Psalms and prayers — 15th century, middle; English
MS. Jones 43
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Psalms and prayers — 15th century, middle; English
Book of Hours, Use of Sarum. — 15th century, beginning; Flemish
Shelfmark
MS. Jones 43
Place of origin
English
Flemish
Date
15th century, beginning
15th century, middle
Language
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Support
parchment
Physical extent
3 + 108 (105) + 3 fol.
Binding
Original (?) binding, sheepskin on boards.
Acquisition
Received by the Bodleian, 1708.
Provenance
Henry Jones, -1707
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Title
A book of Hours, with psalms, prayers etc.
Shelfmark
MS. Jones 43
Summary
A book of Hours, with psalms, prayers etc.:
Fol. 4. Hymns and prayers
Fol. 11. The so-called Psalterium sancti Hieronymi
Fol. 23v. 'Psalmi de passione Domini nostri Ihesu Christi.'
Fol. 31. A calendar, with entries of the movements of the Constable family (of Yorkshire?) in the middle of the 16th cent. The rebus of the family seems to occur on fol. 11v
Fol. 37. Horae beatae Mariae Virginis, followed by hymns and prayers to the Virgin (fol. 58) and on the Passion of Christ (fol. 66), a Litany of the Virgin (fol. 81), the Placebo and Dirige (fol. 85), 'Commendationes animarum' (fol. 98v)
Date
Written in the first half of the 15th century in England
Language
Latin
Physical facet
On parchment, several leaves with miniatures missing, with a few illuminated borders, etc., but mutilated. In the original binding, sheepskin on boards
Physical extent
111 Leaves
Custodial history
Perhaps written for one of the Constable family, see above. 'Mecholyscraynwelle', on fol. 108v, may be a 16th cent. owner.
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Collection contents
A book of Hours, with psalms, prayers etc.
