Bod-Inc: H-195
Horae ad usum Turonensem (Tours) [French and Latin]
Analysis of Content
a1r [Benedictio.] Incipit: ‘[B]enedictio dei patris cum angelis suis sit supe(!) me amen . . .’ See Franz, Benediktionen, II 608.
a1v ‘Almanach pour .xxiiii. An.' [1497-1520].
a2r [Anatomical man.] Incipit: ‘Quant la lune est en aries leo et sagitarius il fait bon saigner au colerique. Feu . . .’ Soleil 28. The text is part of the woodcut.
a2v [Calendarium.] In French, with a saint for each day of the year.
a5v ‘Oraison a la vierge Marie de l'acteur de ces presentes heures.’ Incipit: ‘[P]rincesse de hault parage . . .’ Leroquais, Livres d'heures, II 333 no. xvii.
a6r ‘Oraison a nostre seigneur.’ Incipit: ‘[T]resuaillant victorieux triumphateur et dissipateur . . .’ See Leroquais, Livres d'heures, II 27.
a7r ‘Oratio deuota.’ Incipit: ‘O benignissime domine Iesu Christe respicere digneris super me miserum peccatorem oculis misericordie tue . . .’ See Leroquais, Livres d'heures, I 299.
a7v [Evangelia.] Io 1, 1-14; Lc 1, 26-38; Mt 2, 1-12; Mc 16, 14-20.
b1v ‘Passio domini nostri Iesu Christi secundum Ihoannem(!).’ Io 18,1-19,42.
b4v ‘Hore diue virginis Marie secundum vsum [turonensis].’ Incipit: ‘[D]omine labia mea aperies . . .’
d4r ‘Ad matutinas de cruce.’ Incipit: ‘[D]omine labia mea aperies . . .’
d5r ‘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.
f4r ‘Sequuntur septem psalmi penitentiales.’ Ps 6; 31; 37; 50; 101; 129; 142.
f8r ‘Letania.’ ‘Dyonisi', Quintine' among the martyrs; ‘Hylari', ‘Remigi', ‘Marcelle', ‘Germane', ‘Medarde', ‘Ludouice' among the confessors; ‘Genouefa', ‘Radegundis' among the virgins.
g1v ‘Sequuntur vigilie mortuorum.’ Incipit: ‘Ad vesperas. Antiphona. Placebo. Psalmus. [D]ilexi quoniam . . .’ Use of Tours.
h7v [Suffragia.] ‘De sancto Martino'; ‘de translatione sancti Martini'; ‘de sancto Gaciano.’
h8v ‘Bon et brief regime.’ Incipit: ‘Humble maintien ioyeux et asseure | Langaige meur amoureux veritable'; 7 lines of verse.
h8v [Verse.] Incipit: ‘Oy, voy, parle poy, se tu parles garde toy | De qui tu parles, et de quoy'; 2 lines of verse.
h8v ‘Sequuntur suffragia plurimorum sanctorum et sanctarum. Et primo. De sanctissima trinitate.’ Incipit: ‘Sancta trinitas vnus deus miserere nobis. Te inuocamus, te adoramus, te laudamus . . .’
aa2r ‘De sancta cruce. Antiphona.’ Incipit: ‘O crux splendidior cunctis astris mundo celebris . . .’
aa2v ‘De sancta facie.’ Incipit: ‘[S]alue sancta facies nostri redemptoris . . .’ Leroquais, Livres d'heures, II 349 no. xli.
aa2v ‘Oratio ad patrem.’ Incipit: ‘[D]eus propicius esto michi peccatori miserrimo et custos mei . . .’ See Leroquais, Livres d'heures, I 51.
aa3v ‘Alia oratio deuota.’ Incipit: ‘[O] bone Iesu, o dulcissime Iesu . . .’ Leroquais, Livres d'heures, II 345 no. xxxvi.
aa4r ‘Oratio.’ Incipit: ‘[G]ratias ago tibi domine Iesu Christe qui voluisti pro redemptione mundi . . .’ Leroquais, Livres d'heures, II 344 no. xxxiii.
aa4r ‘Oratio ad beatissimam virginem Mariam.’ Incipit: ‘[O]bsecro te . . .’ Leroquais, Livres d'heures, II 346 no. xxxviii.
aa5r ‘Alia oratio deuota ad beatissimam virginem Mariam.’ Incipit: ‘[O] intemerata . . .’ Leroquais, Livres d'heures, II 336 no. xxi.
aa6r ‘Quedam deuota contemplatio beate Marie virginis iuxta crucem . . .’ Incipit: ‘[S]tabat mater dolorosa . . .’ Chevalier, Rep. hymn., 19416.
