Book of Hours, Use of Sarum, Hours and prayers, Hours of the Virgin, Use of Sarum, with the Hours of the Cross worked in, Five Joys of the Virgin Mary, Seven Joys of the Virgin, with prefatory prayer, and antiphon and prayer following, Prayers, with rubrics in English, Suffrages to Saint Jacob, Saint Christopher, Saint Sebastian, and Saint Anthony, O intemerata, Prayer to the Virgin, Prayers to the name of Jesus, Litany of the Virgin, Devotion to Saint Erasmus, The Seven Penitential Psalms: Psalms 6, 31, 37, 50, 101, 129, 142, as usual., Gradual Psalms (Psalms 119-133, cues only), Litany of the Saints, The Office of the Dead, Commendation of souls, Psalms of the Passion (Ps. 21-30.6), Prayers, Obsecro te, Medical recipes in English — 15th century, late; English , London (?)

Title

Book of Hours, Use of Sarum, Hours and prayers, Hours of the Virgin, Use of Sarum, with the Hours of the Cross worked in, Five Joys of the Virgin Mary, Seven Joys of the Virgin, with prefatory prayer, and antiphon and prayer following, Prayers, with rubrics in English, Suffrages to Saint Jacob, Saint Christopher, Saint Sebastian, and Saint Anthony, O intemerata, Prayer to the Virgin, Prayers to the name of Jesus, Litany of the Virgin, Devotion to Saint Erasmus, The Seven Penitential Psalms: Psalms 6, 31, 37, 50, 101, 129, 142, as usual., Gradual Psalms (Psalms 119-133, cues only), Litany of the Saints, The Office of the Dead, Commendation of souls, Psalms of the Passion (Ps. 21-30.6), Prayers, Obsecro te, Medical recipes in English — 15th century, late; English , London (?)

Shelfmark

MS. Gough Liturg. 3

Place of origin

English , London (?)

Date

15th century, late

Language

Latin

Middle English (1100-1500)

Contents

Form

codex

Support

parchment

Physical extent

iii (paper) + 4 (parchment) + 113 + 4 (parchment) + iii (paper)

Hands

Formal Gothic bookhand; semi-quadrata. One hand for main text.

Decoration

Five miniatures in Flemish style, with borders in Flemish style, on inserted sheets. ( Pächt and Alexander i. 354, pl. XXVIII, and iii. 1116, pl. CIV) 14v: The Annunciation. Angel Gabriel, winged with cloak, kneeling before Mary, one hand on knee and other pointing, with banderolle running from pointed finger with the words "Ave gr[ati]a plena domin[us] tecum". Mary standing with palms forwards, in red dress and blue mantle, with an open codex behind her. Chapel interior with mountain scene on the left, with dove and ray of light. Lily in vase before both figures. Illustration faces the opening of Matins ("Domine labia me ap[er]ies"). 29v: The Nativity. Mary and Joseph kneeling before newborn Christ, who lies naked on Mary's cloak. Ox and ass behind Mary, with Angel Gabriel above and star of heaven above Christ. Scene of blue mountains and castle in the background. Illustration faces opening of Prime ("Deus in adiutoriu[m] meum meum intende"). 59v: The Crucifixion. Christ on cross, with wounds visible and streaming blood: nails pierce both his hands, one nail pierces feet, one wound over his heart, one wound in right leg. Soldier and official male figure to the right of the cross, in discussion. Three female figures on the left: Virgin Mary collapsing to the ground, likely Mary Magdalen behind her. Background scene of castles and blue mountains. Illustration faces Psalm 6 ("Domine ne reminiscar ne in furore tuo arguas me"). 72v: Requiem Mass. Church interior, with robed priest facing towards the altar, celebrating the Eucharist. Hearse with two candlesticks. Three figures on each side, bearing torches. Three additional figures: one male with book open, one male with hand raised, and one attendant with torch and bell. Illustration faces the opening of the Office of the Dead. 95v: The particular judgement (see Rogers). Angel stands before Devil, soul represented as a child between them. Surrounded by green scene and peaks of blue mountains. Illustration faces the opening of Commendation of Souls.

Historiated initial "D" on folio 104v (in a different style) showing Christ as the Man of Wounds.

Borders (hybrid English / Flemish in style) on fols. 15r, 19v, 30r, 60r, 73r, 96r, 104v

4- or 5- line initials (English in style) on fols. 15r, 19v, 30r, 60r, 73r, 96r; elsewhere 2-line initials.

1-line initials in blue, flourished in red, or gold, flourished in blue.

Line fillers.

Binding

18th-century binding of leather over boards, each cover with a frame of gilt tooling with a pattern of insects and animals.

Acquisition

Bequeathed by him to the Bodleian. Former shelfmark Gough Missal 198.

Provenance

John Cope (d. 1558), of Banbury and Canon's Ashby, on whom see History of Parliament and Visitations of Northamptonshire made in 1564 and 1618-19 (1887), 15: records of the births of his sons, Erasmus (born 1528) and George (born 12 Feb. 1530), at Eydon, Northamptonshire, on fol. 94v, signed 'per me Johannem Coope'. Also Anthony Coope on same folio, although with no further details. Rogers plausibly suggests that the manuscript may have been made for John's father William (1450-1513).

'C. W.', fols. 4r, 8r, 15r, 17th or 18th century; unidentified.

William Herbert, 1718-1795; his bookplate, inside upper cover; price code ('c/c t/t'), fol. 2r, similar to other Herbert books ((cf. R. Myers, 'William Herbert: his library and his friends', in Property of a Gentleman, ed. R. Myers and M. Harris (1991), 133-58 at 141, 149)

Richard Gough, 1735-1809

Title

Hours of the Virgin Mary

Shelfmark

MS. Gough Liturg. 3

Summary

Hours of the Virgin Mary, according to the use of Sarum, in Latin: preceded by a calendar, and followed by:

Prayers, some with English rubrics, a few hymns (as 'Aue plena gracie Virgo fecundata', fol. 56, to the three kings of Cologne, 'Trium regum trium munus', fol. 119v)

The Penitential Psalms with litany (fol. 60)

'Vigilie mortuorum' (fol. 73)

Commendatio animarum (fol. 96)

The Psalms of the Passion (fol. 105)

At fol. 120 is 'This prayer folowyng is wreten in A stone in the chirche of sent Johan Lateranens in Rome ...' (beg. 'Domine Jesu Christe, rogo te amore illius gaudii')

The Hours of the Holy Cross are worked in

There are five miniatures (at fols. 14v, 29v, 59v, 72v, 95v), and illuminated borders, etc.

Date

Written in about A.D. 1500 in England

Language

Latin

Physical facet

On parchment, with miniatures, etc.

Physical extent

127 Leaves

Custodial history

Owned by John Coope [Cope] in 1527-33: he has written several medical recipes, one 'prouyd by mr Wylliam Hoggan of Banbury', and notes (fol. 94v) of the birth, sponsors, etc., of his sons Erasmus and George (born 1528 and 1530), at Eydon in Northamptonshire. 'C. W.' (17th century?) is written on foll. 8, 15. There is an armorial bookplate (18th century), apparently of the Herbert family, earls of Pembroke.