wordsworth 68; Hoskins 111.
g4r ‘Oratio deuota ad gloriosam virginem Mariam.’ Incipit: ‘[O]bsecro te . . .’ Leroquais, Livres d'heures, II 346 no. xxxviii.
g5r [De beata virgine Maria pro vitae incolumitate.] Incipit: ‘[S]ancta Maria regina celi et terre, mater . . .’ Hoskins 111.
g6r [Oratio ad BVM contra pestem.] Incipit: ‘[S]tella celi extirpauit . . . [Chevalier, Rep. hymn., 19438]. [Oratio.] [D]eus misericordie deus pietatis . . .’ Wordsworth 69.
g6v ‘Ad eleuationem corporis Christi.’ Incipit: ‘[A]ue verum corpus natum . . . [Chevalier, Rep. hymn., 2175]. [Oratio.] [A]ve Iesu Christe verbum patris . . . [Chevalier, Rep. hymn., 1844]. [Alia.] [I]n presentia sacrosancti corporis . . . [Oratio.] [D]omine Iesu Christe qui hanc sacratissimam carnem . . . [De sanctissima trinitate.] [S]ancta trinitas vnus deus . . . [Oratio.] [D]eus qui superbis resistis . . . [D]eus qui liberasti susannam . . . [D]omine Iesu Christe qui me creasti . . . [D]omine Iesu Christe qui solus es sapientia . . .’ Wordsworth 70-3.
h1r [Oratio ad tres reges.] Incipit: ‘[R]ex Iaspar, rex Melchior . . . Oratio. [D]eus illuminator . . . [Alia.] [T]rium regum . . . Oratio. [D]eus qui tres magos . . .’ Wordsworth 74-5.
h2r [Quindecim orationes ad memoriam vulnerum Ihesu Christi.] Incipit: ‘[O] domine Iesu Christe eterna dulcedo . . .’ Wordsworth 76-80; Hoskins 111-12.
h5v Gregorius(?): [Orationes sancti Gregorii.] ‘To tem(!) that before thys ymage of pyte deuoutly say .v. Pater noster et .v. Aues . . .’ Incipit: ‘[A]doro te domine Iesu Christe in cruce pendentem . . .’ Leroquais, Livres d'heures, II, 346 no. xxxvii, in the order: 1; 2; 4; 5; 6; 7; 3; Hoskins 112.
h6r Sixtus IV, Pont. Max.(?): [Oratio dicenda ante crucifixum.] ‘Dominus papa Sixtus quartus composuit quartam . . .’ Incipit: ‘[O] pie crucifixe redemptor omnium populorum . . .’ Wordsworth 82-3.
h7v Bernardinus(?): ‘Sequitur oratio beati Bernardini confessoris ordinis minorum.’ Incipit: ‘[O] bone Iesu. O dulcis Iesu. O Iesu fili Marie virginis plenus misericordia . . .’ Leroquais, Livres d'heures, II 345 no. xxxvi; Wordsworth 83-4.
h8v [Suffragia II.] As H‑179, 18-32. See Hoskins 112-13.
i6r [Two prayers in English.] Incipit: ‘[O] glorious Iesu, o mekest Iesu, o most svvettest Iesu . . . [O] the most svuetest spouse of mi sovvle Crist Iesu destring(!) hertly euermore . . .’ Wordsworth 85-6.
i7r [Orationes.] ‘Iste orationes debent dici in agonia mortis per sacerdotem pro infirmo in mutando verba . . . Oratio.’ Incipit: ‘[D]omine Iesu Christe per agoniam et orationem tuam sanctissimam qua orasti pro nobis in monte . . .’ See Hoskins 114.
i8v [Suffragia III.] ‘Oratio ad patrem.’ Wordsworth 124.
i8v ‘Oratio ad filium.’ Wordsworth 124.
k1r ‘Oratio ad spiritum sanctum.’ Wordsworth 124-5.
k1r [Preces diversae et Suffragia.] ‘Oratio bona quotidie dicentibus reuelatione diuina transmissa vni monacho de Bynhym circa annum domini .M. cccc. lxxxv. videlicet Pater noster . . .’ Incipit: ‘[D]eus propicius esto michi peccatori . . .’ Wordsworth 125; see Hoskins 114. Antiphon for S. Michael. Followed by ‘Oratio ad sanctum Gabrielem', ‘Oratio ad sanctum Raphaelem.' For Binham see H‑179.
k2r [Benedictio.] Incipit: ‘Benedicat me imperialis maiestas, protegat me regalis diuinitas . . .’ Wordsworth 88.
k2r [Two prayers in English.] Incipit: ‘[O] blessyd trinyte Fader, sone and holy ghoost, thre persones and one god . . . [O] lord god almyghty alle seeing al thynges knovvyng . . .’ Revell, Fifteenth Century English Prayers, 63 no. 201 (a-b); Wordsworth 86-7.
k3v ‘Sequuntur septem psalmi penitentiales.’ Ps 6; 31; 37; 50; 101; 129; 142.
k8v ‘Quindecim psalmi.’ Incipit: ‘[A]d dominum cum tribularer . . .’ Ps 119-133.
l1v [Litaniae sanctorum.] As H‑179.