aa6v ‘Sensuiuent cinq belles oraisons que monseigneur saint Iehan l'euangeliste fit en l'honneur de la vierge Marie . . .’ Incipit: ‘[M]ediatrix omnium et fons viuis(!) . . . [A]uxiliatrix omnium . . . [R]eparatrix debilium . . . [I]lluminatrix peccatorum . . . [A]lleuiatrix peccatorum . . .’ See Leroquais, Livres d'heures, II 27.
aa7v [Litaniae lauretanae.] ‘Oratio dicenda die sabbati ad honorem intemerate dei genitricis virginis Marie.’ Incipit: ‘[M]issus est Gabriel angelus . . .’ Meersseman, Akathistos, II 244-7.
bb1v [Suffragia.] With the following variations compared with H‑151: 1-10;`Dyonisio'; 11-14; ‘Francisco'; 16-21.
bb5v [Devotae orationes.] Incipit: ‘Sensuyuent plusieurs deuotes louenges, petitions . . .’ With the following variations compared with H‑151: 1-11; 13-16; 18-22.
bb8r ‘Loraison charlemaigne.’ Incipit: ‘[D]omine Iesu Christe pastor bone . . .’ See Wilmart, Auteurs spirituels, 290.
bb8r Gregorius(?): [Orationes sancti Gregorii.] ‘Nous trouuons es sainctes escriptures que nostre benoist saulueur et redempteur Iesuchrist s'apparut vne foys a monseigneur sainct Gregoire . . .’ Incipit: ‘[O] domine Iesu Christe adoro te in cruce pendentem . . .’ Leroquais, Livres d'heures, II, 346 no. xxxvii.
cc1r ‘Oraison a dieu le pere laquelle se doit dire par maniere de protestation humble et deuote.’ Incipit: ‘[O] dieu createur redempteur conseruateur . . .’ Sonet and Sinclair 1314.
cc1v ‘Oraison a Iesuchrist.’ Incipit: ‘[D]oulx Iesuchrist ie proteste deuant toy confesse et congnois . . .’ Sonet and Sinclair 524.
cc1v ‘Les douze articles de la foy.’ Incipit: ‘[I]e croy en dieu le pere tout puissant . . .’ Sonet 796.
cc1v ‘Oraison a tous les saincts.’ Incipit: ‘[I]e vous supplie tous anges, archanges, patriarches . . .’ Sonet and Sinclair 932.
cc2r ‘Pour son amy.’ Incipit: ‘[I]e te command .N. a dieu le roy tout puissant . . .’ Sonet and Sinclair 837.
cc2v ‘Oraison de la croix adire comme celle deuant.’ Incipit: ‘[L]a saincte croix soit deuant toy, la benediction de dieu soit sur toy . . .’ Sonet and Sinclair 1020.
cc2v ‘Oraison a dieu le prre(!) tresdeuote.’ Incipit: ‘[M]on benoist dieu ie croy de cueur . . .’ Soleil 84, Leroquais, Livres d'heures, II 330 no. xiii, Sonet and Sinclair 1150.
cc3r ‘Oraison a nostre seigneur Iesuchrist.’ Incipit: ‘[D]oulx Iesuchrist filz de dieu redempteur du monde deffens moy . . .’ See Leroquais, Livres d'heures, II 27; Sonet 521.
cc3v ‘Aultre orayson.’ Incipit: ‘[N]ostre seigneur Iesuchrist filz de dieu le pere vif par la vertu de ta saincte presence . . .’ Sonet and Sinclair 1259.
cc4r ‘Sensuit l'office de nostre dame de pitie.’ ‘A matines. Inuitatoire.’ Incipit: ‘[V]ous vrais catholiques et deuotz seruiteurs . . . [Hymne.] [D]ame saincte Marie mere tresglorieuse . . .’ Sonet 339.
cc6r ‘Memoire de la trinite.’ Incipit: ‘[Antienne.] [O] benoiste et tressouueraine trinite pere et filz et saint esperit . . . [Oraison.] [S]ire dieu et pere tout puissant qui par la mort et passion de ton cher enfant . . .’ Sonet 1286, 1939.
cc6r ‘Sensuiuent les sept pseaulmes en francoys translatees au plus pres du latin.’ Incipit: ‘[D]omine ne in furore tuo arguas me . . . Sire en ta fureur ne me argue . . .’ Ps 6; 31; 37; 50; 101; 129; 142.
dd2v ‘Oraison tresdeuote a nostre seigneur.’ Incipit: ‘[S]ire dieu createur du ciel et de la terre, roy des roys . . .’ Soleil 227-9, Sonet 1927.
