Book of Hours — c. 1400; English
MS. Douce 246
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Book of Hours — c. 1400; English
Shelfmark
MS. Douce 246
Date
c. 1400
Language
Middle English (1100-1500)
Contents
Form
codex
Support
parchment
Physical extent
110leaves
Decoration
Good borders.
Good initials.
Binding
Brown leather on boards with IHS, double eagles and fleurs-de-lys in rows within roulettes of flowers and leaves, 15th cent., English: modern red velvet on back.
Acquisition
Bequeathed to the Bodleian in 1834
Provenance
Francis Douce, 1757–1834
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Title
A Primer in English, comprising the Hours of the Virgin, according to the use of Sarum (fol. 11)
Shelfmark
MS. Douce 246
Summary
Preceded by tables, short pieces, and a calendar (fol. 4), and followed by:
(fol. 43v) 'The seven Psalmes' with 'Letanie', 'Dirige, Placebo'
(fol. 58) the Office for the Dead
(fol. 81) 'the Commendacion'
(fol. 93v) 'Psalmes of the Passion' prayers
(fol. 101v) 'Mandata Dei', Wycliff's commentary on the Ten Commandments, beg. 'This is the first maundement'
(fol. 103v) a sermon on Luke x. 27 beg. 'Thou schalt loue ... Wan thou louest God of all thine herte'.
small pieces
The rubrics are often in Latin. At fol. 100v is, in red, 'He that wrote thisse | God graunte hym heuen blisse. Amen. Quod Lynne. [then, in gold] Aue: Maria. quod Edward': the latter perhaps an owner of the book, the former the scribe.
In the calendar at fol. 8v, Aug. 5, is 'Deyd Agnes Orges [or Ges?] my wyff Hansaber [then, smaller] in Harflu[r?] in the ȝere of our Lord m iiijcccc xlvj', cf. March 24 'Mem' this de was Jent[?] my daughter beried.' [I read 'Orges', 'ȝeir', 'hansalȝer', and take the last to = a maker of the long dresses called hainselins. E.W.B.N.].
Date
written in the 15th cent.
Language
English
Physical facet
On parchment, binding: brown leather on boards with ihs, double eagles and fleurs-de-lys in rows within roulettes of flowers and leaves, 15th cent., English: modern red velvet on back
Physical extent
110 Leaves
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Collection contents
A Primer in English, comprising the Hours of the Virgin, according to the use of Sarum (fol. 11)
