Hours of the Holy Ghost., Prayer, Prayers for the hours, Devotion to Our Lord, Devotion to Our Lady, Devotions to the apostles, Antiphon of St. Erasmus, Antiphons of St. John the Baptist, st. John the Evangelist, Andrew, Lawrence, Stephen, Thomas of Canterbury, Nicholas, Mary Magdalen, Catherine, Margaret, Rosarium beate virginis, Prayer to All Saints, Prayers for the dying, o prayers to the Trinity, Prayers to Sts. Gabriel and Raphael, Prayers to St. Jerome, Prayer of St. Gregory, Prayers to the Trinity with gradual psalms, Antiphon of king Henry VI, Antiphon of St. Roche, Prayers for the dead, Anima Christi, Prayers to St. John and Our Lady, Ave verum corpus and the prayers I.C. verbum patris and Domine I.C. qui hanc sacratissimam, Collects, Fifteen Oes of St. Bridget, Antiphons of the guardian angel, Sts. James the greater and less, Sebastian, Christopher, George, Martia, Anthony, Francis, Anna, Barbara, eleven thousand virgins, Appollonia, . — c. 1500; Flemish (made in England)

Title

Hours of the Holy Ghost., Prayer, Prayers for the hours, Devotion to Our Lord, Devotion to Our Lady, Devotions to the apostles, Antiphon of St. Erasmus, Antiphons of St. John the Baptist, st. John the Evangelist, Andrew, Lawrence, Stephen, Thomas of Canterbury, Nicholas, Mary Magdalen, Catherine, Margaret, Rosarium beate virginis, Prayer to All Saints, Prayers for the dying, o prayers to the Trinity, Prayers to Sts. Gabriel and Raphael, Prayers to St. Jerome, Prayer of St. Gregory, Prayers to the Trinity with gradual psalms, Antiphon of king Henry VI, Antiphon of St. Roche, Prayers for the dead, Anima Christi, Prayers to St. John and Our Lady, Ave verum corpus and the prayers I.C. verbum patris and Domine I.C. qui hanc sacratissimam, Collects, Fifteen Oes of St. Bridget, Antiphons of the guardian angel, Sts. James the greater and less, Sebastian, Christopher, George, Martia, Anthony, Francis, Anna, Barbara, eleven thousand virgins, Appollonia, . — c. 1500; Flemish (made in England)

Shelfmark

MS. Lat. liturg. g. 5

Place of origin

Flemish (made in England)

Date

c. 1500

Language

English

Latin

Contents

Form

codex

Support

parchment

Decoration

74 full and half page miniatures of poor quality, by a Dutch or Flemish artist (cf.fol.228v). The subjects of the miniatures are as follows: (p.2) Pentecost; (p.17) St. James; (p.25) Last Judgement; (p.33) Presentation in the Temple; (p.39) the twelve Apostles; (p.44) All Angels; (p.48) the owner praying to his guardian angel; (p.51) Christ surrounded by angels; (p.53) the Magi; (p.59) the Child Christ with cross and dove; (p.61) St. Leonard; (p.69) martyrdom of St. Erasmus; (p.76) Christ showing the wounds; (p.80) St. John the Baptist; (p.82) St. John the Evangelist; (p.84) St. Andrew; (p.86) St. Laurence; (p.88) martyrdom of St. Stephen; (p.90) martyrdom of St. Thomas of Canterbury; (p.92) St. Nicholas; (p.94) St. Mary Magdalen; (p.96) St. Catherine; (p.98) St. Margaret; (p.100) the Annunciation; (p.112) adoration of Virgin and Child by the owner; (p.128) Virgin and Child on crescent moon; (p.131) God surrounded by All Saints; (p.142) God the Father; (p.144) Christ standing in the tomb; (p.146) the Holy Ghost; (p.148) St. Michael; (p.152) the archangel Gabriel; (p.154) the archangel Raphael; and Tobias; (p.156) St. Bernard holding a chained demon; (p.161) Christ carrying the Cross; (p.163) St. Jerome; (p.167) St. Gregory; (p.174) the owner adoring the Trinity; (p.186) Trinity with Virgin; (p.190) the owner adoring God; (p.193) the owner adoring Christ; (p.197) the owner adoring the Cross; (p.205) Crucifixion with the two Marys and St. John;(p.208) the Deposition; (p.211) the Entombment; (p.217) King Henry VI; (p.220) the healing of St. Roche; (p.228) Trinity; (p.232) Crucifixion with the Virgin and St. John; (p.234) the owner receiving the Sacrament; (p.240) St. Augustine; (p.242) St. Anselm; (p.252) the Virgin and St. John below the Cross; (p.259) Pietà; (p.271) priest elevating the Host in the presence of the owner; (p.279) Trinity; (p.284) Christ; (p.302) St. Gregory's mass (cf. Horae Eborac. 81 n.1); (p.307) The Man of Sorrows; (p.315) St. Bernardino praying; (p.321) the guardian angel protecting the owner; (p.324) the owner kneeling before the guardian angel; (p.327) St. James; (p.329) St. James the Less; (p.331) the martyrdom of St. Sebastian; (p.334) St. Christopher bearing the Christ Child; (p.337) St. George slaying the dragon; (p.339) St. Martin clothing the beggar; (p.341) St. Anthony abbot; (p.343) St. Francis; (p.345) St. Anne, Virgin and Child; (p.347) St. Barbara; (p.350) Eleven thousand virgins; (p.353) St. Appollonia (damaged); The person for whom the book wãs written is shown in the miniatures on pp. 25, 48, 112, 174, 190, 193, 197, 234, 271, 315.

Miniatures with borders of flowers, birds and butterflies

Other initials gold on a red ground

Binding

Binding late 17th cent. black calf, with new back cover.

Acquisition

Given by him to the Bodleian, 1941.

Provenance

'Mr. Whiteland (?) ... his book', 17th century (p. iv)

Samuel Pegge, the antiquary, his sale, 29 March 1798, lot 2051. He added an index of prayers on fol. 355 and wrote a note on the book under the pseudonym 'T. Row' in Gentleman's Magazine 1786, LVI, i, p. 470f.

Acquired in Brittany by E. F. Bosanquet (see MS. Lat. liturg. d.35 fol. 51v).