dd3v ‘Sensuiuent cinq belles oraisons.’ Incipit: ‘[M]on dieu mon pere mon createur ie me confesse auoir este vng grant pecheur . . . [A]pres ie te supplie mon benoist saulueur Iesu . . . [A]pres ie croy mon doulx saulueur . . . [M]on benoist saulueur Iesus tu es le fondement de foy . . . [M]on dieu rempli de bonte . . .’ Sonet and Sinclair 1191.
dd4v ‘Sensuyuent les heures de la tresglorieuse et saincte vierge et martyre saincte Barbe . . .’ Incipit: ‘[D]omine labia mea aperies . . .’
dd5v ‘Oratio de tribus regibus.’ Incipit: ‘[R]ex Iaspar Rex Melchior Rex Balthasar . . .’ See Franz, Benediktionen, I 433; Hoskins 111; Wordsworth 74.
dd6r ‘Oraison des cinq sainctz qui a leur mort impetrerent de nostre seigneur grace puor ceulx qui les prieront en leurs necessitez.’ Incipit: ‘[Antiphona.] Dionysi radius Grecie. Fide regnum illustrans Francie . . . [Oratio.] [D]eus qui sanctorum tuorum Dionysii Georgi Christofori Blasii et Egidii . . .’ Chevalier, Rep. hymn., 4704; AH 33 no. 23/I.
dd6v ‘Oratio ante ymaginem Christi.’ Incipit: ‘[C]onditor celi et terre rex regum . . .’ See Leroquais, Livres d'heures, I 75.
dd7r [Suffragium.] ‘De sancto Rocho. Antiphona.’ Incipit: ‘Aue Roche sanctissime nobili natus . . .’
dd7v [Table of contents.]
dd8v [Colophon.]
Imprint
Imprint: Paris: [André Bocard], for Antoine Vérard, 14 Aug. 1500. 8°.
Remarks: Sheppard gives the format as 4°. The type 97 B, doubtfully assigned to [Félix Baligault] in BMC, is given to Bocard by CIBN S‑270. For a discussion of other editions printed for Vérard dated the same day, see Coq's note, 57 n. 1. However, judging from the address ‘deuant la rue neufue nostre dame', it was probably not printed before 1503.
Collation
Collation: a8 b4 c–h8 aa–dd8.
Remarks: The first leaves of gatherings c–h and cc have the catchletters ‘to' for Tours. Coq collates: a8 b4 c–f8 g–h6 aa–dd8.
Leaves: 92 leaves.
Line number: 32 lines (a6r).
Type area: Type area: 156 × 95 mm (a6r).
Illustrations: Woodcuts: anatomical man (120 × 80 mm), 19 large (120 × 80 mm), 44 small (32 × 23 mm).
References
ISTC: ih00427895
Proctor: Pr 8461;
Others: Bohatta, Horae, 693; Dominique Coq, Catalogue des incunables de la bibliothèque Municipale de Bordeaux (Bordeaux, 1974), H‑8; Macfarlane 253; Sheppard 6270.
LCN: 14462290
Copies
Copy number: H-195(1)
Printed on parchment. On b4v the typeset text may have been stamped in; it is followed here by the word ‘turonansis' in manuscript, to imitate the type. The Bodleian copy does not have any relation to the use of Le Mans, unlike the copy described by Coq.
Binding: Eighteenth/nineteenth-century(?) purple velvet over pasteboards, blind-tooled with palmettes; gilt-edged leaves.
Size: 223 × 143 × 28 mm.
Size of leaf: 216 × 132 mm.
‘140' in black ink in the upper left-hand corner of the verso of the front pastedown. ‘150' in brown ink on the lower right-hand corner of the rear endleaf. ‘£ 10.' in pencil on front endleaf.
On the front and back endleaves, an unidentified coat of arms. On another front endleaf, a title-page within a frame, with the same coat of arms. Woodcuts decorated in gold and colours. One- to three-line 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: An unidentified painted coat of arms on front endleaf: quarterly 1 and 4 azure, a pelican in its piety, or, on a chief gules 3 crescents argent; 2 and 3 or, a chevron gules between three blackamoor heads in profile sable, wreathed about the temples argent. On the rear endleaf, the unidentified arms impaling those of the D'Archambault-Languedoue family: azure, 3 lions rampant or, 2 and 1, an inescutcheon argent on a pale gules fretty or; see Henri Jougla de Morenas, Grand Armorial de France, 6 vols (Paris, 1934-49), I 217 no. 1123 and Supplement (Paris, 1952), 41. Acquired after 1738.
SHELFMARK: Auct. T inf. 3.11.
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