l6r Bernardus(?): ‘Versus sancti Bernardi.’ Incipit: ‘[I]llumina oculos . . .’ Ps 12,4s; 24,4; 30,6; 38,5; 115,16s; 141,5s; 4,7; 85,17.
l6v [The short prayers taught by Our Lady to St Birgitta.] Incipit: ‘[I]esu fili dei omnium conditor . . .’ See Hoskins 115.
l6v [A prayer against thunder and tempest showed by an angel to St Edward.] Incipit: ‘Titulus triumphalis Iesus nazarenus . . .’ See Hoskins 115.
l7v ‘Sequuntur vigilie mortuorum. Ad vesperas.’ Incipit: ‘Antiphona. Placebo . . .’
n6r ‘Hic incipiunt commendationes animarum.’ Incipit: ‘[B]eati immaculati in via . . .’
o5r ‘Oratio ad sanctam crucem.’ Incipit: ‘[S]alue salue rex sanctorum spes notiua(!) peccatorum . . .’ Chevalier, Rep. hymn., 18170 (= 17989).
o5r [Oratio ad manus Christi.] Incipit: ‘[S]alue salue Iesu bone fatigatus in agone . . .’ Chevalier, Rep. hymn., 18166 (= 17984).
o5r ‘Psalmi de passione Christi.’ Incipit: ‘[D]eus deus meus respice . . . Oratio. Respice quesumus domine super hanc familiam . . .’ Ps 22-6, 28-30. Wordsworth 114-16.
p3r [Psalterium sancti Hieronymi.] ‘Beatus Hieronymus in hoc modo disposuit hoc psalterium . . .’ Incipit: ‘[V]erba mea auribus percipe . . . [Oratio.] [D]ona michi queso . . .’ Wordsworth 116-23.
q1v ‘Oratio ad sanctum Ieronimum.’ Incipit: ‘[Antiphona.] Aue amator quam famose Ieronime . . . [Oratio.] [D]eus qui gloriosum confessorem tuum Hieronimum . . .’ See Wordsworth 123 n. 1; Hoskins 115.
q2r Gregorius(?): ‘Oratio sancti Gregorii.’ Incipit: ‘[D]ominator domine deus omnipotens qui es trinitas in filio . . .’ See Hoskins 116.
q3v ‘Sequitur rosarium beate Marie.’ Incipit: ‘[A]ue Maria gratia plena . . . Quem de spiritu sancto angelo nunciante concepisti . . .’ Meersseman, Akathistos, III 150-3, 157-9.
q5r ‘Incipit officium de sancto spiritu.’ Incipit: ‘[D]omine labia mea aperies . . .’
q6r ‘The contentis of thys booke.’
Imprint
Imprint: Paris: Philippe Pigouchet, for Simon Vostre, 16 May 1498. 8°.
Collation
Collation: a–q8.
Remarks: The first leaf of each gathering has the catch letter ‘s' for Sarum.
Type area: Type area: 103 × 59 mm, with borders 140 × 91 mm (b2r).
Illustrations: Woodcuts: anatomical man (124 × 79 mm), 13 large (124 × 79 mm), 12 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.
Remarks: As in many other French books, the fount used for this edition contained no letter ‘k', which has here been made up of ‘lr', e.g. ‘melrest' for ‘mekest' on i6r.
References
ISTC: ih00423000
Hain: HC 8863;
Goff: Goff H‑423;
BMC: BMC VIII 119;
Proctor: Pr 8194;
Others: Duff 193; Oates 3074; Sheppard 6311-12; STC 15887.
LCN: 14462246
Copies
Copy number: H-180(1)
Printed on parchment.
Binding: Eighteenth/nineteenth-century English tree calf; gold-tooled spine, marbled pastedowns, and gilt-edged leaves.
Size: 177 × 111 × 30 mm.
Size of leaf: 168 × 104 mm.
Foliation in the upper right-hand corner of the rectos, folio references in the table of contents, and a few marginal notes in the calendar, all in Thomas Archer's hand. In the calendar the words ‘pape' and ‘Thome', erased, have been rewritten, probably by Thomas Archer. In the calendar, the number of hours of light and darkness are noted for each month. On the rear endleaf is a list of woodcuts in Douce's hand.
Initials, paragraph marks, and line fillers are supplied in gold on a red or blue ground, with gold pen-work decoration. Capitals touched with yellow wash. Ruling in red ink.
Provenance: Thomas Archer (1554-1630?); on a1r: ‘1498 . . . Tho. Archer'; on the same leaf, upper right-hand corner, his initials on each side of an arrow. Francis Douce (1757-1834); armorial book-plate. Bequeathed in 1834.
SHELFMARK: Douce 23.
Copy number: H-180(2)
Wanting p8.
Printed on parchment.
Binding: Old calf, with gilt-edged leaves.
Size: 158 × 107 × 31 mm.
Size of leaf: 150 × 100 mm.
In the lower margin of a1r: ‘Deus meus et omnia', ‘B. J. 11 327', ‘J. Fy.' in an early hand. A few additions in French in an early hand.
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: César de Missy (1703-1775), minister. Richard Gough (1735-1809); on front endleaf: ‘R. G[ough] e libris C. De missy 1776'. Bequeathed by Gough in 1809.
SHELFMARK: Gough Missals 10.
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